The More the BCS Changes, the More it Stays the Same

Despite an unusually exciting college football season in which a number one and/or number two team bit the dust seemingly every week, we have ended up with two of the same old crummy teams in the BCS championship that we always have. What a kick in the head! At one time or another during the season, “fresh” teams such as Missouri, Kansas, South Florida, and West Virginia occupied one of the top two slots. In addition, another team not normally counted with college football’s elite, Hawaii, managed to go undefeated. As it turned out, however, someone was just teasing us, as none of those teams will be playing for the national title. Instead, we are stuck with same-old-same-olds Ohio State and LSU. 

Ohio State earned its way there by being the only BCS conference champion with less than two losses. However, it’s a travesty that two-loss LSU will be there on the same field. By all rights, Hawaii should be playing the Buckeyes on January 7th. My gosh, they were undefeated. What more did they need to do?  If the BCS selectors couldn’t bring themselves to pick a non-BCS-conference team for the championship game, then could they have not selected Kansas? Besides Ohio State, the Jayhawks were the only team from a BCS conference with less than two losses. I know of at least one college football fan who will be boycotting the championship game – me! This is the final straw. We need a playoff.