BCS Mess

I guess that title isn't really news or anything. Once again it looks like there is going to be a great debate over the current system and the institution of a playoff into D1 football.

The only thing that we're sure of so far in terms of the National Championship game is that it will be either Florida or Alabama as the 1st ranked team in the polls versus whatever team survives the possibilities of the Big 12 title game's implications. It could very easily be just as simple as ALA/FLA vs. Oklahoma. But then again it could get far more complicated. Do you take Texas even though they did not win their own conference but are ranked right behind OU? Do you take USC as a conference winner but not in a conference that has a title game? Or do you go outside the BCS conferences and select Utah or Boise State. Both the Utes and Broncos went 12-0 and won their respective conferences. Both Utah and Boise State build good arguments. Utah beat Oregon State, #12 TCU, and then dismantled #14 Brigham Young. Boise State beat #17 Oregon and added style points by blowing nearly everyone out of the water on the rest of their schedule.

There are so many ways that the BCS bowls can shake out and no matter what there will be arguments for a playoff. I think a playoff is still not ready yet but I think one of the best steps toward that is requiring that all conferences have a championship game. Look at Ohio State last year, because they did not have a championship game in the Big 10, they were able to back in to the title game while everyone else played for their conference title. This year, Cincinatti (a good team in a weak conference) will automatically get a BCS bid and block one of the teams truly deserving a BCS spot. I could also argue the fact that either Boston College or Virginia Tech is undeserving of a BCS spot. However, they are playing in a conference championship game in a conference that is very even this year in terms of quality teams. 8 out of the 12 teams in the ACC are bowl eligible and the ACC went 3-1 this weekend against the very strong SEC.

I guess pretty much what I'm getting at, no one will ever be happy with whatever system that is in place to decide who gets to play for the big bowl games.

One last thing...
Before people give Virginia Tech crap for doing terrible in BCS games, lets look at how some of the more storied teams in college football have done in BCS games

• Michigan: 1-3
• Notre Dame: 0-3
• Florida State 1-5

Granted that 1-3 and 1-5 are better than VT's 0-3 is, the Hokies could very easily be 2-1 considering that 2 of the games were decided by 3 points or less.