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Any given team should have a fair chance to win the title, any given year. If someone could have said that "Ohio State's undefeated season from last year shouldn't matter" when arguing against them prior to the Michigan State game, then I can say "JMU should not have to win and go to bowl games 25 years in a row before they're eligible for a national title." The beauty of goliath going down is just as present in college basketball as it is in college football. When a number 2 seed loses to the 15 seed in the tournament, it's exciting not just because the 2 seed lost, but also because Oh my god, what if this nobody of a program won it all. It's unlikely, yes, but let's take ODU who already is a division I program. What if ODU really is the best team in college football next year? What if they go undefeated and dominate their schedule? Will they make the 4 team bracket? Absolutely not? Will they make the 8 team? Doubtful. Would they (or any program on an equivalent footing) make the 16 team? They might, and at least then you have a chance to see what they have. The problem with the 4 team or 8 team system is that they right off certain teams just because of their conference affiliations. For instance, the 4 team system is going to keep out a conference champion from what was formerly an AQ conference. I don't like that. As it is now, after you lose one game, every other game that doesn't knock you from conference contention doesn't matter. After we lost to BAMA, the next three conference games really didn't matter. We could have started 0-4 with a loss to WCU as long as we won the ACC, and we still would have gone to Miami. A 1 loss ACC team isn't going to the NC as it is now, and so really, after we lose so much as one game, we can lose the rest that don't cost us the ACC. It's already a system that relies on winning your conference (save for the top 2 teams), so let's make winning the conference really mean something, instead of meaning you play in a prettier, shinier bowl game that frankly doesn't mean anything. I love bowl season as much as the next guy, but the only bowl game that means anything at all right now is the NC. The rest is just money.

In 4th grade we had an assistant teacher named Mr. Fhaling (pronounced Failing...also, I might not be spelling his name correctly but I know it had an 'h' in it somewhere)

We always got a good chuckle out of that

Since some people are going away from sports names, my all-time favorite:

Yu-Suk Wong

I researched with him in high school. One of my friends has a 16 letter last name and that guy told my friend that he had a funny name.

Redman's blocking really dropped off as the season went on. I was hopeful that Zach McCray would up his level of performance (his blocking was critical on the goal line versus Miami) but he never did "re-endear" himself with the coaching staff.

It is a good thing, because none of the realistic QB options for next season will be anywhere near the threat Logan was on inverted veer.

We may be underestimating the ability of Leal or Motley as a run threat. I'm not saying either will be the bruiser that Logan is, but if one of them is able to make better reads in the option game (e.g., is better than the 50/50 guess that Logan seemed to be), they could be a real weapon, potentially a more potent one that Logan, so long as they can dependably make the throws in the system as well. I think Motley is the not-so-dark horse here. My best friend (ok, my only friend. Ok, we hate each other, but I owe him money so he has to talk to me), works with his mother, and she says he's been feeling very good about how he's been doing, and is confident for playing time as QB.

Don't get me wrong, I think LT has been a great player and deserving of a shot in the NFL under center; and I think if he had another year under Loeffler and in the film room doing mental reps he might have found himself legitimately in the Heisman talks; but for all he did on the plus side for us this year, there were many plays where he just completely whiffed on his reads.

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