If there was one university that knows how to take a beating it's Savannah State.
Last week, the Tigers were the sacrificial lamb for the Oklahoma State Cowboys as they lost 84-0. What is the price of a loss like that you say? About $385,000. That's how much Oklahoma State gave Savannah State to play (let's face it, lose) in Stillwater. This weekend they got more money from another university to play against them. This time it was the Florida State Seminoles paying $475,000. Savannah State doesn't belong in Tallahassee and yet they were invited to play against the #6 ranked team in the country.
What was the spread? 70 1/2 in favor of FSU of course. Amazingly, however, Savannah State beat the spread. It was 55-0 in favor of FSU when bad weather came and called off the rest of the game in the third quarter. What a bargain. Savannah State got 4th quarters worth of money for only 3 quarters of destruction.
It's ludicrous to think that this kind of thing is acceptable in the "Amateur" system of college football. It's done every year and yet we just accept it because we want to be entertained and don't care about the details. I don't blame Savannah State for taking the money for either game but I am upset that the NCAA just allows this kind of thing to happen. It's just another piece of hypocrisy on top of the big pile BS that is the NCAA.
P.S. Hope Devon Walker gets better soon.
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