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Not the way it used to be. posted on 10/04/2008
I've been watching college football for over 20 years and I can remember all the classic conference matchups.  Now it seems the Conference powers have fallen on hard times and we're stuck with a lot of mediocre matchups.  It almost makes the season not worth watching.  I'm personally against having "polls" during much of the regular season.  If you pay attention to the college scene you can forsee the outcomes and you can tell who are the real contenders.  The computer systems are a joke.  With the amount of bowl games at the end of the season, having schools complain about their power rankings because they played six bowl teams during the year should not mean a thing if all you have to do is win 6 games and be bowl eligible.  Case in point

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Time for a change. posted on 10/04/2008

The time has come for a change to take place.  Going into last year's SuperBowl I wanted the Pats to win not because they would have a "perfect" season but, so they could move on and look to add much needed youth.  Bruschi, Vrabel, and Harrison could have retired and let some younger players fill their roles.  The loss to the Giants affected last season as well as this one.  Now the "older" players have stuck around trying one more time to get another "ring" and they seem to be doing more harm than good.  Before the season started I actually wanted the Pats to tank the season so they could get high draft picks and retool the defense.  There's no way they'll be able to keep up with the Chargers, Colts, or Jaguars in the post season if they're fortunate to make it that far.  So here's to next season hopefully younger and quicker. 

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