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January 28th, 2008, 04:42 AM
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Year 2040: A college football odyssey
Hooked horns and gator chomps fill the streets in Vancouver, where the Texas Longhorns will face the University of Florida Gators in the 2040 NCAA football championship game tonight. The game will be played north of the 49th parallel for the first time since the region formally known as Canada seceded from the Democratic Republic of Quebec and joined the United States in 2033. This game will serve as the culmination of the annual 64-team tournament that saw more than its fair share of upsets, including the University of Florida stunning the Harvard Crimson to clinch a spot in the semifinals.
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This year marks the first season in 13 years that an Ivy League school will not be involved in the championship contest. The Ivy League has been the strongest conference in college football ever since the NCAA permitted schools to pay their student athletes for their services. Since a team's collective GPA, graduation rate and college endowment determine the amount of money and number of scholarships a school receives, traditional college football programs have had trouble competing with the Ivy League's standards.
The new rules hurt the University of Oklahoma because they limit the school to only five scholarships a year, as well as stipulating that Oklahoma can only pay each player $30 and a cowboy hat. xlolx ...
Read More: http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2008/01/28/Opinion/Year-2040.A.College.Football.Odyssey-3171021.shtml
Year 2040: A college football odyssey
Hooked horns and gator chomps fill the streets in Vancouver, where the Texas Longhorns will face the University of Florida Gators in the 2040 NCAA football championship game tonight. The game will be played north of the 49th parallel for the first time since the region formally known as Canada seceded from the Democratic Republic of Quebec and joined the United States in 2033. This game will serve as the culmination of the annual 64-team tournament that saw more than its fair share of upsets, including the University of Florida stunning the Harvard Crimson to clinch a spot in the semifinals.
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This year marks the first season in 13 years that an Ivy League school will not be involved in the championship contest. The Ivy League has been the strongest conference in college football ever since the NCAA permitted schools to pay their student athletes for their services. Since a team's collective GPA, graduation rate and college endowment determine the amount of money and number of scholarships a school receives, traditional college football programs have had trouble competing with the Ivy League's standards.
The new rules hurt the University of Oklahoma because they limit the school to only five scholarships a year, as well as stipulating that Oklahoma can only pay each player $30 and a cowboy hat. xlolx ...
Read More: http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2008/01/28/Opinion/Year-2040.A.College.Football.Odyssey-3171021.shtml