Archive for December 5th, 2004
No Rose Bowl…
Sunday, December 5th, 2004
The entire house, or more likely the entire town, is somber today. For the second time in two months, the system screwed up, the votes turned out bad, and we got screwed. This time was not quite as bad, but it still hurts to know that in all fairness, a team was denied something that was rightfully theirs. I mean, if nothing else, Texas was shut out by Oklahoma, the number two team in the nation, at home, and we, Cal, very nearly beat U$C, the number one team in the nation, in their own god forsaken Colliseum!!! That, and the voters seem to have forgotten that we shut out the entire state of Arizona (U of A and Arizona State), while Texas only shut out North Texas… I’m sure that was real hard. Not to mention that Texas’ coach was actually lobbying for votes on television, something Tedford just wouldn’t do. Just like yesterday’s game, when he decided not to tack on the extra touchdown with 40 seconds remaining, very respectful, and as is the way of the world, you don’t get squat for doing the right thing.
Even getting past the loss of the Rose Bowl bid, the BCS system is royally screwed up. Look who’s playing Texas in Pasadena — Michigan! How exactly is that fair? They’re not even in the top ten! Argh.
I’ll be focusing on finals for the next few weeks, so expect sparse updates, if any. Also keep an eye on my new flickr account, and my gallery as usual.