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You telling me Adrian Peterson didn’t get money handshakes when Auburn kids did? You telling me Michigan kids didn’t sell gear when Ohio State kids did? Let’s face it, we need to find a way to compensate players so this shit ends before the game is ruined by an idiotic governing body who will poke holes in itself until it bleeds out like a steak you forgot to rest before slicing.

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Lost Angeles Blog: BCS Strips USC of Title and I Decide What to Eat Tonight

I recommend clicking over and reading the entire piece.

Zack’s been comparing the NCAA sanctions epidemic to the baseball steroids era for awhile now (and with the allegations against Ohio State and maybe even Texas now) it’s only going to get worse.

As far as the ‘04 title goes, USC still has the AP title. And I don’t know, but I don’t expect Sooners fans to forget that 55-19 debacle, even if it has been scrubbed from the record books.

Welp.

I’m sure it’ll grow out soon?

(Source: theagonyofdefeat)

BCS Championship Game: Will LSU remain the undisputed #1?

If you’ve been following Sports in Stilettos for even a little while, you know I love college football above and beyond just about everything else, so you’d think I’d be just a little bit excited for tonight’s “national” championship game.

Here’s the truth: I’m not.

I wish this game wasn’t even happening.

I hope LSU wins (though if I were the betting type, I wouldn’t put money on it), but I don’t think they should have to win this game to be this year’s national champions (note: for all you sticklers out there, this is, technically, the BCS Championship Game).

LSU already beat Alabama - and everyone else on the schedule. This weekend, CBSSports.com’s Mr. CFB Tony Barnhart tweeted: “LSU has beaten the Rose Bowl Champs, Orange Bowl champs, Cotton Bowl champs, Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Georgia in Atlanta.”

Every other team had at least one loss.

That’s pretty darn impressive, so if anyone else wants to go ahead and call the Tigers this season’s champs, I’m okay with that.

Sure, LSU could lose tonight. It’s very, very possible - but I don’t think an Alabama win makes the Crimson Tide the undisputed champions. Why should they be, if they only have to beat LSU once for the title, but the Tigers have to beat them twice?

I’m pulling for LSU tonight, because I like them better and because I want them to finish the season completely undefeated, completely 100% no-questions-asked the undisputed BCS - and national - champions.

If I had my way, they’d already have the trophy.

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