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Alabama's national championship is tainted Dark Knight Send a noteboard - 08/01/2010 04:01:23 PM
Hats off to the Crimson Tide for going undefeated and claiming the national championship. However, I just don't feel they are the true champions. Colt McCoy's injury completely changed the course of that game. Let me explain.

For those of you not too terribly familiar with football, there is no other sport played that places so much emphasis on one player, i.e. the quarterback of a football team. Quarterbacks literally decide the outcome of football games.

So the fact that Colty McCoy was the main cog in the offense and the main reason Texas went 13-0 this season should give you a hint of what happened last night when he got injuried on the very first series. But you know what, injuries are part of the game. I think most of the blame should fall on the Texas coaching staff for not having a viable backup option should anything ever befall Colt McCoy. Alambama is the national champion, I can't dispute that.

But you know...damn, as a football fanatic, I am completely bummed about last night. That was not the game I anticapted for a month. That was not the game football fans deserved. In my mind, this championship will always have a taint, however small of one. What do you think?
Formerly Mat Bloody Cauthon on Wotmania, blessed be its name
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Alabama's national championship is tainted - 08/01/2010 04:01:23 PM 716 Views
Doesn't sound tainted to me - 08/01/2010 04:11:57 PM 492 Views
I agree- a better team would adapt to the injury - 08/01/2010 06:14:17 PM 489 Views
No Way. - 08/01/2010 04:13:53 PM 560 Views
Yes, but not for the reason you mention. - 08/01/2010 04:52:56 PM 574 Views
Very very true. Let there be a playoff already! *NM* - 08/01/2010 05:06:47 PM 198 Views
Yep. *NM* - 08/01/2010 06:46:42 PM 200 Views
Injuries happen. Besides that, when do Alabama and Boise State play? *NM* - 08/01/2010 06:45:14 PM 196 Views
Boise State has an opening in 2011. I'd love to see that game. *NM* - 08/01/2010 07:08:48 PM 190 Views
Injuries do not taint Championships, ever. - 08/01/2010 09:00:02 PM 491 Views
Meh, we're arguing semantics. - 08/01/2010 09:36:56 PM 464 Views
How about "cheapened"? *NM* - 08/01/2010 10:06:02 PM 216 Views

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