Boring, Congested, Sloppy. That is the BCS. Auburn and Oregon waited 37 days to play a game that was overhyped to be a contest between two high-powered, high-scoring offenses. The over-under on this game was something like 74 points. What we got were two rusty, out-of-sync offenses against two very well prepared defenses...on a field of new sod that had players on both teams slipping, sliding and suffering serious injuries.
If we must have a champion based on opinion polls, at least play the game in a realistic time frame: no more that 2 weeks after the end of the participating team's seasons. Don't wait until after the other 33 meaningless exhibition bowl games have been played. The outcome of the bowls has no bearing on the "championship", so why wait until they are played to play the "championship" game.
The only reason to wait that long would be have a playoff tournament. But we can't do that. Oh no!. A meaningful playoff tournament would detract from the 35 meaningless exhibition games we have now. Why is top-tier college football the only sport that has its exhibition season after the regular season?
Maybe the NFL will get with the program when the work out the next CBA. They can have a 20 game schedule, then the Pro-Bowl all star game. And the team with the most players on the winning team will be declared the World Champions. Makes as much sense as the BCS.
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