College football's season of chaos is complete. There's no prospect for a playoff system for the major college football any time soon. The hard-shelled traditionalists must be thrilled as the rest of us despair for the unrealized potential that continues to be wasted. Oh well, there's still the NFL...

Congratulations to the the Iraqi team, improbable winners of the Asian Cup.

Here are two excerpts from the Reuters article:

"Iraq were forced to train and play their qualifiers in neutral countries and their coach, Brazilian coach Jorvan Vieira, who said he planned to quit after the match, only had two months to mould a team that included Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish players."

and

"FIFA President Sepp Blatter, who was at the Gelora Bung National Stadium for the final, said Iraq's achievement had inspired millions and was proof of sport's unique power to unite people in the most desperate circumstances."

As the man says, read the whole thing: Iraq defy odds to complete Asian Cup fairytale Sports Reuters

Mark Cuban does a great service for NBA fans and advances the understanding of the effect of the new synthetic basketball on play this season in his post, "NBA balls...".