Bowling for Fairness...

Fair, but not so Fair...

Why of course I'm talking about the B.C.S. What College Football Fan doesn't at this time of the year. But you know, strangely, it always seems to be for the wrong reasons.

It’ll Never Work...

And well, it doesn’t. The way this thing is set up. The way that it always seems to play out, despite this years addition of a “Championship Game”, the powers that claim to be, still can’t get it right.

You know the old saying “You can’t make all the people happy all the time”. Well the BCS…it is probably the poster child for that statement.

Was Michigan Robbed?

No, they weren’t robbed. They had a chance to play Ohio State. They lost. Simple as that. They were the 2ND place team in the Big Ten. That should automatically disqualify you from playing in a title game.

But why should that be? It doesn’t matter whether they are the “NEXT” best team to Ohio State. They still LOST to them.

Is it the System?

Yeah, it is. The system, from the polls to the Bowls is completely screwed up. To anyone who follows the game at all, it’s obvious, that each part of the country has their biases and they show up. There are too many cases of teams who are ranked ungodly high in the “Preseason Rankings” who fall right off the page within 3-4 weeks. (See Notre Dame)

The only teams who realistically have a chance to win a national title now days are teams ranked in the Top 10 before the season starts. That alone is a screwed up premise, because how the hell do you know how good a team is until they actually play a game.

But the BCS doesn’t do that…

No, technically they don’t. They start releasing their polls after week 6 to technically eliminate that problem. BUT. They use polls that start before the season as part of their criteria for their point system. So it basically is a wash. They still do what they say they don’t, but they make it sound like they don’t. Comprende?

Can it be fixed?

No it can’t. At this point in time, there is way too much corporate money involved for things to change. The only thing that will fix the problem would be to have a playoff like every other level of College Football.

My friends, this is the system that we are stuck with. You will not see the day where it will change. The NCAA, despite their claims otherwise, is in this to make sure that they, along with their corporate sponsors are able to make as much money as possible. Never mind the fact that if they did the playoff system the right way, they’d probably make more money, they are happy the way things are. No, make that the companies who foot the bill for the Bowl Games are happy the way things are.

--Phil Cantor

“The time has come, my song is over, thought I’d something more to say”- Time (Pink Floyd)