Thu Dec 18, 2008 2:28 pm EST
I would wholeheartedly endorse Clay Travis' call to boycott the BCS' principle sponsors this bowl season, if I thought it was allowed to sign on to a boycott of products one doesn't buy in the first place. Honestly, Tostitos are fine, but tortilla chips are a dime a dozen; no, scratch that, they're like half a cent per dozen, a peso per dozen, and there's no reason to go upscale with it.
So even in my most vulnerable area, junk food, I can honestly say, though the thought of a boycott hasn't crossed my mind, I have not knowingly purchased a product from a major BCS sponsor -- AllState, FedEx, Tostitos and Citi (which isn't doing so hot, anyway) -- in the last calendar year. Call it an accidental boycott. And don't hold me to the web of subsidiaries that no doubt links all four behemoth companies to every product I buy; the victory might be accidental, but as far as raging against the machine goes, it's all I have.
They seem to be doing just fine without my business. But Clay's rage-inspired reasoning is sound, there is a Facebook petition with a few dozen members and more companies will be added to the hit list when their commercials show up during the games in January (networks don't release sponsors ahead of the events). If your hatred of the BCS is that strong, you owe it to yourself to sign on. Do your duty, comrade.
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Even though I do think that Texas was the logical choice to represent the Big XII South, they didn't get screwed. They were eliminated by the rules that they agreed to. Life's hard, wear a cup.
As far as getting "screwed" out of the BCS... again take it up with your conference.
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