College Football Mess Continued...

The College Football bowl games are officially set and what a mess it has been. If you look up and down the BCS bowl games it is clear that there is a problem with the system today and it’s quite obvious that the BCS is all about the money. I can not believe some of the match ups that are going to take place when it is obvious that there are better match ups and more deserving teams that should be in the BCS bowl games. The first example of the mess is the National Title game itself. Now, with today’s ridiculous system, the Ohio St vs. LSU championship game is the right call, but this game is a true reflection of how bad the BCS system really is. I said a few days ago that with the way the BCS system works then the correct title game should be between Ohio St and LSU but that doesn’t mean that these are the two best teams. Since the BCS started there has always been controversy on who should play in the National Title game and who should play in the other BCS bowl games. The 2007 College Football season has proved that the only way to make the National Title game between to two best teams in the nation is to implement a playoff system. There really is no clear team right now that stands out as being the best team in College Football. I can argue that USC and Oklahoma should play for the National Title because they are both on fire right now and both are conference champions. But both of them lost to unranked teams in the regular season and for that reason it has held them back from being the top two teams. However, Ohio St and LSU don’t have a better argument since they both have lost to unranked teams and even worse, these two teams have lost within the last two weeks of the regular season. In my opinion, it shouldn’t always be who you lose to but also when you lose. If you lose early in the season, it gives a team time to rebound and catch up, just as Oklahoma, USC, Georgia, and Virginia Tech did. How is it fair that LSU has lost twice when being #1 and is still in the National Championship game? Not only that, why is it that LSU jumped 5 spots in the polls just because they beat Tennessee in the conference championship? Oklahoma crushed a much better Missouri team and Virginia Tech beat a much better Boston College team to win their conference titles. It’s not fair but it’s the way the BCS system. I think that of all the teams, Virginia Tech got the biggest shaft in this system. Virginia Tech was ahead of LSU in the polls before this past Saturday, they had a commanding victory of Boston College but somehow LSU still climbed ahead of them. Virginia Tech’s two losses this season are to LSU and Boston College and I think the loss to LSU is the reason that voters couldn’t put them ahead of LSU in the final poll since they got beat 45-7. Their loss to Boston College was a close one that was lost in the last 2 minutes of the game but they got their revenge this past weekend. For some reason voters just love LSU. No matter when they lose, how they lose, or who they lose to, it is practically impossible for LSU to drop out of the top ten or to not be mentioned in the National Championship. Why? I don’t know, even though I think they really are one of the best teams in the nation, just like I thought USC was earlier this year, if you lose to teams you shouldn’t lose to then it should hurt you. Even though LSU lost both games in triple overtime, they still did give up 50 points to Arkansas. USC didn’t give up anything near 50 points, either did Oklahoma. Another team that got the shaft was Missouri. Why is it that they lose both their games to Oklahoma but beat Kansas and somehow Kansas is in a BCS game? It’s because Kansas has just one loss, even though Kansas didn’t beat a top 25 team this season. Another laugher is the fact that USC is playing Illinois in the Rose Bowl. Are you kidding me? Illinois? I know they handed Ohio St their only loss but Illinois doesn’t deserve this. The only reason their in is because the Rose Bowl wants to keep the tradition of the Pac-10 champion vs. the Big 10 champion, but since Ohio St is in the National Championship, they bumped Illinois into the Rose Bowl. Illinois is an up and coming team but I think it would be a fairer and better match up if they could have put Missouri was in there. They can’t do that though because the BCS doesn’t allow three teams from one conference to play in a BCS bowl game, thanks voters for putting an undeserving Kansas in there. And what’s up with the Hawaii vs. Georgia Sugar Bowl match up? This could be interesting since each team has a completely different style but I think if the BCS is all about the money then they should satisfy fans and have Hawaii play Missouri or Kansas so we could see a shootout. Congrats to Hawaii though for finishing as the only undefeated team in Division 1 college football in what has been the hardest season to go undefeated. I really hope Oklahoma crushes West Virginia in the Fiesta Bowl so voters can see that West Virginia and the Big East aren’t that good, but I do think with the way the system is that the Fiesta Bowl got the match up correct. The Orange bowl would be a great game too if Kansas wasn’t in it. I think they will put up a great fight against Virginia Tech but I don’t think they are deserving of being in the game. I like to see Missouri or Kansas vs. Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl and Georgia vs. Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl. Now those would be great game. Then to top it off, they should have just put USC up against either Missouri/Kansas and disregard the three team rule, or override the Big 10 and put Florida vs. USC in the Rose Bowl. The 4 major bowl games should include the 8 best teams not playing for the National Championship! One final note, if Tim Tebow doesn’t win the Heisman Trophy, then there is truly something wrong with the College Football system. ---CJ