Jamie Speronis, you got sum splaining to do!

News flash, Tim Tebow was not a unanimous selection to the All-SEC team. Huh? Winning the Heisman and two national championships isn’t enough to garner All-SEC status in one of the worst quarterbacking leagues in all of college football? As if we needed a reminder of how college football is all screwed up.

Without context, the omission of Tebow by Steve Spurrier seems like a simple case of human error. When you allow self-interested, or worse yet uninterested, coaches to vote on something that directly benefits them or their friends it’s a mistake. Now in the case of Spurrier and the All-SEC team it appears that he falls into the ‘uninterested’ category. According to ESPN’s SEC football blogger Chris Low,

Spurrier explained that his director of football operations had filled out the ballot and brought it in to him. Spurrier said he glanced at it, signed off on it, and then realized his mistake much later.

Coaches frequently allow ADs, Assistant Coaches and even secretaries to vote on various awards and polls. It’s standard operating procedure in college football.

It’s no big deal right? It’s just a pre-season All-Conference team. Yet here’s the real stupidity of college football; the NCAA uses the AP coaches poll to help determine the BCS rankings!

The Harris Interactive College Football Poll, USA Today Coaches Poll and computer rankings each comprise one-third of the BCS Standings.

Hundreds of millions of dollars are at stake and the NCAA turns a blind eye to the fact that the coaches poll is determined by Athletic Directors, Assistant Coaches, Directors of Football Operations and secretaries.

I’m glad that Congress is going after the NCAA. It’s friggin ridiculous! Coaches are too busy to keep up with the landscape of college football and their bias for former colleagues and against current foes can cloud their judgment. In order to commit fraud one must have three things; Opportunity, Pressure and Incentive. Everyone associated with college football is under tremendous pressure which creates the incentive to cheat.

By the way, Jamie Speronis is the bunghole who voted for Snead over Tebow. Jamie Speronis, you got sum splaining to do!