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Barry Switzer and his pack said no, they just are not good enough. Followed up with the traditional rhetoric, who did they play? Utah as did Boise State before them, proved the pundits and BCS wrong. The Utes manhandled The Crimson Tide from the opening kickoff to the final gun. Alabama was no match for The Utah Utes. Bama had been ranked #1 in the nation for 5 weeks before falling to Florida. Their stingy defense allowed just 16 points per game. Utah hung 21 points on The Tide in the first quarter. So much for the argument Utah was not good enough and could not hang with Bama. The argument, who did they play is meaningless, Utah played and defeated everyone on their schedule. That included and Big 10’s Michigan and two highly nationaly ranked conference mates, BYU and TCU. The problem is, its not about who is good enough to be in the BCS Bowls, it’s about money and the 6 BCS Conferences want it all to themselves. In 2004 both Boise State and the Utah Utes were undefeated mid major te …

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Though they were covered with leather to make them last longer, they were, most of the time, irregular. In 1836, however, Charles Goodyear patented vulcanized rubber. This was the first step in modern football. In 1855, for the first time ever, Goodyear’s vulcanized rubber was applied to the football. In 1862, one of the first inflatable rubber bladders for balls was developed by H.J. Lindon. In 1872, the football was mentioned in the actual rule book for the first time ever. Even in these rules, however, some differences were acceptable. For example, “…the ball must be spherical with an outer casing of leather or other approved materials. The circumference shall not be more than 28 in., nor less than 27 in, while the weight at the start of the game must not be more that 16 oz., nor less than 14 oz.” (The Encyclopedia of Association Football, first published in England in 1956.) In the 1900s, balls had stronger rubber bladders, which could withstand a lot of pressure. This made them …