Alabama crowned as winner of Slabby, the CFPA's national championship award

Oregon Ducks named team of the year,
Notre Dame gets season's skunk award


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CFPA Championship Committee Votes
Alabama as the 2009 National Champion

POOLSVILLE, USA (December 17, 2009) –– The College Football Prognosticators Association (CFPA) awards its national championship, the Slabby Trophy, prior to the beginning of bowl season in the tradition of how the Associated Press used to do it back in the day before the creation of the BCS.

The CFPA’s expert panel, which unlike most of these voting bodies out there that produce polls throughout the season has been diligently studying and watching college football all year, has concluded voting for the 2009 national champion with the following results.

1) Alabama
2) TCU
3) Texas
4) Cincinnati
5) Boise State and Oregon (tie)

Congratulations to the University of Alabama Crimson Tide for being voted as the best college football team in 2009 prior to playing out the nonsense mandated by the BCS computers and Harris Poll voters who have no idea what they are doing.

The championship committee, called the College Football Prognosticators Association, is comprised of 150 college football experts from across the country with a range of backgrounds that is a "who's who" of reporters, bankers, doctors, lawyers, ad wizards, lawn guys, bond guys, car guys, pilots, priests, principals, builders, teachers, bums, and nomads.

The mission of the CFPA recognizes that the Bowl Championship Series has become meaningless, detrimental, and exclusionary to college football. The outcome of such bowl games does not deliver a true national champion based on the merits of the season. The CFPA's national championship is the only award in college football that recognizes a true champion based on the team’s efforts during the regular season.

The CFPA national championship trophy, affectionately referred to as "Slabby," is a stone tablet weighing more than 75 pounds. It is proclaimed as the heaviest and most indestructible award in college football, and as a bonus is also all-weather. Each year, the elected national champion's name is added to the trophy and sent to the university's athletic department. The athletic director must then carry the tablet 10 feet in the Slabby Strength Challenge in order to keep the trophy the remainder of the year.

The CFPA has been in existence since 2002 and started awarding Slabby in 2004. Past winners of Slabby have been USC and Auburn (tie vote) in 2004, USC in 2005, Ohio State in 2006, LSU in 2007, and Florida in 2008.

Learn more about an alternative to the current system at Project Playoffs.


Oregon wins college football team of the year

As students of the game throughout the season, the CFPA also names a team of the year that is not necessarily the best team but played a difficult schedule and won the majority of those games.

Using a patented scientific formula the CFPA has sworn to secrecy to prevent its exploitation by the BCS and Powers That Be in college football, plus the input of 147 keen viewing eyes, the University of Oregon Ducks came out as this year's winner for embodying the skills and spirit of a great college football program.


Notre Dame named college football's skunk of year

Using the same methodology, the CFPA also names the football program that was the most disappointing of the season. For 2009, that team is the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, which failed in every big game and concluded the season by dropping $18 million to rid the college of its head football coach.

Sounding off on the Slabby Award

"BOISE is getting shafted. C'mon they are 12-0 for the season and enough
can't be said about the strength of the WAC." -- Moose T.

"I've anxiously awaited the Slappy ballot. Moreseo than my FWAA All-American ballot or my Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year ballots (things the IRPC can't take away from me). I've debated the strengths and weaknesses of several teams. In the end, I went with the simplest metric wins and losses ... Utah (12-0)" -- Scott F.

"Florida. Not that I like it, mind you, but I don't see anyone beating them. They showed focus and determination against 'Bama and made no mistakes in a huge game. OU won't be able to handle their pass rush and we've already seen that Bradford can be rattled. Plus I don't see OU's D holding up to the pounding. Just like the SEC game - it will be pretty close, but Florida will take the wind out of OU's sails in the 4th and win by at least 10." -- Jeff G.

"The Oklahoma Sooners. Looking forward to the presentation, I think Joe is up for the carrying portion." -- Sean O.

"Oklahoma has my vote for Slabby. Florida is a very close second, but their loss to Ole Miss is worse than Oklahoma's loss to Texas." -- Ryan H.

"USC Trojans. Too bad for them they cannot prove it on the field!!!" -- John C.

"The head to head between Oklahoma and Texas doesn't matter. Florida is the best." -- Brendan O.

"Florida. Although at basically 50% in this pool its apparent I know very little about college football." -- DJ U-Explicit Johnson

"My vote goes to Boise St., because they should be in the championship game." -- Booty D

"Texas. Body of work baby... body of work.... if our safety catches that tipped ball... there would no discussion on who should be #1. No other team can say they were one play away, against another Top 5 team, from being undefeated. No other team. Remarkably, I didn't expect us to be this good this year. Everyone thought next year would be our year." -- Sal

"While continuing my objection as to any selection without playing the bowl games, I'll vote nevertheless for the Florida Gators out of SEC loyality." -- Big O

"USC, of course! If they were not in picture, then probably go w/ Oklahoma." -- Tim Bic

"Oklahoma is the Slabby National Champion. Based on the final AP and Coaches Poll, they beat more teams in the top 25 and their only loss was to the number 3 team at a neutral site." -- Lee D.