The Salt Lake Tribune
Monday, November 24, 2008
You can't spell BCS without BS
So, once again an undefeated, nationally ranked team is knocking on the door of the good-ol'-boys that determine college football's championship - and, again, the door is kept shut.

The 12-0 University of Utah's Utes - ranked No. 6 in the current BCS standings - will get to play one of the big-league teams in a major bowl game. (Probably the Sugar Bowl or the Fiesta Bowl, according to the Salt Lake Tribune's Lya Wodraska.) But a chance to play for the championship? Not gonna happen.

The insanity of this system - propped up by the big-money conferences for their own benefit, using polls and computers determine who's on top instead of actions on the field - has gone on too long. Heck, even President-Elect Barack Obama has weighed in on it, and now members of Congress are raising a stink.

An eight-team playoff is the only fair way to determine a champion. Then we can argue about which eight teams make the cut.

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posted by Sean P. Means @ 9:38 AM |

1 Comments:

At November 24, 2008 11:36 AM , Blogger Scoops Mangum said...

I would actually like to see a 16 team tournament, but 8 is a good start and much better than what we have now.

 

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