The Annual Contenders: Sitting with the Bride and Groom

by Mulliganville on Nov 12, 2009 1:36 PM CST

I am not sure if anyone else caught Colin Cowherd the other day speaking about the contenders in college football. I like how Colin always uses analogies to get his point across. It keeps things simple. He indicated that annually there are 8 contenders for college football's national championship:

Texas

USC

LSU

Florida

Oklahoma

Miami

Ohio State

Alabama

After I heard this assessment, my immediate reaction was "no way." He went on and compared these 8 teams to the chosen guests that get to sit at the bride and groom's table at a wedding reception. Many get to attend the wedding and enjoy the food and drink, dance, and mingle with friends, etc. But, the majority of the guests are just not that special and seats at this table are simply reserved for the very best. He just may be onto something here...

More support to this theory is the presence of 7 warm weather schools as Colin always points to warm weather locales as attracting the best athletes in college football. I never actually thought about this, and now I am beginning to think that this is quite true. Think about it, if Vegas were to make this a board play, these 8 teams against the field, the odds in September may be 2/5.

The glaring omissions from the "chosen few" are Notre Dame, Michigan, Florida State, Tennessee, Georgia, Nebraska, and Penn State. Already eliminated before the season begins. Man is it good to be a Longhorn.

Here is to getting to Pasadena one game at a time...

Hook Em!!

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A different angle on national title contenders...

was spelled out last summer, and doesn’t bode well for Bama.

by Magnificent Bastard on Nov 12, 2009 1:57 PM CST reply actions

I remember reading that piece...

And felt it to be poignant.

"Stats are for losers. I like winning games." - Will Muschamp
"Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts." - Earl Campbell

by Mulliganville on Nov 12, 2009 3:15 PM CST up reply actions

It ain't rocket science to come up with that list . . .

just look at the past decade’s MNC participants.

I disagree with Miami being included; the school fits most of the criteria, but the current coach has not proved he can recruit at the level of several of his predecessors. And, unlike the other schools on his list, tickets can be had to almost any Miami home game (which speaks to the program’s financial status/backing).

by edsp on Nov 12, 2009 2:39 PM CST reply actions

if "second level" conference studs want to enter the hunt every year

They ought to join bigger conferences. If Baylor and Iowa State have a homein the 12, why couldn’t TCU fit in? If Washington State can be a Pac-10school, why not Boise State? To me, Cincy, TCU, Boise State, are dreaming if they think they’ll get into the national title game without a major collapse with big conference teams above them. That doesn’t mean the smaller conference schools don’t deserve to be there. These universities would be stupid to not try to enter into bigger conferences. They’d recruit better, make more money and get more exposure. These WAC, MW etc conferences house teams that the bigger schools get ripped on for scheduling as their start-of-year non-conference games. Boise St “powering” through the conference gauntlet of Utah State, Idaho, New Mexico State, etc, means nothing to me. So what?

by BigGameBobLOL on Nov 12, 2009 10:01 PM CST reply actions

Cowherd is a plagerist

And a moron. Forget about that guy.

Your tongue can't repel flavor of that magnitude!!

by UT2001 on Nov 13, 2009 1:12 PM CST via mobile reply actions

Meh, the whole M Zone debacle? He owned it...

You do not have to listen to the guy…he is on opposite of Rome and I enjoy a break from the show tangents that Jim is notorious for.

"Stats are for losers. I like winning games." - Will Muschamp
"Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts." - Earl Campbell

by Mulliganville on Nov 13, 2009 2:29 PM CST up reply actions