It has been suggested that Slippery Rock College made it into the nation’s consciousness decades ago when a sportswriter wrote a column demonstrating the folly of the notion that beating the top team should make you the top team. It seems that season that someone like Auburn had beaten someone like Alabama. But someone like Ole Miss had beaten Auburn. And someone like Fresno State had beaten Ole Miss. Someone like Mount Union had beaten Fresno State and Slippery Rock had beaten Mount Union. QED, the writer argued, Slippery Rock should be the top rated team in the nation.
The Steelers have proven the NFL is an ‘Any Given Sunday’ league
