Urban Meyer To Go To Ohio State

There has been much speculation this week regarding Urban Meyer and his affiliations with The Ohio State University. All of this following this seasons release of former coach Jim Tressel regarding several NCAA violations that are still being investigated. Tressel, who devoted so much to the school and did so much good for the community and state will be missed.

Unknown to most, Urban Meyer was a former assistant coach for Ohio State prior to his big debut and well known success at the University of Florida. Being from the state as well it is no wonder that he has a soft spot for the school and a strong desire to coach there. In fact, his reasoning behind taking the head coaching job at Florida several years ago was to improve his resume when it came time to interview for a job at Ohio State.

News was released today from Ohio State stating that Urban Meyer was offered the head coaching position and accepted it. Along with Urban Meyer will be a number of promising young player and a good number of coaching and player legends such as Chris Spielman, Mike Grobban, and LSU’s offensive coordinator who has helped lead the Geaux Tigers to several National Titles and Bowl Games.

With all of this excitement it is a great day to be a Buckeye especially with so many great years expected to be ahead and a young team full of potential.

Playoff System for College Football

What is up with the NCAA lately? Despite widespread criticism about corruption, favoritism, and public persecutions the NCAA has failed to heed the advice of its consumers and audience. For years people have been calling for a playoff system for college football to better represent the talent of the land and make a more balanced and fair system for small school teams that have potential to shine.

Recently the NCAA has been plagued with cases involving cruel and unusual punishment towards an Ohio State team, covering up scandals involving SEC officials and a former Auburn quarterback, and even going as far as removing several athletic directors of major schools for voicing their opinions.

People have been calling for a playoff system in college football for a while. With the current system we have teams that would otherwise have a chance to make an impact are swept under the rug mainly for the size of their school. This unbalance has caused widespread dissent among followers of the NCAA.

With a playoff system small schools with a schedule that may not be as tough as the big schools that currently rule the rankings would have a chance to turn heads and surprise the nation. This kind of system would make it fair for all teams and give everyone a chance to get their shot at a national title. The one loss and out rule would no longer apply as teams that have a loss or two would still have a chance to make it into the tournament.

Is the MLB season too long?

People love sports for many reasons. It gives us a chance to express our love of a team and trash talk others when theirs loses. The short and highly competitive seasons for the NFL, NASCAR, and NBA provide gut wrenching tension as every game is an all or nothing scenario. A single loss can be all the difference in a season that lasts only a few months.

However with the nearly year long season of baseball feelings are different. Like a NASCAR race the only points of interest are the beginning and end of the season. People enjoy watching baseball when the season starts to see how their teams fair but quickly lose interest after several months. Then when September/October come around people become more interested again as the season comes to a close and playoffs begin. However, by that time NCAA Football and NFL are started up and suck up most of the viewers that would be watching baseball, myself included.

Every once in a while when there isn’t a football game on I enjoy watching a baseball game if its on to kill time. However from what I see on television they don’t even broadcast a vast majority of the games. And surely the crowds aren’t packing the stadiums when everyone is off to college and work again. So what does baseball have to gain from having such a long season.

Some people like to argue that baseball makes plenty of money even when interest is lost towards the middle and end of the season. But that is just a small number of die hard fans. How many people actually care once football starts how the Cubs did in their 131st game or the Reds after their 89th? Why not make is a few month season. Some all or nothing.

This is what I think baseball should do. Start the season around March when basketball is winding down and NASCAR is just starting. Continue it throughout the spring and into summer but come the end of Summer have their playoffs and Worlds Series games. That way it is an exciting season when sports is in kind of a lull and alot of people are off for summer or spring break. With this in mind people would be drawn to watch it and games would be packed.

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