That's Why They Play The Games... - Arlington, VA, United States, ASCD EDge Blog post

That's Why They Play The Games... - Arlington, VA, United States, ASCD EDge Blog post:

Looking Ahead

That's Why They Play The Games...

It’s all about the hype. The spin. The pundits. The experts. The talking heads. The facts. The data. The insight. The intangibles. The inside scoop. The interpretations. The trends. The analysis. The speculation. The predictions. The records. The historical contexts. The powers that be. The informed conclusions. Really?
No…not really.

Every Saturday morning here in the states college football experts fill hours of airtime making the case for who will win the games on the weekend schedule. They look at conferences, rankings, previous performances, position-by-position match-ups, who plays better at home or on the road, injuries, benchings, weather, scandals, human interest stories…if there’s a way to make the case for why certain teams will win today, it is made…convincingly.

Then at high noon eastern time the games begin. And all the posing and posturing about the result of every game in the country goes out the window. Some favorites win. Some underdogs surprise. And while some general statements can be made about the power conferences, the football factories and the haves and have-nots, there is only so much rhyme and reason as to the outcomes when they are reported out on Sunday morning. All