The ESPN's
Sports Guy on Page2 has a funny quip about the
Boston Red Sox' bid for Japanese pitcher Matsuzaka:
My favorite part about their $51.1 million bid was that they originally wanted to bid $50 million, then they decided on $50.1 just in case someone else bid $50, then they decided that someone else might go through the same logic, so they upped it to $51.1 million ... and then, nobody else bid more than $42 million. I thought that was hysterical. Listening to them recount the process was like hearing a hung-over buddy describing a 3 a.m. eBay bid from the night before.
On the flip side, Florida will be playing Ohio for the national championship. A sham, I say, a sham. In a stand-up move,
Ohio's coach Tressel declined to vote in the polls. Response from the committee? "Booo." Which I just don't get. So he thought it was a conflict of interest to vote.. what kind of voting process
requires the members to vote? Whatever happened to free will. It's not like his vote would have swung things, I imagine. Meanwhile, the rest of the bastards voted in last week's #4 pick of Florida over #2 Michigan most probably because of.. wait for it.. take a guess..
money. A midwest bout like Ohio vs. Michigan wouldn't interest a large portion of the country, they say. The TV execs are chomping at the bit and insisting on a more national game. Whatever happened to
real sports where the best man wins? Me, I'm not much of a college football fan and I'm certainly not a Michigan or Ohio fan (if I was forced to pick a team) and yet the only thing I
was looking forward to come Jan. was a Ohio Michigan rematch. A good old grudge match, two against one, the darkhorse Wolverines getting another shot at the top team. Obviously,
some Michigan folks agree:
The system stinks.
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