College Football Trumps Soccer

Look, I love college football. Most of you do too. And I appreciate soccer and the World Cup and root for the U.S. plus Italy as I am Italian-American (I root for the U.S. if those two teams meet). But yesterday's bogus call in Brazil's tainted win over Croatia was the latest reason to prefer college football over soccer. Sure, we have plenty of cheating. God knows there is cheating going on in college football, from recruiting to giving advantages to chosen programs. I understand that and if someone proved that football officials were helping to throw games I would not be that surprised. But, the b.s. call in yesterday's match went a long way to deciding the match as it immediately led to the go-ahead score in a tight match during the second half. At the time that tainted goal was 33% of the game's scoring. There is nothing comparable in football and even the worst call you can think of, even those at game's end with the score close do not compare as the victims of the bad call had numerous opportunities to score throughout the game. Croatia had a handful. Giving a freebie to Brazil is similar to awarding a free touchdown to Alabama in a tied game with Vanderbilt in the fourth quarter and then allowing Vandy only one more drive. And remember that at least of third of Vandy's players would have to be defensive players. And that Bama would be allowed to keep scoring themselves. Etc, etc. It was a joke and allows the entire world to question the legitimacy of the sport and its finest showcase.