Boise State’s come from behind victory yesterday against Virginia Tech was an excellent game but moreso it provided us with a stark reminder of one of the major flaws of the bcs system today. Big name schools from major conferences absolutely dominate the college football landscape and, unfortunately for fans, these “haves” are less than thrilled to take any risks that might upset the system.
Sure conference realignment proved that even the biggest programs are willing to explore some new options in pursuit of the almighty dollar. However, those moves were all carefully calculated to continue to benefit those at the top. Looking at it in terms of scheduling, when was the last time Texas, Michigan, LSU or Florida started their season with an away game at a powerful non-BCS conference school? When was the last time an SEC or Big 12 school played an away game against the likes of a Boise State, Eastern Washington or James Madison??? Stumped? Exactly. It hasn’t happened and the fact is its hurting college football.
I mean, who really wants to see a game between Texas and Rice here when you could have a heyday watching games on this, this or this. By refusing to play small market schools desperate for attention, the “haves” of college football are depriving viewers of an entire spectrum, literally, of turf. Unfortunately, traditional football is too close minded to give color a chance. That’s right folks, the cats out of the bag. The Sports Skollars are officially accusing college football programs and stadiums everywhere of being turf bigots.
Why does all turf need to be green?
“Because god made grass green” . . . Really? Kentucky blue grass? Amber waves of grain? The grass on the field necessary to “play ball?” That’s what I thought.
“Because other colors are hard on the eyes of viewers” . . . Really? Ice hockey and the winter Olympics seem to be treating viewers just fine on white. NASCAR and Indycar aren’t blinding people with the blacktop. No one’s tearing down the parquet floor at the Boston Garden. The radioactive orange of fake tanner and idiots permeating from the show “Jersey Shore” hasn’t stopped it from airing.
“Because the players are used to it” . . . just like players were “used to” leather helmets or bare midriffs or hair loss and testicle shrinkage.
In the end only one argument remains and it’s a doozy: tradition. Football has always been played on green and that alone is enough to give “The Green Party” a solid backbone of support.
In a perfect college football world, every team would play their games on a turf matching their school colors. From the already familiar smurf massacre at Boise St, to the purple sizzurp stained fields of LSU, to the perplexing and not totally thought out black field with black writing at Oregon, all colors would be used freely, democratically.
Unfortunately, the perfect college football world isn’t an option at this point with a staunch green party of traditionalists killing the free turf vibe. However, here at Sports Skollars we have a solution that will allow the other colors to come into play, allow all fans an opportunity to enjoy various turf colors and keep the traditionalists at bay. Of course we’re referring to:
THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII’S ALOHA STADIUM RAINBOW TURF BCS PLAYOFF SPONSORED BY RAINBOW SANDALS AND PRESENTED BY APPLE!!!!!
Yes, you read that right. The solution is simple. Hawaii installs a rainbow colored turf and immediately goes independent from the faltering WAC. Hawaii then would schedule all 120 teams over a 10 year span and play entirely home games. Each school would get a chance to enjoy all colors of turf once every 10 years.
Furthermore, the BCS would put in place an 8 team playoff played entirely in Hawaii and sponsored by smug rainbow loving companies who feel the need to take up the cause of the downtrodden and rarely used multicolored turf. The added attraction of rainbow turf, the money that new colors apparently bring in, and the positive PR of being “open minded” should be enough to convince the boys at the top of the BCS pyramid that this change is better for them as well.
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