Tag: What’s Poppin’

With the recent fine of Chad Ochocinco, the NFL and commissioner Roger Goodell have taken the recently implemented and stricter player conduct policy to a new level. Ochocinco, who legally changed his last name from Johnson last year, made an acrobatic catch on the sideline in the Bengals 17-7 win over the Ravens, the ruling on the field stating that he got both feet down. Following a Ravens challenge, Ochocinco walked onto the field with a one-dollar bill grasped in his hand trying to “bribe” the refs to give him the call. He was slammed with a $20,000 fine the next day.

Moving into the role as commissioner prior to the 2006-07 season, Goodell has been keen on altering the thuggish image the NFL had been labeled with…

Since the year it was created in 1998, the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) has been surrounded by controversy. Not only does this corrupt system ridiculously favor the BCS conferences (Big-12, Big-10, Big East, SEC, ACC, Pac-10) over mid-majors such as the Sun-Belt and Mountain West, but in every season since 1998, excluding the ‘99-’00 and 05-’06 seasons, the BCS made decisions that some might classify as illogical.

In 1998, third ranked Kansas State was passed over by the BCS for Ohio State and Florida, ranked 4th and 8th respectively. Even though Kansas was ranked higher, it didn’t get to play in a BCS bowl because it did not win the Big 12 Conference. Now, one would think a higher ranked team would have a better chance at a BCS bowl game. Not in the BCS, folks.