Sunday, December 03, 2006
BCS = L-A-M-E
Things that make me mad mostly share one common link: a failure in logic. I'm not even that much of a college football fan, but I have always been baffled by their lack of a true championship. Every other sport has one, so why can't Division I NCAA Football have one as well? Instead of beating all opponents in a playoff format, the two teams are selected by a combination of sportswriters and coaches in a popularity contest that includes "style points".

This isn't Project Runway, but it sure seems like it. This year, the committee has selected Florida and Ohio State as the two teams to compete in the championship, even though it is clear to relatively casual observers that Michigan and Ohio State are the two best teams in the country. Then again, I don't know that for sure. I mean, a lot of these teams haven't played each other directly. What would be a good way to have all of the best teams play each other and have the team that ultimately won all of the games turn out to be the champion? They could call it something fun, like "The Playoffs". Oh that's right, every single competitive sport on earth has that at the end of the season except college football.
One of the analysts on the radio said that Michigan is not in the championship game because "You have to win your conference to be part of the championship". Besides the fact that this is not a rule, would it be fair to say that if the top 8 teams in the country were in the same division, then the #1 team should play the #9 team for the championship, because the #9 team is then the best team to win their conference? Hardly. I understand that, ultimately, it is done to generate the most amount of money for the athletic programs for the teams involved and the most advertising opportunities for the companies that sponsor the buhzillion bowl games that now exist. I just wish the fans and the teams themselves weren't so accepting of the fate of their season coming down to a Survivor-style vote. Okay, I'm done.
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This isn't Project Runway, but it sure seems like it. This year, the committee has selected Florida and Ohio State as the two teams to compete in the championship, even though it is clear to relatively casual observers that Michigan and Ohio State are the two best teams in the country. Then again, I don't know that for sure. I mean, a lot of these teams haven't played each other directly. What would be a good way to have all of the best teams play each other and have the team that ultimately won all of the games turn out to be the champion? They could call it something fun, like "The Playoffs". Oh that's right, every single competitive sport on earth has that at the end of the season except college football.
One of the analysts on the radio said that Michigan is not in the championship game because "You have to win your conference to be part of the championship". Besides the fact that this is not a rule, would it be fair to say that if the top 8 teams in the country were in the same division, then the #1 team should play the #9 team for the championship, because the #9 team is then the best team to win their conference? Hardly. I understand that, ultimately, it is done to generate the most amount of money for the athletic programs for the teams involved and the most advertising opportunities for the companies that sponsor the buhzillion bowl games that now exist. I just wish the fans and the teams themselves weren't so accepting of the fate of their season coming down to a Survivor-style vote. Okay, I'm done.
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