- This is the time of year, with lots of teams starting conference play, when the teams that spent August and September beating up on the little girls and old ladies of college football get theirs. Happens every year. Starting out 4-0, 3-0 or 3-1 doesn’t mean a thing for theseĀ pretenders … Kinda looking at you Wake Forest, Cal, Kentucky, Minnesota. read more
The Fun, The Cool Still Possible Though Not The NCAA’s “Target”
Face it, the NCAA is a buzz kill. It’s genetically predisposed to buzz killing and to instituting the arbitrary rule that confuses and irritatesĀ and generally makes dealing with them a pain in the ass. Exhibit A is the so-called rule against “targeting”. Let’s first establish that no one targets, that is, no college player, in a premeditated fashion, says to himself, On this play I’m going to launch my body as a missile and use the crown of my helmet, intentionally aiming it, at the helmet of my opponent while in the act of making or attempting a tackle. It doesn’t happen. “Targeting” therefore is a silly and inaccurate term and concept. What does happen is that, while hurtling themselves at one another with