The Upset

It's late so I'll be brief. Today the reason college football is less predictable than pro came to light again. Washington beat USC in Seattle, how upsetting is this? Washington didn't win a game last year, USC is the best college team in the last 10 years and were ranked 3rd in the nation. This happens almost weekly in college football, maybe not to top 10 teams but at least someone ranked loses to someone they should beat. This is where pro football loses to college. When a pro team who is a dog wins you don't consider is a HUGE upset. Hell, teams are hardly ever double digit dogs in the pros. It's hard to have a huge upset when your favored to lose by only 6. The only HUGE upset I can think of in the last 5 years is the Giants Super Bowl win over New England. That was big, but it was the Super Bowl in February. I mean it's friggin September and people are going crazy about this win by Washington, ESPN will cover it the next 3 days, break down from every angle. If the Rams beat the Skins tomorrow, the Rams are double digit dogs, you'll see some coverage but not wall to wall coverage of how it happened. I guess what I'm trying to say is, maybe you don't as excited about college and don't look forward to it all week, but when you watch Sportscenter on Saturday night you go I can't believe they won over that top 10 team and you wanna see how it happened, but when you watch on Sunday night you go well I guess they caught them on the right day, or team A played down to team B, but your not shocked. So, you don't follow college as much as pro's because it's hard but, I think I'd rather watch football on Saturdays from 11 to 11 with games on 4 different channels, than watch games from 12 to 10 on 3 different channels, that aren't as exciting.