The BCS is Big BS and other stupid issues in sports

by Von Droomer

Every year is the same story, coming from the same people, and equally shrugged off by the same money-pigs - I mean Conference Owners.

The BCS is college footballs pride and joy, an overly complicated system measured by both computer rankings (read: facts) and voting by the Associated Press (read: random guessing). It is a structure unique to Division 1 College Football with, as many BCS opponents will be quick to point out, every other major sport, including every other level of college football using a playoff system to determine the champion. Surely the BCS must be an amazing an accurate system, able to determine which two teams are to play for the national championship each year, based solely on how they performed throughout the regular season.

Surely.

Okay, so usually there is a clear cut top two teams, teams who go undefeated or lose two games and happen to play in the SEC. But what if there are multiple undefeated teams? What if there is just one? How subjective  are the votes when trying to decide number 2? And that's not even mentioning the other 34 bowl games that are played each postseason. How much difference is there between 14 and 15?

Let's not forget the preseason polls. While the NFL does release Power Rankings each week online, those are simply a gauge of how hot teams are, and have no actual impact on where teams end up playing in the postseason. The BCS, however, completely determines your position at the end of the year. Preseason polls are based on how good you think a team is, but beating a top 25 team early on can carry a team through the season, even if that team wasn't as good as expected.

Sure, at the end of the year teams are judged more on the current top 25 teams they've beaten, but a lot of those teams are still riding on wins against early season favorites. "Yeah, Boise State plays a light schedule, but they beat Georgia when they were in the top 25!" Nice. But Georgia isn't a top 25 team now, so there's that.

Why the lack of humor on a humor-based site in what you were sure was a humor article? Fuck you, that's why. You are severely underestimating the severity of this situation. The Conference owners just want to keep lining their pockets with bowl money no matter who wins the championship every year. With all the recruiting scandals and cash flying around between players and agents, College football is nothing more than a money-sucking, soap opera minor league for future NFL stars and washouts.



Dear me from five minutes ago,

Did you see the Patriots game? Tom Brady is ridiculous!