OK.  Its football season and everyone is talking about the same things; who's overrated, which conference is better, why we need a college football playoff, fantasy football, who's going to the Super Bowl, and so on and so on and so on.  But no one is talking about a very important part of the football season - who has the hottest cheerleaders.

Well look no further but the cheerleader playoffs are here.  Here's how it will go.  The first week is a play in week with the top six vote getters moving on.  Those six will be seeded and the top two seeds get a bye.  So lets meet our contestants....

1. San Diego Chargers

2. Miami Dolphins

3. New England Patriots

4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

5. Washington Redskins

6. Cincinnati Bengals

7. Dallas Cowboys

8. Philadelphia Eagles

9. St. Louis Rams

 

And there are your contestants so let the voting begin.  Special shout out to Jokerswild for the knowledge on adding pics into a post.

 

O.k. I posted this question last night on Gambitxxx's blog last night and now I'm opening it up to everyone to see what everyone else thinks.  Before I start let me say that in order for this question/discussion to work I had to pick teams that do not play each other in the regular season.  So no disrespect to Texas, Auburn, LSU, or Georgia.

Let's say that USC stays at #1all season, runs the table and goes undefeated in the regular season.  Oklahoma and Missouri in the Big 12 both go undefeated and meet in the Big 12 Championship game.  Alabama and Florida also go undefeated and meet in the SEC Championship game.

So here is the question - who goes to the National Title game and who gets left out?  Does the number one team go without playing a Conference Championship game?  Or does the teams with an extra game make it?

So lets hear it......

Ok who hasn't been sitting on the couch with your beverage and junk food of choice getting ready to watch a game only to hear the following...."When the temperature is less than 65 degrees by the start of the game the home team wins 74% of the time"?  Who is the loser that has the job of pulling up this useless information?  Just yesterday on ESPN radio I heard that someone (don't know who or care who it was) got his first NHL overtime playoff goal.  Does anyone really care about these statistics?  Do the odds makers in Vegas take these stats into account when they are setting the line?  How many of you consider these stats when you are getting in office pools for the NCAA tournament or the Super Bowl?  Its almost as bad as when John Madden gives us the "excellent" (insert sarcasim here) commentary of "the team that scores more is going to win this game".  So what are some of the other stupid statistics you have heard and do you place any stock in them.

Ok this is just to ask all of the college footbal fans out there one simple question - does anyone care about the mythical national championship for signing day?  I for one am already sick of hearing that Alabama has the top recruting class.  AND I AM AN ALABAMA FAN!  The hype that is made over signing day makes me sick.  Let's face it, having the top recruiting class means nothing but a stat on a piece of paper.  In order to stop the arguement before it starts - yes I know that means that Alabama has the best group of high school players coming in which should translate to a better team, more wins, and more championships (SEC and National).  But how many top blue chip players turned out to be over rated and have done absolutely nothing in college?  In fact the same can be said for the NFL draft - (Any one remember "Crying" Ryan Leaf?).  The fact is the best team in college football is decided on the field of play and not on a piece of paper 7 months before the season starts.  Let's look at Auburn for example -  correct me if I'm wrong but they have not had a top 10 recruiting class over the last seven or so years, but over the same peroid of time they have had one of the best records in the SEC.  So let's hear it college football fans - is there too much hype about signing day?

I posted a blog here last week and asked the question "why does the media hate the SEC".  And after some of the articles I've seen this morning it obvious the question is still there.  On foxsports.com this morning under the college football section what do I see but a comment about how Urban Meyer begged to get into the championship game.  Lets look at some of the facts.  1 Ohio State beat Michigan.  2 UCLA beats USC.  Both came at the end of the season.  3 USC then beats Michigan like a red-headed step child in the Rose Bowl.  Face it Michigan no one wanted to see you get beat by Ohio State again.  But its obivious that several media players wanted a rematch to keep Florida out of the title game.  Why?  41-14 answers that question.  And all you'll here about totoday is how Boise State is the only undefeated team left.  And don't misunderstand me, that's a great accomplishment.  But can anyone tell me how many top 25 teams they played?  So as I've said before the SEC is the most difficult conference to play in.  On the blog I posted friday someone made the comment that the SEC should schedule a tougher non-conference games.  But in reality Ohio State, Michigan, USC, and Notre Dame should do it.  Florida and LSU  finished in the top five of the polls, so where is the rush by the above mentioned non-SEC teams to schedule them as a non-conference game.  Its not going to happen.  With a few exceptions they don't want to risk a loss by playing an SEC when they can schedule a team from the "we're just happy to to get spanked by you if you pay us enough" conference.  And while those teams are at it play a conference championship game while your at it.  Oh wait can't do that - another chance for a loss.  So sorry Big 10, PAC 10, Big 12, ACC, Big East, independant Notre Dame, and all the other conferences - but the National Champion resides in the SEC.  Better luck next year.

Why is it that the media hates the SEC?  I just read an article on Fox Sports and they said that in 2003 LSU shared a national title.  Correction LSU WON a national title.  But because the media felt bad that USC got left out they split the title.  Then a year later when Auburn went undefeated and USC won the title, the media says "oh we can't keep spliting the national title."  The SEC is the toughest conference to play in, which is the reason that there is rarely an undefeated team.  If any other team in the country played in the SEC, I guarantee that more times than not they couldn't go undefeated.  So you media guys get off your knees, and wipe your mouth and get out of teams like USC and Notre Dame's bedroom and do your job with an unbiased opinion.