WhACked

I haven't written on this in awhile. I blame it on a very, very busy quarter. But it's break again- and there's not much more that riles me up or compels me to write than the BCS and end of college football season madness. It's that time again....

Stunner.

It’s another one of those. Sitting in front of the TV in a daze.

You try to process what you just saw. The gravity of what has just happened for the players on that field.

It’s that feeling you have as a fan, where there’s nothing you can say. You don’t yell or scream in frustration. You’re just shocked.

Last time it happened- Butler vs. Duke, Hayward’s missed heave at the buzzer. I’m not a Butler fan or a Boise State fan. But it is really hard not to root for the little guy. The one that the man wants to go down but just sticks around.

Boise’s been that little guy for a while in this BCS BS (and that stands for bowl system of course…). 

Year in, year out the BCS is consists of an in-crowd. Breaking into it is like being the middle class family trying to get into the yacht club. You might get in but to be fully accepted and at the top of the VIP list? Nearly impossible.

So, Boise and TCU made it in but tonight Boise spilled its drink all over the pristine premises. You’re out.

Be on watch TCU- LSU, Stanford, Wisconsin and all the other elites are waiting for you to find a banana peel on the floor to slip on.

For now, there’s just that shock again. You get pulled into an underdog’s run, their quest to beat the man. Then just like that you watch it all unravel. You don’t have to be a team’s fan to understand that feeling. At least not if you’ve ever known what it’s like to be the little guy…