They put the BS in BCS

The national championship game has been played and, unfortunately, the Florida Gators have been crowned. They played well against the Oklahoma Sooners and the game was a good one. However, this whole BCS crap needs some serious overhauling.

As you know, I've never been a big fan of the BCS because it just doesn't make sense to me. I think you need some sort of doctorate in astrophysics and aeronautical engineering to figure out between strength of schedule and quality wins how they come up with who ends up at the top of the list. I say that this year in college football has all but cemented the reasoning behind needing a playoff system.

At the end of all the bowl games you end up with three one-loss teams and one no-loss team. The undefeated team, Utah, got totally hosed in the fact that they beat--quite soundly--an Alabama team that had been No. 1 in the polls but ended up falling to UF in the SEC Championship game. The argument being that they belong to the Mountain West Conference (or whatever it is) and thus, do not have a hard schedule or teams where they can gain quality wins. I'd say the same could be said for the Pac-10 and no one is saying that USC shouldn't be given a shot, but maybe that's just me.

Then there was the whole six degrees of winning in the Big 12. Oklahoma ended up number 1 in the polls after losing to Texas who lost to Texas Tech who lost to Oklahoma. I know, crazy huh? Texas gave a good game against Ohio State, but that's not exactly a good argument considering how bad the Big Ten has become. Oh well. And don't get me started on how unfair it was for Texas Tech to not even get into the Big 12 championship or a BCS game because of the BCS BS rules about more than two teams from a conference, etc. What about Notre Dame who have sucked for a long time but still get in? Huh, what about them? Make them join a conference!

This whole thing is just wrong on so many levels. Kids and teams get screwed because of the politics and campaigning of other schools. Bleh, let them play and then see who's left standing after the dust settles.

Suck on that AP poll at life.sa.laugh@hotmail.com.