SCOTT JACOBS
You can’t help but snicker. This is comedy gold. A Kent State rendezvous out of nowhere — into the BCS boosted almost entirely by weird chance and a bottom 25 collective free-fall — could create the most fascinating and un-watchable BCS Bowl ever. And that’s saying something. Because Connecticut has been a participant in this dance before.
And even though this doesn’t directly involve the Big East – in terms of the potentially gruesome match-up – it’s the Big East’s fault if this happens. Afterall, they’re the train that derailed so far off the tracks that they basically opened the door for any BCS Non Automatic Qualifier with a pulse to join the mix.
Understand this. Kent State has had a wonderful year. They’ve been a delight to the MAC Nation and bless their navy and yellow souls for a dream sports year between football and their baseball team making it to the College World Series.
But the BCS isn’t child’s play. Fools gold, perhaps. But the BCS is supposed to be whe
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