Does Cold November Rain Equal Horseshoe, Heisman, Championship?

by user LastRow

Since it’s time to turn the calendars over to November this means a few things…No more baseball, thank God, we’re inching every so slowly to the big turkey day feast, I have the opportunity to flip over my Playboy Playmate calendar and drool like a dog in heat for a month of Miss November. Despite the drooling, turning the page from October to November, one thing starts to become clearer…The landscape of college football. With about a month left in the regular season, the month of November is where championships are won and lost…It’s where individual honors and rewards are earned.

Typically we find proms taking place in April or May at some lavish location…The Big East Conference didn’t get that memo. They’ve decided to hold theirs this coming Thursday in Louisville, Kentucky in a “Pizza Oven”. While this is one of the games that we’ve been waiting for since early September, well…Sorry Papa, your Pizza is only an appetizer to the main course which will be served later on in the month in Columbus. Enough about the prom, mine sucked! Although, homecoming was off the chain!

Ohio State-Michigan…Nuff Said! Although everything in college football hinges on this game…Both for the two participating, but also the ones home eating cheeseburgers. Now rumor has it that no matter who loses this game, we could see a rematch of this game in Glendale thanks to the great BCS. Well then, why even play in the Horseshoe then…Just postpone it until the first week of January then. See, the thing about college football, teams get one shot…That’s it! There’s no do-overs, no reruns…That’s one of the beauties of it. We as fans…Well, it’s like, “Been There, Done That.” This isn’t the NFL…This brand of football penalizes teams for not only losing, but more importantly when they lose…Hence the old adage saying “If you lose, you want to lose early.” If we aren’t going to use a playoff system, how can this be justified? Would that be in some facets kind of like a playoff? Here’s something to ponder…A half ass playoff is worse than the entire structure & foundation of the BCS.

Now again, I’m just going according to the rumor that this could have the possibility of happening. However, if it does then this game coming up in a few weeks doesn’t actually mean shit! To think, one of the greatest rivalries in college football holding the same value as an off-season workout. To the winners go, “Great, now we have to beat them again.” To the losers go, “That doesn’t mean anything…See you in five weeks.” With so much hype surrounding this upcoming game in Columbus, if one really thinks about it…What’s it all for if five weeks later we see the sequel in Arizona? What’s all the fuss about then? For that we have none other than the BCS to thank for that too. Just when we think the BCS has outdone itself, it proves us wrong again.

In addition to it being Ohio State-Michigan, 1 vs. 2 in Columbus…More likely than not this game will play a huge role in the Heisman Trophy picture as well. Troy Smith, the consensus Heisman Trophy leader through basically the entire season due to many people falling out of the race. His lone competition will be Brady Quinn, (give that thanks to the media) but why has his been the top Heisman candidate throughout the season? Is it because he really is the best player or is it because he plays on the best team in the country? Yes, it’s that famed old question. Lets face it, the Heisman Trophy is either going to be won in Columbus or in Los Angeles unless something unforeseen happens. Nonetheless, (that’s a whole different article) lets just say for argument sake, (I love being the Devils advocate) Ohio State losing to Michigan in Columbus…Troy Smith has an average game, Michigan wins but Ohio State still plays for the National Championship against Michigan in Glendale. However, Brady Quinn ends up with better stats than Smith, which is quite possible due to the two offensive systems. How to rock the vote now?

The Heisman Trophy is an individual award, given to a player who has been declared the best in the country. Although an individual award, it’s won through a team…But how? Does statistics win this award? If so, Brady Quinn probably wins it…After all, does the best player normally have the best numbers? Does how successful a particular team is wins this award? If so, Troy Smith probably wins it. Does being the best player on the best team matter? If so, these two likely don’t qualify as such…Depending on everybody’s definition of “best player”? So, what wins the Heisman Trophy in 2006? I don’t know that! Stay tuned on that. Although, what I do know is…All computers & voters suck! That and, the fact that November rain always seems to be cold.

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