BCS National Championship Game

(6) This might be the most intriguing matchup in the set of games. The Eagles were the highest seed in the NFC this year, but they are the underdog in this game as star quarterback Carson Wentz tore his ACL and is out for the season. With that, the Eagles have turned to career backup Nick Foles, who has had an ugly season since Wentz was injured. But, the Eagles have one of the top defenses in the league and a very solid running game. On the other hand, the Falcons are fresh off of a super…

One of the most popular sports conspiracy theories to come out of the past Century will probably go down in history as the deflate gate . It entails the fact that the Patriots were accused of deflating footballs in the AFC Championship game against the Indianapolis Colts. Many believe that the Scandal has married a lot of holes and that is not fully born to be convicting Tom Brady quarterback of the New England Patriots of any wrongdoing. Though the Patriots have had a history of some sport…

for a while, it appears. In the latest turn of events, U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman on Thursday overturned the league's four-game suspension of star New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, which the league imposed on Mr. Brady for his alleged involvement in a scheme to slightly deflate the footballs in the first half of last season's AFC Championship Game against the Indianapolis Colts. After eight months, millions of dollars and the people's court time have been taken up with the…

that most people don’t think of as competitive. Scrabble. Competitive Scrabble is a pastime for tens of thousands of people worldwide. There are all kinds of people who play Scrabble competitively, even children. COOPER 2 COOPER: (0:57) A very good game would be like a 400. Braggable is maybe 500. The best I’ve gotten in a club or tournament is 568, but I got like a 6-something against a friend. That’s Cooper Komatsu, an 8th grader from Southern California, and one of the top youth Scrabble…

One of the distinguished literary theory 's brought forth by Aristotle is the theory of the tragic hero. A comprehensive definition of this theory is a character whether in film or book who makes a judgment error that leads to the character’s own destruction. For this question I will be looking at Joe Paterno and why I consider him to be an excellent example of a tragic hero. I will break down his story as a tragic hero in parts as illustrated in the class notes. Tragic Hero Part 1: The first…

in the last few years. Ever since the exclusion of the BCS, or the Bowl Championship Series, college football established a playoff championship series to decide a national champion. This new and interesting championship method started in 2014, with top four teams in the nation, Alabama, Oregon, Florida State, and Ohio State, squaring off in the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl to determine who would challenge each other in the National Championship in Arlington, Texas. Sugar Bowl champion Ohio State…

A post-season playoff that leads up to the National Championship would settle the dispute of how to choose the fair way to determine the national champion. Each school would then get fair chance at the championship. For the 2014-2015 season, there is a playoff system, that was proposed, in effect through the 2025 season. This playoff system will consist of two playoff games with the top four teams, chosen by a selection committee, going for the title. The number one and number four seeded teams…

force, and college teams had never seen anything like it. The Ducks would lead their conference (Pac-12) in scoring (38.15 points per game) (ESPN, 2011) and would also set several new school records for offensive yards and become the highest scoring team in their division. What defines a great team over any other team? Is it their overall wins, the total yards per game they achieve, or the points spread that they hold their opponents too. There is a collective hand full of great players on…

for the star players that made biggest impacts or biggest plays in the game. Either trophies or watches were given to that particular star player, which then became the whole teams and was pawned by the team. However, on November 12, 1892, there was evidence of money being given to play the game. The first professional football player, William “Pudge” Heffelfinger, was given five hundred dollars to play in a professional game, by the AAA (Allegheny Athletic Association). So then, that became…

have a negative impact on the college football games like it will turn into the NFL (National Football League). Issues of gambling will come to people’s minds when paying college football players like point shaving. Many universities make a lot of money off their football programs. It’s fair to say that players should get some money from the profit they raise from attendances and merchandise. That video games used their names or pictures on their games to sell, and most of the athletes do not…