Colin Cowherd Logic

In the national media, there’s an unstoppable principle at work and it goes a lil’ something like this: If three or more journalists/radio hosts/tv hosts share the same opinion, it becomes public fact. If one person makes a statement, it’s just an interesting opinion. If a second person shares the same opinion, it starts to gain traction. If a third person iterates that opinion, it becomes fact and therefore part of the lexicon of the sport.

I don’t have a problem with national hosts sharing opinions- that’s what they’re paid to do. I do however have a problem when these clowns don’t use factual data to back up their points. One stat doesn’t make an argument, and sometimes two stats don’t either.

One of these opinions is that Ohio State, should they get into the National Championship by virtue of a WVU or Missouri loss, will lose in fantastic fashion just like they lost to Florida last year 41-14. It’s unfair to judge any team by their performance in one game, especially one that occurred last year. More to the point, it’s simply lazy and reckless journalism.

People like Colin Cowherd back the statement up by saying things like, “I’ve seen the SEC up close dawg, Ohio State can’t run with them”. Like using the word “dawg” instantly adds credibility to the statement. Or Dennis Dodd, who still stoops to using the term “luckeyes” when lamenting about the possibility of the Buckeyes “backing” into the National Championship. With that kind of ass-tastic logic, any team would be “backing into” the National Championship, with the exception of Hawaii who is the only undefeated team.

All Ohio State has done over the last three seasons is win all but four of their games. West Virginia has equaled that record over the last three years winning all but four games. USC? Lost five. LSU? Lost six. Florida? Lost seven. Oklahoma? Lost nine. Missouri? Lost eleven games over the last three years. I’m not saying that makes Ohio State and West Virginia superior teams over the last three years, I just don’t understand the hating. It’s disturbing that anyone with a national audience would hide their hatred for a team or university behind inaccurate and reckless comments such as those made by Colin Cowherd and Dennis Dodd.

Regarding everyone else, especially the portly fellow that my brother works with down in SEC country- you have a brain; use it. Don’t accept whatever opinion you hear on the radio or TV as fact. Use your brain to assess what is fact and what is factless opinion. And under no circumstance should any of you voice an opinion about a team unless you’ve seen them play at least twice in that season. If all you’re doing is “box scoring” and getting caught up in rhetoric, keep your trap shut because you simply don’t know what you’re talking about.

To that end, we thought it would be fun to take some of that “Colin Cowherd Logic” and present some opinions that simply must be true…

1.) Missouri will lose to Oklahoma because they’ve lost to them the last five times they’ve played.

2.) West Virginia will lose to any team that’s ranked 20th or better in rush defense (they lost to 20th best South Florida so it must be true).

3.) If Georgia should somehow meet West Virginia in the National Championship, they will lose because West Virginia beat Georgia in the 2006 Sugar Bowl.

4.) If Kansas plays any other team ranked in the top 25, they will lose because they’ve lost to the only team in the top 25 they’ve played this year (Missouri).

5.) Should Virginia Tech play any team in the top 5 ever again, they will lose. Since 1948, Virginia Tech is 1-24 against teams in the top 5.

6.) Should LSU play a team with an eight-letter-long school name, they will lose. They have lost to both eight letter schools they’ve played this year (Kentucky and Arkansas).

7.) USC will lose the next game they play that doesn’t get broadcast on ABC or ESPN. They have lost two games in a row on other networks- Oregon (FSN) and Stanford (VS). Thank god ESPN picked up the ASU game last week and saved USC the embarrassment of a three-loss season…

You feelin’ me dawg? You gettin’ me? Ignorance is dangerous man. Dangerous.

You’re welcome.