BCS Championship Game: A Completely Biased Fan’s Prediction

David Williams by Columnist Written on January 04, 2008
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The hardest predictions to make are those in which you have a personal interest as a fan.  

 

I don’t see this conflict of interest much with most popular analysts, but one glaring exception is Kirk Herbstreit.


Herbstreit is a Buckeye for life.  He was a four-year letter-winning quarterback at Ohio State, and hasn't shed his love for his University since. 

 

For a 2006 game against the Penn State Nittany Lions, Herbstreit—as part of his role for ESPN College Gameday—brought his entire family in full OSU apparel over to the stage and picked OSU to win. 

 

Like he would ever actually pick against his team...

 

Which brings me to the rather large conundrum I ran into in preparing for the BCS Championship Game on Monday. 

 

My goal?

 

To come up with a preview for the game that would both show some journalistic integrity (though that is a relative term) while preserving my obvious allegiance to Ohio State.

 

Let’s just call this problem the objective writer versus the fan. 

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