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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...

BCS Championship Game: A Completely Biased Fan’s Prediction

by David Williams [HUMOR]

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January 04, 2008


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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  1. Anonymous about 1 year ago

    Funny and honest and a little delusional but I like it. One note about Matt Flynn and what people forget about LSU they will all be healthy so that score of 60-3 just might be a little different just a little so do not get upset.

    LOL great article and dead on about how we fans get carried away.

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  2. Anonymous about 1 year ago

    Don't get upset when that score is 60 LSU 3 OSU

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  3. Anonymous about 1 year ago

    God let's hope not because OSU will not be able to handle another loss to the sec for any reason. whine whine whine cry cry cry excuse excuse excuse --forgot I will not be able to handle it if they lose.

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  4. Nathan Arnold about 1 year ago

    fuck You loser...ha ha ha...just kiding LSU 31 OSU 17....just kidding bout the just kidding..YOU SUCK UNWASHED DONKEY DICK

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  5. Leon Wynn about 1 year ago

    Wow...I hope you don't take too much stock in the comments left here David. As always, it was a well-written and thoroughly entertaining article. As an SEC fan, I proudly declare that LSU wins this one hands down. I only wish that the cookie would have crumbled in a way that allowed UGA the pleasure of drowning OSU in milk.

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  6. Anonymous about 1 year ago

    u r a dick nathan u think u r so cool besides OSU 24 LSU 14

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  7. Anonymous about 1 year ago

    So many intelligent responses, so little time to respond to them...

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  8. Anonymous about 1 year ago

    As a sec fan I say a close one 35-28 in favor of LSU

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  9. David Williams about 1 year ago

    I hope you LSU fans had fun at my expense. 2 years in a row of getting crapped on in the national championship game. Laurinaitis is the most overrated football player I've ever seen

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  10. Anonymous about 1 year ago

    Nah--You were having fun. You did post your article under humor.

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  11. Ron Johnson about 1 year ago

    Well now, care to retract your statement about popularity and good/bad writers, bud? Looks like you don't care whether they love you or hate you either.

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  12. Bozo_bus about 1 year ago

    You proved you are an irrational Buckeye fan (if that is not redundant) and you added proof that "journalistic integrity" is an oxymoron. ;)

    Your team also proved that all those decorated tOSU players look a lot better when playing the Sisters of the Poor. Same thing goes for those media darlings in the VERY PACIFIC 10.

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  13. john brewer about 1 year ago

    how stupid do you feel now david?

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