The BCS is a Joke

Does anyone out there actually like the BCS beside college presidents that get huge money for their schools because of it? I love it when I hear these college presidents say that it would hurt their students academically if they went to a playoff system. Blah, blah, blah.

Mr. D-I College President, tell that to the presidents of Division I-AA and every other division of college athletics that has a playoff system. Just be honest and say it's about the $$$ and people would respect you more. You look greasy by not being being real.

At espn.com, Gene Wojciechowski has a great article about the complete mess that is the BCS this year and every year. He writes:

By sheer accident, nothing more, Ohio State and LSU will play Jan. 7 in the Allstate BCS National Championship Game. A few days ago it was supposed to be Mizzou vs. West Virginia. And before that, Kansas vs. LSU.

If there were a congressman to write concerning the forever flawed Bowl Championship Series (Rep. Heath Shuler, D-N.C.?), I'd give you his address. But there isn't. Instead, we get SEC commissioner Mike Slive, who doubles as the Bowl Championships Series coordinator. It's a crummy part-time job because you're forced to explain the unexplainable, defend the indefensible. . .

And that's the shame of all this. Nobody is playing better than OU, Georgia or USC right now. But it's Ohio State, with its puppy fur-soft nonconference schedule and so-so Big Ten quality, that was chosen for New Orleans. Interesting, since the Buckeyes didn't register a win against a top 20 team at the time they played. At least inconsistent LSU mostly survived a killer conference and won its league championship game.

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There will be those who say the unpredictability of this season and of the BCS is what made college football so compelling in 2007. I'd say the BCS is what made this season so embarrassing. How can you have these delicious scenarios without having a playoff to resolve them on the field?

We're back where we started pre-BCS. Chaos reigns. And all because too many people in the business of college football are willing to settle, willing to pretend there isn't a better solution.

(HT: A Bradley)