It’s broken! Please fix it!

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For the second year in a row, I will not watch the supposed college football national championship being forced down our throats by the BS (yes, I mean B.S.) championship system. It’s too bad, though. The match-up is one for the ages.

It’s my little form of protest, I guess. The system is broken, and it needs fixing. How else could you describe the injustice against Auburn this year and USC last year? Don’t get me wrong – I am not an SEC apologist (sans Tennessee), in fact, I really can’t stand most of the teams in the conference. But Auburn deserves a shot at the national championship. They dominated one of the strongest conferences in the nation, allowing only one rushing touchdown all season (before the Vols scored 3 in the SEC championship game) – and that was to Kentucky, with their third-string defense in the game.

Simply put, the BCS is a scam. How can they say the national championship is being determined on the playing field when the teams that deserve to play don’t even get a chance to prove themselves by actually playing a game? At least with the old system, the match-ups weren’t decided solely on the whims of the pollsters.

The powers that be in the BCS machine say that the team that was “supposed” to win has always won. Not so this year. They can’t say that with certainty because not all of the worthy teams are in the Big Dance – of course, there’s only one game in this dance. Will there be a shared title again this year? Sounds like the system works, doesn’t it?

It’s time for a playoff system. No doubt about it.

And what about the Cal fans? After 45 years, the Golden Bears were finally destined for the Rose Bowl. Their hopes were crushed by the invitation of Texas to play Michigan. The way the system is, Cal should have received that bid. I know the slight would anger me if IU were skipped like that, and missed out on the “Granddaddy of them all.” I agree with the Golden Bears on this one.

I encourage everyone to watch something else on January 4, 2005. I wonder if CBS will run a CSI rerun?

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Matt Todd

Howdy. I'm Matt. My wife, Christy, and I have four kids and two dogs, I'm passionate about orphan care. I'm a die-hard fan of the Evansville Aces, the Indiana Hoosiers, and Star Wars. I'm trying to live life by the Todd family motto: "It behooves us to live!"
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