Just when you think the BCS couldn’t be any more of a joke, the bowl matchups were announced on Sunday, making it clear that the BCS’s ineptitude knows no bounds.
Sure, the championship game has the right teams in it, but that would have been really difficult to screw up.
For the first time in the brief, unspectacular history of the Bowl Championship Series, two teams from non-BCS conferences (Texas Christian and Boise State) qualified for BCS bowls. That is good news. The bad news, however, is that they’re playing each other.
We’ve all watched this season as TCU and Boise State ransacked their respective conferences and finished undefeated to earn a shot at the big boys.
Problem is, they won’t get that shot.
TCU-Boise State matchup is somewhat intriguing, but it’s also a complete waste of a Fiesta Bowl. Wouldn't you want to see TCU take on Florida, or Boise State play Iowa or Georgia Tech? Let the little guys prove they can hang with the Big Ten, SEC or ACC, because apparently Boise State beating Oklahoma a few years ago wasn’t proof enough.
Who knows? Maybe they can’t hang this year, and Florida would squash the Horned Frogs and Iowa or G-Tech would blow out the Broncos. But those games, at least initially, would be a lot more interesting than what the BCS has given us.
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I agree with you on the TCU-Boise matchup, but my biggest problem is that there is two Big 10 teams. I'm sorry, but if the Big 10 has proven anything in the last three seasons, it's that it cannot compete with the rest of the country.
Ohio State is going to get walloped in the Rose Bowl. In fact, the last time a Big 10 team won the Rose Bowl was 2000. That's horrible.
I would take Virginia Tech (who played Alabama in the season opener) or LSU in that spot. But no, we're going to be forcefed another crappy game. Georgia Tech wins by 20.
I think its pointless to argue over which undefeated team is best instead of letting their play decide it on the field.
The BCS clearly only cares about making money, otherwise how do you explain that this is the only sport in div 1,2,or 3 that doesnt have a playoff system to determine its champion.
You're right in that it's merely a money-making system, but the other three divisions in college football (Football Championship Subdivision, Division II and Division III) all have playoffs to determine a champion.
Most of them have at least 16 teams in the field. They have the idea right, the execution wrong. I think eight teams, three weeks. Keep the BCS points system, and sure there's going to be some whining as to which eight teams get in, but I think during the course of three weeks, the cream is going to rise to the top.
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