“This is getting to be a little bit ridiculous. UCF — as I’ve mentioned — deserves credit. They beat a couple of decent teams along the way. They beat Auburn, which didn’t really want to be there … but to demean the College Football Championship that’s going on in Atlanta between two teams that earned it, that deserve is quite frankly laughable. I’m really in shock that Danny White would go on a national radio show and try to legitimize this school winning a national championship.” - Paul Finebaum ------ I know that old, crotchety white men with an agenda and an overwhelming affinity for the South are prone to being hypocritical. Since Paul Finebaum is paid handsomely to fill that very role in ESPN's college football coverage, it makes total sense that he would put his foot down in trying to stomp out the notion that one of his beloved SEC title contenders is not the best team in the country. As a stereotypical rule of thumb, people with horseshoe haircuts aren't the type to follow a storyline simply because it's entertaining, so bringing his iron fist down on the fairytale season of a team that rode the defensive efforts of a one-handed star linebacker in going from winless to undefeated in no more than two years was basically a forgone conclusion. However, it should absolutely be acknowledged that it was a foregone conclusion that was reached by way of the same type of convenient narrative pushing that UCF has adopted in taking it upon themselves to crown themselves. The transitive property has no place in sports, so while beating the only team that beat Georgia and Alabama is both ironic and fitting, claiming that it makes the cream of the Conference USA crop superior to the entirety of the SEC's finest is flat out stupid. Unfortunately for Paul Finebaum, it's pretty damn logical in comparison to declaratively stating that the other team didn't want to be there when Central Florida notched their most impressive victory of the season. Shaming the AD of a non-Power 5 program for intentionally going overboard in celebrating his team's flawless season? Not anywhere near as delusional as implying that a proud, accomplished program basically rolled over in a postseason game like they were playing their 5 year old cousin in Connect 4. I, for one, am glad that UCF is raising a banner and planning a parade to make the most out of their obnoxiously unofficial National Championship, because the only people that are embarrassing themselves are those delegitimizing what they accomplished because it's sacrilegious to the broken system they worship. I know that some people treat college football like it's a religion, but there is nothing holy about the war against Central Florida's fun.
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