College Football

I grew up in the south, and I love college football. Recently watching Alabama upset the University of Florida was one of the best things that I have seen in a while. It doesn't hurt that my two favorites teams are Florida State and anyone that beats Florida or Miami. I know that FSU has fallen on some hard times lately. I don't think that running Coach Bowden off was the answer, but my undying love for the Seminoles is a blog for another day. I am writing this because I think that the Bowl Coalition Series or BCS has got to go. It is the dumbest thing to happen to college sports since they started letting teams advertise on the uniforms. I remember being told that the BCS would remove a lot of the controversy in the championship games. I was also told that every team would have the same chances and that the field would be completely open and fair to all of the teams. In a word: poop. It is still the same teams. The people who manipulate the data are still just people and here we are, the same teams over and over. At the time that I am writing this, Boise State has gone undefeated for two years. They haven't even come close to a championship game and they aren't going to get the invite this year either. Why? Because the BCS is just one more failure in a long line of them. The old voting system wasn't perfect, but it was certainly better than this. I miss rivalries. The FSU/ Florida game is one of the highlights of my year. I proudly display the silver dollar that I won from my father in 1995 when FSU beat Florida 23-17. That was a great game. The BCS does nothing to improve College Football, and I would argue that it has hurt the game by forcing formerly independent schools into conferences. Think about it, and see if you don't agree. You'll also thank me later.