I've always noticed the following about the college football media...
If the team or teams they originally predicted to "do well" fall off the planet, the upstart teams get no respect...unless they have entertainment value.
Texas Tech wasn't supposed to play for all the marbles, but they have a flashy QB and a flashy offense.
Florida=Tebow and I have nothing to add to that. The media loves Tebow...so they love Florida.
Penn State=Paterno...nuff said.
Alabama doesn't have a flashy offense, a Heisman QB or anything that causes the media to have a love affair.
We get no respect b/c the media refuses to put "bland" over sexy. They can't give us respect, b/c that would mean a state of admission...they we're good.
Florida is the "popular vote" and it would be blasphemy to give respect to 'Bama. Alabama is a "dirty word" this year...and nobody wants to say it.
We're the "guilty pleasure" of the 2008 college football season. We're the team you watch when your Florida buddies are in the other room.
~Bryan
