But corporate bully boys, bowl organizers and university presidents overrule the will of the people. Fans are told to accept the legitimacy of a system that only benefits the rich and makes a travesty out of the beautiful sport of college football.
The San Francisco Giants and the Texas Rangers would never have been in the World Series if baseball was as hampered by nonsense as college football. And don't even get me started about Butler Bulldog Basketball!
Yet, there is still a glimmer of hope. The more teams that go undefeated and get shut out of the championship game, the more the BCS is weakened.
It's just a wee bit strange how the BCS often finds a way to legitimize itself. And games just "happen" to fall in such a way that make the ludicrous system actually seem workable.
Love is strange. People are strange. The BCS is very strange!
And there's a way for it to all work out for the BCS again this year. How convenient!
The championship game will be between Oregon and TCU. That's not the matchup supporters of the BCS want. But there is no way to avoid TCU at this point without further weakening the position that the BCS crowns a true national champion.
Oregon vs. Auburn would be the darling matchup of the corporate BCS interests. It sets up both an East-West and a North-South matchup as well as a shootout between two offensive juggernauts. That would make some money.
Here are the reasons why Oregon and TCU land in the big game and Auburn must make its exit.
1) TCU will be undefeated. New Mexico is a terrible team that will not even provide token opposition to TCU. The BCS does not want to hear that the system again denied an undefeated team the opportunity to win the national championship on the field.
2) Boise State will lose. They need to be out of the big game for the same reasons TCU needs to be in it.
The BCS cannot afford an undefeated team at the window. They can't afford the Broncos looking in at the party. Not to mention that putting your nose to a frozen window can be quite troublesome in Idaho.
It would be a tall order for either Fresno State or Utah State to go into Boise and come out with a victory. The emergency call for Boise will be "Reno 911." The Broncos will be in big trouble when they visit Nevada.
3) Nick Saban dissects Auburn. - The BCS doesn't want the Cam Newton debacle coming within shouting distance of the national championship game. Nick Saban's Alabama squad will find a way to stop Newton and put some much-needed luster back on Saban's coaching reputation. The Tide rolls the Tigers out to sea.
4) Oregon silences Quacks. - There are more doubters of the Oregon Ducks since they squeaked by the California Bears last week. They do have enough in their beaks, though, to best a tough Arizona squad and to survive a challenge by their always unpredictable rival, the Oregon State Beavers.
When the regular season ends, I will detail how a playoff system would serve college football much better than the current idiocy.
Here are the rankings:
- Oregon
- Texas Christian
- Auburn
- Boise State
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