"There will be no title game this year. None of you teams deserve it. When you had a shot to lock up your chances, you blew it or choked. Therefore, the title will be declared vacant".
There is not one damn team who can argue they "deserve" to be in the title game. No one played their way in.
There is not one damn team who can argue they "deserve" to be in the title game. No one played their way in.
