Congrats to the new champs

Everyone else is congratulating Florida for a different reason, for winning the BCS title game. But of course hear at HWFC we congratulate them for winning the true historic championship, the Heavyweight Football Champs title.

Was Florida really that much better than Ohio State? It's hard to say much more than what's on the scoreboard. My guess is that they were maybe better matched than the score would show, but Florida had the advantage of playing a much more gruelling schedule.

I wish I'd been on top of things writing in this blog because I have no prediction to boast about. I wasn't very surprised by the outcome just for that reason. I call it the Kansas State factor. There were a number of years that Bill Snyder had built up his team to be among the best in the nation. There were a couple of his teams that may well have been the best in the nation, however I believe the soft out of conference schedule ended up coming back to haunt the Wildcats, as they always found a way to fall apart in conference. My feeling is that it was because they weren't prepared for the tougher games in conference.

Ohio State couldn't have predicted their schedule would have been as weak as it was. However, the easy ride they had through most the season I believe is what served to hurt the Buckeyes. That and the longer layoff, not having played since mid-November. Would Ohio State have been undefeated with Florida's schedule? That's a hard one to say.

Congratulations are in order for the Buckeyes as well, for a season long run as the reigning Heavyweight Champs.

Now, it's just under 9 months until the next championship. May it be as good a year next year as it was this year.