The haughty arrogance of Ohio State president E. Gordon Gee created quite the little firestorm last week when he proclaimed that the likes of TCU and Boise State did not deserve consideration for a spot in the national title game, based in large part on their schedules being littered with “Little Sisters of the Poor” programs.
While some applauded Gee’s BcS bravado, most others decried the bullying tactics of one of the most powerful BcS haves, especially the have-nots at which the uncalled for shots were directed.
A week later, a contrite Gee said he will now do something he should’ve thought about doing before he opened his bow-tied yap -- he’s gonna leave the football talk to the people at his school who, ya know, actually know football.
“I need to keep my mouth closed. ... I’m very blessed to have the best athletic director and best football coach in the country,” Gee told the Columbus Dispatch. “They run the athletic program and I run the university, and I should have stayed out of there. What I should do is go over to the surgical suites and get my foot extricated from my mouth.
“What do I know about college football? I look like Orville Redenbacher. I have no business talking about college football.”
And yet the business of college football is being run by people like Gee and his powerful ilk. Come to think of it, I’d probably prefer Gee et al to be the ones talking publicly instead of the ones behind the scenes pulling the strings and keeping the BcS alive while a viable playoff system is ignored.
But that’s just me.