I guess since I’m at NCSU, I need to pay attention to ACC football (if you can call it that). I am amazed by Chuck Amato’s comments after NCSU lost to a “cupcake” team. Here is ESPN’s report.
“They’re in a conference that allows non-qualifiers in school,” Amato said during his weekly news conference, the Charlotte Observer reported. “Non-qualifiers. Do y’all need to look that one up to write your stories? … Do you know what kind of players non-qualifiers are, usually? They’re inversely proportional to what their grade-point average is. They can make a big difference.”
Translation: We lost because they had better players. Their lower standards gave them an advantage over us.
Wait a second. Which team is a member of a BCS conference? Which team gets to play on national television several times a year? Which team is can count on going to a bowl if they only win half their games? In last year’s NFL draft, which team had six picks, including the number one and two others the first round, while the other only had a single forth round pick?
Sure, high standards hurt the ability of Duke and Vanderbilt to field a competitive football team every year. But, yeah, Chuck is right, those MAC schools get all the advantages. I hope Chuck counts his blessings when he’s coaching the Kent State defense next year.
