Know Who You Are

I'm a big fan of Colin Cowherd. And something Cowherd says all the time is the simple principle of "own your baggage". That is to say, know who you are. I take self-awareness very seriously, I think its a quality that is too rare in our culture. 


I bring all of this up because there is an individual and related group out there who currently are not self-aware and not owning their baggage.


If you've been reading my BCS posts the past few days you know I talking about the Boise State Broncos and their coach Chris Peterson. Peterson, who be sure is a fantastic coach, came out Monday and was extremely critical of the BCS, saying that everyone is sick of the system.


This is not to say I disagree with him. If you've looked, you know I think the BCS is a joke. But let's be clear about something, right now its the system we have and you have to be realistic about how the system works. I called from a mile out that Boise State wasn't going to go to a BCS Bowl, it was obvious. What was their argument? They beat down on an average Georgia team in the first game of the season. Just because Georgia made the SEC championship game and the media played it up for a week like they had a shot to beat LSU doesn't mean they were good. UCLA made the Pac-12 championship game! That's no indication of how good a team is, because don't forget, there are three good teams in the SEC, LSU, Alabama and Arkansas, then Georgia is a distant fourth. Everyone else in the SEC is below average, just like the bottom level of every other conference. It's just that the perception of the SEC is so strong right now you think every team is a juggernaut. Do you really this Ole Miss and Kentucky are any better than Northwestern and Minnesota? 


But this is about Boise, not about the SEC. You can be critical of the system if you want. But you cannot be Boise State and pretend you had a realistic shot. You beat an average team and lost to a team that was average at best. You play a laughable schedule in a laughable league. If you don't go undefeated, you don't get your shot, sorry, that's how it works. 


If feel like I should elaborate, but what's left to be said? Boise didn't do what they had to do. And by the way, I don't want to hear anyone banging on West Virginia or Clemson about them making the BCS and Boise not. I don't think West Virginia is very good, they're very average. But, the one thing I can say about these two schools is they did what we all say we want when we call for a playoff; they did what they had to do on the field. It may not have been pretty and you may not like it, but when these teams got into spots where they knew they had to win a game to get their conference championship and their BCS spot, they did and that is what a playoff spirit is all about. 


You know who didn't get it done on the field? Boise State.


Just be real. Know who you are. Own your baggage. That's what its all about.


More to come
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-Joshua