November 18, 2004
Conventional Wisdom: Week Thirteen
Week 13Date: 11/17/2004
Three teams are in the hunt for the national title and tensions are mounting. Nevertheless, we've got
our finger on the quickening pulse of college football with this week's Conventional Wisdom.
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| ZEBRA EDITION | ||
| Officiating |  |
Not that this topic hasn't already been beaten to death, but CW thought it was worth mentioning one more time. |
| The BCS | |
America has known it for years... Stoops is catching on, Mangino sees it, Saban agrees... are we ready for a playoff yet? |
| Kansas Coach Mangino |  |
Yes, he sounded like a blathering idiot... but CW thinks the time has come to let the coaches speak their mind on the officiating. |
| Clemson | |
A win at Duke would've made Clemson the first ACC team to start 1-4 and become bowl elligible. Apparently Clemson used up all the luck versus Miami last week. |
| Secret Ballots | |
What do the coaches have to hide? They ought to just open up the votes and make them public. If nothing else, the coaches who do think they should be public should release theirs. |
| Nebraska | |
Take your lumps, Huskers... blaming assault by a Nebraska player and poor class on the part of the coach on the fans is cheap. |
| Ohio State Accusations | |
Another former player corroborates Clarrett's story, Tressel denies it (big surprise). None of this would be necessary if we just paid the boys what they're worth. |
| UGA's David Pollack |  |
A Lombardi finalist two years in a row, and with good reason. There's not a quarterback in the SEC who doesn't have nightmares about this guy. He's an animal. Look for him to be playing on Sundays sometime in the near future. |
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