Let’s face it, there’s not much going on in college football right now, aside from the pending signing day coming up on Feb. 1.
In the meantime, there’s plenty of action going on at the never boring, always entertaining, super-fantastic Billboard War of 2006.
There’s a new site called onepeatbog.com that responds to the issues raised by onepeat.com.
In the meantime, uscdynasty.com is still in the fray and appears to be ready to put up a billboard in Baton Rouge soon. The guy behind the site is apparently also about to be featured in several news articles (so he informed me in the email). Curious as to if he will let his name be known, unlike the nebulous ‘Steve’ from Onepeat (who apparently is so sure of his position, he must remain anonymous).
But back to Onepeatbog.com, which smacks down the absurdity of the Onepeat.com campaign with cold, hard facts and a healthy dose of wit:
The history of western thought has seen a small but determined group of individuals persistantly devise inventive ways of resisting the force of sound reason, facts, and common sense. These people are called the French. Today, their descendants wage a never-ending battle against anything that threatens to upset the fragile Corndog psyche, like the use of deodorant, the wearing of non-purple attire, and the acknowledgment of split national championships.
Here is their version of a conversation between a USC and an LSU fan which, frankly, looks suspiciously like some back-and-forth from our comments section the last week or so:
Couyon: Where y’at, Trojon? (Unintelligible) Dem Tigahs is da champs! Dem Trojons ain’t won two straight. Dey only dun got dat onepeat, yeah.
Thomas: Actually, USC’s 2003 national championship is as legitimate as any in the history of the sport. There are a number of examples in which the championship was said to be “split,” even as recently as 1991 when Miami (AP) and Washington (Coaches) both claimed the national title, and 1997 when Michigan (AP) and Nebraska (Coaches) did the same. Those claims are not disputed despite the fact there was no concensus champion. I suggest you read a very interesting article on the subject called, “Shaaaaaadaaaap.”
Couyon: Yeah, buh, da AP poll ain’t legit no more now dat dey got dat BCS.
Thomas: If that’s the case then LSU cannot claim to be the 2003 national champions either because, at the time, the BCS crown depended upon the AP rankings for its legitimacy. I wouldn’t make the claim that the AP is no longer legitimate if I were you.
Couyon: Kay, fine, I don mean it ain’t legit, buh it ain’t da way dey determines da champ no more cuz dat ain’t what ebybody dun agreed to when dey made da BCS. Ebybody dun agreed dat da winna of the BCS championchip game is da champion–president Butch was dere an Kofi Annan was dere an Gart Brooks was dere; all dem world leadas was dere.
Thomas: There was no such agreement. What we now call the “BCS conferences” and the 4 major bowls agreed to participate in a system to match teams in bowl games based on the outcome of the traditional polls and certain computer rankings in the hopes of producing an undisputed champion. There was no promise that the system would always be successful, or that there would never again be a split championship, or that we should now disregard long-standing, traditional ways of awarding the national title. Only the coaches agreed to give their votes to the winner of the BCS championship game, which they did in 2003–many of them begrudgingly–although a few refused.
Couyon: Buh you ain’t got no crystal ball, do ya? Where dat ball at? It in Baton Rouge, dats where ‘tat!
Thomas: Where’s your 2003 AP trophy? Every undisputed champion in recent history has won the AP title. LSU somehow mangaged to become the first team in history to win an undisputed title without acquiring any AP votes, or even all of the coaches votes. What an amazing accomplishment!
Couyon: Nuh uh! Da Trojons only got dat onepeat! Hooowee, yeah!
Thomas: Why am I talking to you? My God, I feel dirty. And I fear I’m losing brain cells at an alarming rate; my noetic status is rapidly approaching “duh.”
Couyon: How many dem crystal trophies you got?
Thomas: You already alluded to that. USC won two AP trophies and one BCS trophy in two seasons. I think that constitutes a legitimate claim to have back-to-back championships. Nearly everyone outside of Baton Rouge, including the BCS, agrees.
Couyon: Yeah, buh, you ain’t won dat crystal ball two yeaws ago. Ain’t dat right?
Thomas: You really do smell like a corndog. How is that possible?
Couyon: You smell like ‘at… uh… (Unintelligible)… dem… what dey call dat?
Thomas: Don’t hurt yourself.
Couyon: Dem Tigahs is da champion, yeah!
An entertaining read–and ultimately 100 per cent accurate when it comes to football. Check it out.
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