Sunday, December 2, 2007

BCS. What does the C stand for?

The last time my buddy Paul and his wife were in town, as you may have read on his blog, we got together and had some serious laughs. On Saturday night we went to a local sports bar, All Sports Cafe, and had dinner. This place is greatly noted for housing a West Virginia Mountaineers fan club on Saturdays during the fall. Well, I am an avid hater of those bums, and am proud to say I went there with a friend who is a big Pittsburgh freak, so whether he's a Pitt Panthers fan or not, he is in this blog. HA HA got bounced by a 28 point underdog. Amazing how a nail-biter turns into a holy roller healing room. Wannstedt came off those crutches real quick in the 4th quarter. Anyway, this weekend now leaves us with the BCS. First off, what does the C stand for in the middle? If they took that C out, it would make complete sense. Now I understand that there is big money in the bowl games, and there is a history. And we all know that its the only way the 2nd largest metropolis in this country (LA) is going to see a meaningful football game in January. But that aside, we still don't know who will be the best.
Will the Georgia Bulldogs figure out a way next year to let their Mark Richt talk to his alma mater, Miami, and then announce before their last game that he is staying, and then go out a win a thriller. Now in all seriousness, I feel that LSU may be the better team. It took 6 overtimes to hand them two losses, and they shlacked the Hokies, which is now ranked 3rd (GO HOKIES), so they probably deserved it; but you can't tell me that somebody somewhere knew how to get some writers to think about it.
Giving these arguments for this years BCS, there is still a need for a playoff. Hawaii never played a huge contender, but if beating the big teams counts, then why aren't they inviting North Texas, which racked up 62 points against Navy (and LOST), which is a team that beat Notre Dame. Oh wait, Hollins University could have beaten Notre Dame this year (for those who don't know, Hollins University is an all female {except for the occasionally accepted post-grad male, lucky dog} small college in North Roanoke County). It would settle the debate each year. Sure, it might mean that the two teams that had the best season against the hardest schedule may not play, but it would be because one, or both, of them lost a playoff game. Have them play a playoff, and then have the two remaining teams play in one of the big bowl games. You have 8 teams and they play two weekends in mid December. Or even go 12 and have them play over three weeks. Whichever, you have those eight teams play someone they didn't play in the playoffs in a bowl game. Four losers of the quarter finals play each other (have the same number of weeks off), then the two losers the next week play each other, (again, same number of weeks off). But what do I know, I am just a fan who cares about the game
Anyway, GO HOKIES, make those other birds know that they are just a basketball school. And now, bring on one of my favorite times of the year in college sports, March freekin Madness
Later Daze

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