Former Duck George Wrighster covers college football with humor and insight, plus the perspective of a six-year NFL veteran. He recently made an important point about Monday's National Championship Game between upstart, No. 1 Indiana and resurgent blueblood Miami, Monday night at 4:30 p.m. PT on ESPN.
First, for so many of the top college football programs in the current landscape, like the Hoosiers, Texas Tech and Oregon, their success is driven by an angel investor, Mark Cuban the IU graduate, Cody Campbell the West Texas oil magnate, and Phil Knight founder of the Nike Sports empire and the driving force behind Oregon's 30-year march to title contention and football relevance.