College Football At Its Finest - Rose Bowl As Good As It Gets

The Rose Bowl was as good as advertised and was as good as it geets in regards to collegiate football. It was like watching Thomas Hearns and Marvelous Marvin Hagler throwing haymakers at one another for four quarters.

Pete Carrroll and Mack Brown are both to applauded. Both coaches came into this game and showcased more talent than some NFL teams. I honestly have never seen more football talent on one football field in gone game.

What is even more impressive and astounding is that each of those players were allowed to utilize every ounce of God-given talent that they had to the fullest degree. Pete Carroll and Mack Brown did not stymie, stifle, or hold back their players. No, the two great coaches knew they were riding stud thoroughbred horses and let them play the game to the best of their abilities. As a result we witnessed the greatest national championship game in the history of college football. There were no losers in that game. They all played like champions and they all were allowed to play at the optimum level of their skills.

How many other coaches, if they had the chance to coach such talent, would have let the players let it all hang out? How many coaches would have tried to oversteer and hold the players back? How many coaches would have taken such talent and try and grind the game down and hope for winning a close game at the end? That is exactly why Carroll and Brown have taken their respective teams to the natiional title game and why other have not.

We saw the difference in what good coaches do with great talent. They find a way to put such talent in a position where they can best utilize their skills, strength, and speed without trying to slow them down because you arre afraid of losing control. It is also a reason why many of these young men chose to attend those school-because they knew they would be given the opportunty to fully showcase their unique skills. We saw what happens when good talent is allowed to play all out with no one holding them back. Its an exciting brand of football. I'll never forget it, because it is rare that two coaches with so much talent and with so much at stake do what they are supposed to do....let their players showcase their talents and play the game to win - not play the game and hope you are in position to win.