Let’s talk about football.
Sure, I could gloat about the fact the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Dallas Cowboys 33-10 at AT&T Stadium on Thursday afternoon.
But, I don’t gloat – especially knowing the Eagles and Cowboys will play each other again in early December in Philadelphia.
The NFC East is far from settled, in my opinion.
But, let’s get to the heart of the matter – the first-year college football playoff system.
The sports editor has heard from local fans they think both Texas Christian and Baylor are getting slighted from playoff committee.
Sorry, but I don’t buy it.
Weigh the facts.
Baylor mounted an incredible comeback to defeat Texas Christian on a sweltering mid-October afternoon at McLane Stadium in Waco. The Bears scored 24 fourth-quarter points to beat the Horned Frogs 61-58.
In turn, and part of the vicious circle of college football, West Virginia defeated Baylor 41-27 one week later up in Morgantown, W.Va. The Mountaineers scored the game’s final 14 points to prevail.
And finally, in the Big 12 (which is in reality a 10-team league); there is no conference championship game as there was when there were actually 12 schools.
So, I’m sorry, TCU head coach Gary Patterson and Baylor coach Art Briles, but I don’t buy the line every school plays each other so that determines “One True Champion.”
That’s the rhetorical narrative the Big 12 has tried to sell all of its supporters since going to a 10-team league. The Big 12 has been trying to tread water for years. Read more from this column in the weekend edition of The Bowie News.

Editor’s Note: The Storm Center column is the expressed written views of sports editor Eric Viccaro and not The Bowie News.

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