I spent 5 full minutes this morning while getting ready pondering REALLY why the NCAA college football championship couldn't be structured more like the NCAA basketball tournament. If they can rank teams in the BCS and determine which bowl games they should play in, why can't they rank them, put them in a bracket, and use the bowl games as playoff games?
Furthermore, the real question is, at what point in my life did I allow these issues to move from the peripheral to the forefront of my thinking? Apparently if you spend enough time listening to ESPN in the background, you just automatically pick up information that you wouldn't actually seek out otherwise. It's like sports know-how by osmosis. I've always considered myself a sports fan but I believe it has moved to a whole new level since marrying a sports nut. I find myself caring about issues and topics in the sports world that I previously did not even know existed.
I guess the thing is, when you care about someone, you care about what they care about. Someone once speculated that in our lives, we become like the 5 people we spend the most time around. We pick up mannerisms, sayings, interests, and habits from them. For me that means I've picked up an understanding of who "Coach K" is, what team and sport he coaches for (Duke Men's basketball), and how to pronounce his curious name Krzyzewski (if you don't know, ask me later I'd be happy to teach you.)
Actually, I think it's great that these things are on my mind - it makes for engaging conversations in our marriage that usually lead on to other topics besides sports. So I will keep pondering the mysteries of why they can't put the top 32 college football teams into a bracket and play weekly games through December and January to find a REAL winner. Maybe the BCS just needs a woman in charge...
