The BCS is a JOKE

Is there a bigger joke in all of sports than the BCS? I really don't think there is. And here is why...

BCS stands for Bowl Championship Series. Series? How can there be a series of championships in one sport? There is no Series of Championships in baseball. There is on series, the World Series. There are no multiple championships in the NFL. There is one, the Super Bowl. In hockey, there is one winner, they hoist the Stanley Cup. By now, you should be firmly grasping my point. If not, stop reading and go watch a replay of your favorite magicJack St. Petersbug Bowl, San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl, Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, or the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl.

So, the current system, the BCS, creates a Series of Championships in which the best teams play. None of the bowls listed above are in the BCS. They are other, less important bowls created to raise money for a university (not such a bad thing) and make bad teams feel like they aren't bad (not such a good thing). Within the BCS, you normally find teams like Texas, Oklahoma, USC, Ohio State, Penn State, Florida and an ACC team that certainly has no business being there. Why not have these 8 BCS teams play a small tournament to decide the winner of the season? What, with all the controversy that ensues after the BCS ends, it only makes sense. Until there is a way to decide the champion on the field, I will never fully enjoy watching college football.

Researching this post, I found a Wikipedia article named "BCS Controversies". It lists all the controversies by year. Here is the funny part...Under the heading 'controversies by season', it lists the following years: 1998-99, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09. Almost every season is included dating back to 1998!! What a joke! How much more do the people need? Literally, the BCS creates controversy every year. When was the last time there was controversy over any other sports championship? The other systems seem to be much more sound. I will not say they are perfect but I will say most of the controversy that seems to surround any other sport is over a call by a referee. This is human error. It is not an error in the system. An error in system is what we have with the BCS.

So what about those controversies? Remember the Big XII from last season? The log jam of Texas, Oklahoma, and Texas Tech. What a joke that was. How about Kansas getting a BCS bid over Missouri after Missouri beat Kansas? Another joke. Or in 2006-07, with Boise St. undefeated and not getting a chance to play for the Championship? The classic argument is that they did not have the strength of schedule. My response? Boise St. went on the beat Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl in one of the most exciting games ever. And was it in primetime during a tournament for the world to see? No! It goes on and on and on and on and on. There are too many to discuss. The point is this: A system that relies on computers and formulas to determine who the best two teams are, cannot be sustained. It must be replaced now. Here is an idea. The top 8 teams would play a bracket style tourney. 1v8 2v7 3v6 4v5 This would be the first week of the tournament. It could occur 2 weeks after the season ends and then every week until a champion is crowned. This year the tournament would start December 19 and end January 2. It's that easy.

Until something like this is put in place, I cannot respect college football. It's a joke of a sport.