His Words, not mine.

"Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God." 
1 Corinthians 6:9-11

If you don't like that, take it up with God.

As a believer, I support the Word of God, and to use one of my favorite sayings...I own it.
I've never understood why someone who doesn't believe in God or His Word, would give two shakes of a stick at what God thinks or what God's Word says. And why does a non-believer care what a believer believes? Are you that nosy? Is imposing your will that important? Or do you, somewhere deep down in a place you don't want to talk about, feel a bit curious as to why we are at peace in the face of turmoil? Do you wish you could love your neighbor rather than constantly worrying about how their beliefs offend you?
Do what you want to do. Live how you want to live. Die how you want to die. Face eternity how you want to face eternity. Own it. And when I say own it, I mean own it.
Coddle terrorists and kill babies. Laugh at Miley and denounce Phil. Embrace Mandela and ignore Netanyahu. Mock George Bush and worship Barack Obama. Do what you want to do, but lose the double standard. Tolerance is a two way street - before you demand it, practice it.

NCAA Football Playoff...

To those who have eagerly awaited a playoff and think it will finally put an end to all the controversy surrounding the NCAA football championship...

OK, smart guys - if the 4-team playoff were in effect this year, what's your 4-team bracket look like?

Obviously, you have FSU in under any scenario, but after that, it gets just as complicated as when choosing only 2 teams for the BCS Championship.

Sure, AU and Alabama probably deserve a shot...but then what?  

Michigan State?  With a loss to Notre Dame?  All of a sudden beating an Ohio State team (also with 1 loss) who many people thought shouldn't even get a shot if they went undefeated because "they haven't played anyone" is grounds for inclusion into the 4-team playoff?  Hardly.

What about Baylor? Their only loss coming to a strong Oklahoma State team.

Stanford?  Sure, they lost 2 games (one to Utah), but they beat 7 ranked teams - anyone want to argue they aren't among the best teams in the country today?

As far as that goes, Missouri...whose only losses are a 2-OT road defeat at SC and to AU in the SEC Championship game.  I might argue they belong over Bama - they at least won their half of the conference - something Bama obviously doesn't have to do to be included in any national championship discussion (see 2011 season).

Point is - nothing will give the people the definitive champion that they want - it just can't happen.  It isn't the NFL with 30 teams...you just can't start with 125 teams and get 1 winner.  

Until the NCAA has an honest discussion with themselves and the 100 or so teams that cannot, under any circumstances, win a championship - we will never have a season free from controversy.  So, do I simply complain and offer no solution?  Of course not.

There should be 4 major conferences of 16 teams.  That's right - only 64 teams can possibly win a Division 1 Championship.  Sorry Nevada.  Sorry Bowling Green. Sorry Navy.  And for that matter, unless you pony up and join one of the 4 conferences - sorry Notre Dame.

Currently, a BCS Champion will have played 14 games before hoisting the crystal football (unless you're Alabama and don't have to even play for your conference championship to be given a shot...)  So, we'll work with a 14 game max schedule.

Games 1-7 you play each team in your half of your conference...same as now.

Games 8 is for playing 1 teams from the other side of your conference on a 2 year rotating basis - home and home.

Game 9 is for a traditional conference rivalry from the other half of your conference (i.e. UGA/AU).

Games 10-11 are for non-conference games.  If a team has a traditional rival that is out of conference (i.e. UGA/Tech), that game is played every year.  The other remaining game can be against anyone else out of conference (i.e. UGA/Clemson), and would change every 2 years (home and home).

Game 12 is your Final 8.  The 2 conference division winners meet to determine the conference champion.

Game 13 is your Final 4.  Rank the 4 conference champions - 1 plays 4, 2 plays 3.

Game 14 is your National Championship Game.

Whoever survives this scenario would easily be crowned the most worthy winner - having won both their conference division, their conference, a game against another conference champion, and a final championship game.  Oh yeah, every 10 years, the NCAA would hold a review - replacing any non-competitive teams from the pool of Division 2 teams.  So, maybe UGA won't be playing Tech every year after all.