At the beginning of this 2007 college football season the polls were set and every talking head in the Nation had thoughts that the Top 5 might have 2 upsets this year maybe 3 maximum.
But what has transpired in the last few week is beyond words. Astonishing might would be one way to describe it, but even that wouldn't be considered "In the Ballpark", let alone, on it's way to the park at all.
It all started with Appalachian State knocking off Michigan in the Stadium known as the "Big House".
Many thought that would be the biggest surprise of the year in college football. But out of a little regarded nook on the West Coast rose a school known more for their academics and ability to groom future Congressmen than for their football prowess. Who would of thought it even possible that the war of words between Harbaugh and Carroll would turn into more than just a laughable incident?
A coach from a school that is far more devoted to graduating scholars than top line athletes against a coach from a school known for producing top of the line athletes, scholars...not so much.
This was a drop in the bucket, so to speak, with a can't miss point spread. Funny how that makes a bunch of so called underachievers rise to more than the occasion, isn't it?
They have no business being here! Shouldn't even try and compete. Just roll over and play dead. These, and many more lines were drilled into the craniums of the players from Appalachian State and Stanford in the week leading up to their games. Oh how we all would've loved to be there and witness these things in person, but with todays technology we get to see the game changing plays, the joy, the despair, heartache and triumphant jubilation over and over again. some of us are even lucky enough to see the tears and laughter in High Definition, which only makes the moment of these young players lives freeze in time, forever immortalized in NCAA history.
Hold your heads high Appalachian State and Stanford! To the rest of the country you're both "feel good" stories, but to every David waiting in the wings for their shot at glory, you have slayed Goliath. You have shown that there is more to perception than what the eye tells us.
You have become an inspiration and heroes for all those "little guys" that were told they never could or never would. You have turned the NCAA college football world upside down, not once, but twice. Here's a salute to your heart, determination and whatever else you guys used to snatch victory from the jaws of a certain defeat.
Thanks to you, it is fresh in all of our minds why we stayed glued to our televisions not wanting to miss a waking moment. Thanks to you for reminding us why we are all College football fans!
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