As great as college football is, there has been a disturbing trend over the past several years-the tendency to overstate every upset and overhype every big game.
Whichever "upset" happened last is of course, the "GREATEST UPSET EVER", and now, with ESPN and ABC, each big game needs to have a moniker. Why? "Collision in the Coliseum" is not only a terrible name, but is completely overwrought and pointless. This isn't a game between the #1 and #2 teams for starters, but even if it was, a title is completely unnecessary as these matchups happen quite frequently.
Most importantly, giving this game a title has encouraged Mike + Mike to create a totally unfunny contest where each week, listeners are encouraged to come up with names for other football contests. This week, they chose Stony Brook-Maine. Hilarous in itself, because c'mon- THOSE TEAMS AREN'T ANY GOOD!! And the e-mails kept coming in, each funnier than the last. "Battle for the Butter"........wait, I can't stop laughing..........OK.
Please stop encouraging these two, America.
Anyway, I also ask that we stop dubbing everything the greatest player/upset/game ever. Last year alone, the incredible Appalachian State upset over Michigan couldn't even hold it's title of "greatest upset ever" (which it was a good candidate for) for more than four weeks before Stanford upsetting USC took the prize. And the yearly debate over who is the "greatest QB ever" is slowly chewing away my brain. There will always be a bigger upset, and the best QB ever is born every year.
Everyone, especially ESPN, needs to tone things down, and enjoy these games and players as they are without feeling the need to overdramatize. So, please try to enjoy this weekend's Ohio State-USC game for what it is, a solid college football game, and not because you cannot miss an event called the "Collision in the Coliseum".
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