re: What sports phrase do you hate the most?

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It’s time to dismiss the notion of doing anything based on the “eye test.”

The “eye test” means you’re judging, and that means you’re giving your opinion. Once that happens, it’s over for a sport who's national champion needs to be determined by proof and facts.

College football is supposed to be better than the 2007 New York Giants. It’s supposed to be above the idea that a championship is won by a tournament that destroys the importance of the journey. It’s supposed to reward the regular season and acknowledge it, and not simply go by thoughts.

And Alabama failed the only “eye test” that mattered.

2011 National Champion LSU 9, Alabama 6.

We don’t know that 2011 National Champion LSU beat Oklahoma State.

That, we needed to see with our own eyes.

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