Monday, December 8, 2014

More Analogies: CFB Edition

After a lengthy, albeit fun, comparison of Florida State to "Star Wars", I thought I'd give a handful of bite-size comparisons of other elements of this college football bowl season.  As with my "Under the Radar" posts throughout the season, I'll present five to you.

1. "The Hunger Games" District [Big] 12

Another movie analogy, the comparisons between the first "Hunger Games" and the Big 12 are uncanny.  Most notably, the gamemaker and the end of the competition.  Seneca Crane allowed for Co-Champions, which greatly upset the establishment and ultimately led to his demise.  After TCU and Baylor both found themselves as the Big 12's "one true champion" yet out of the College Football Playoff, might some poison berries be headed Bob Bowlsby's way...figuratively speaking, of course...as the Big 12's gamemaker (commissioner)?

2. Left at the Altar...Meeting with the Friend

Baylor probably feels as if it's the "true" Big 12 Champion, abandoned by the system.  Ohio State is the bride that left Baylor at the altar with TWO backup quarterbacks!  Michigan State is the friend that gave Ohio State the idea to run off, while Wisconsin is the friend that gave OSU the means!  The Cotton Bowl could be a very interesting, yet tense, scene for the Baylor-Michigan State run-in...and I can't wait to see it!  Not a pop culture reference, but still a tangible scenario.

3. "Bamboozled"...the CFP Committee Edition

An episode of "Friends" featured the three guys playing a mock game show called "Bamboozled", with Joey as the host (some might liken committee chair Jeff Long's reasoning to that of Joey).  The rules were utter nonsense, and at one point, for no apparent reason, Chandler somehow got all of Ross's points!  Looking at the final CFP Committee rankings, I felt as though the ACC got bamboozled!  How did idle Mississippi State jump idle Michigan State, allowing the SEC to jump the Big Ten into the Orange Bowl position?  With no real rhyme or reason to the committee's logic from week to week, the ACC found itself "bamboozled" out of the Citrus Bowl.

4. Groundhog Day...Hokies Style

In 2012, Virginia Tech's streak of 10-win seasons came to a sharp halt with a stunning 6-6 season.  Fortunately, the Hokies avoided a losing season by beating Big East Co-Champ Rutgers in the Russell Athletic Bowl.  The only bowl of the 2012-13 season to go to overtime, let me tell you it was absolute torture!  Well, two years later, my Hokies are once again 6-6.  And again, VT is facing a co-champ from that conference (now called the American), Cincinnati, albeit in a different bowl.  Will the results continue - will VT once again emerge victorious against the 9-win conference co-champ?  And if so, what's it going to take to get to February 3 in Blacksburg?!?!

5. ...Devil...Devil...

In "The Waterboy", Mama Boucher related almost everything to the devil.  Well, this year in El Paso, Mama's right!  Arizona State and Duke bring their identical 9-3 records to the desert to square off in the Sun Bowl, and one of these two squads will be given their due.  Both 10-game winners from a season ago, either the Sun Devils will hit back-to-back double digits for the first time since being in the WAC in the '70s - or the Blue Devils will accomplish the feat for the first time ever!  Foosball for the devil indeed!

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