The Donnybrook

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Engraving "N/A" onto a crystal football might look ridiculous. What's far sillier is the sports world's fixation on looking out for No. 1. Consider: The Pulitzer board often decides that no play, novel, or symphony is deserving of its yearly honors. The Nobel Prize also on occasion goes unawarded.
Pro and college sports insist on crowning a champion. But in some sports, in some years, the question of which team is best isn't worth answering. The college season just completed is a prime example. College football was more thrilling than ever this year precisely because no team ever separated itself from the pack.

Crown no NCAA Football Champion. But then sports talking heads and bloggers would have to find something else to bitch about. I think that in the absence of a playoff that vacating a championship would be the most honest move for this season.

- posted by john @ 6:20 PM