A Flawed System

The college football season officially ended yesterday, with Florida being crowned the BCS "champion". You might be thinking that because Florida won the championship game that they are the undisputed champions of NCAA football. You my friend, are very, very wrong. In a recent article on ESPN.com, Rick Reilly looked into this very subject and argued why the BCS system is broken and how the University of Utah is the real champion of college football. Reilly does an excellent job of stating his opinion in a humorous way that paints the BCS system as a joke and mockery to college football. One of the best comments in the article is when Reilly compared winning the BCS Championship Game to being crowned the "Best Amish Electrician". Follow the link for your enjoyment.

This article is probably targeted at upset college football fans who are tired of the BCS screwing up the season. Additionally, this article is undoubtedly written to the BCS committee, who has the power to change the current system and set the college football world at ease. Countless fans are infuriated by the current system and if this article persuades more to join the crowd, the BCS committee will have to deal with complaining and questioning galore for the next year. If enough people can be convinced that a new system is imperative and they can demonstrate their disdain in an orderly fashion, the committee might have no choice but to satisfy their conditions.

I understand that there are many people who couldn't care less about this topic and that is totally fair. However, I grew up on college football in Columbus, Ohio and this topic really does mean something to me. The BCS has been under fire for some now with regards to their magic formula of ranking teams and countless fans are fed up with the whole thing. I don't think it is too much to ask to get a new system that will please the masses. If college football wants to keep its loyal fans, then it had better do something that gives us a reason to keep watching games on Saturday afternoons this upcoming fall.