An early, early breakdown of the BCS matchups from The Big Lead
So here's my question. After reading a few articles bemoaning the unfamiliar teams in the BCS mix this year, why do you see a lot more rooting against the underdog in college football than you do in college basketball? Is the ad-watching dollar of the moderately interested midwestern frontrunner really that much greater than the dolt who would watch ANY football game and might think the potential scoreboard-scorching Cincy vs. Boise matchup would be a better game? I don't remember people ranting a few years ago about "George Mason? Gonzaga? Where's Duke? You call this basketball?" So why when faced with some new blood in the mix are people suddenly all "Boise? Yuck. Grantland Rice never wrote about blue turf, dammit!"