Pete Fiutak of FOX Sports is doing a “20 Questions” piece dedicated to the upcoming college football season and his ninth question is a great one: What are you complaining about? (The “you” is referring to college football fans.)
Ohio State
No, Ohio State isn’t the Buffalo Bills of the early 1990s — it actually won a national title a few years ago, a fact that gets lost on just about everyone. But after two straight national championship game clunkers, the college football world is going to let out a year-long collective groan over any success in Columbus.Reason for the OSU haters to worry: On talent and returning experience, this is the best team in America. Sorry, but it is. No one, when it comes to NFL potential, touches OSU’s starting lineup after James Laurinaitis, Alex Boone and Malcolm Jenkins — all first-round draft picks had they left early — chose to return.
Reason for the OSU haters to rejoice: The Sept. 13 trip to Los Angeles could end the national-title dreams before they have a chance to get started. OSU isn’t getting any benefit of the doubt this year, but if its only loss is a close one to a top three-ranked USC early in the season, the anti-Buckeye contingent might still need another loss to make sure Jim Tressel’s boys don’t end up in Miami.
Fiutak also points out the SEC, BCS, Penn State head coaching situation, USC and NCAA and the ’09 NFL quarterback prospects as other topics college football fans are complaining about.
I for one am tired of the arguments (the very same one’s Fiutak mentions) that college football fans wage every year. It’s the same debates over and over again. Thanks goodness March Madness is around the corner so fans can get their fill of what a real postseason is all about in college sports.
