2008 Woodie Awards
BCS system a mess heading into bowl season
Jake Laxen
Issue date: 11/29/07 Section: Sports
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Oh how sweet it is to say "I told you so."
At least that is the feeling among college football fans who are waiting to see how the BCS system entangles the current bowl mess ahead.
For the past decade, money thirsty networks, advertisers and the hierarchy of the NCAA college football world have prevented the installment of a tournament playoff system.
Now they are in regret due to the problem which an eight-team tournament would easily solve.
With no clear-cut No. 1, or No. 2 for that matter, there is now a frenzy on deciding who hits the record books as the National Champion.
While there have been many issues with the BCS system in the past, none have been to the magnitude of this year. There are several cases for and against the teams pitted for BCS bowl action.
Due to the greedy eyes of bowl promoters, the integrity of the game and the validity of the recognized National Champion has come into question.
This all comes from a sport that is supposed to be about the love and passion of the game. It is not supposed to be some million-dollar industry suited and catered so it can make the most money possible.
The luster and enticement of a league that just may have been about the passion of the sport has obviously been infiltrated and corrupted.
There are several teams on the BCS bubble that, with a tournament in place, could have made one of the most interesting post-seasons in sports history.
While this weekend's tournament championships are set to knock off a few and make things a bit more clear, there is certainly a log jam at the top.
West Virginia is almost certainly a nod in the title game. They won a major conference in the Big East and have one of the most explosive offenses in the nation, with the sensational Pat White and Steve Slaton as his go-to-guy. Their offense would definitely hang with anyone if a tournament were in place.
Ohio State has good odds, despite coming out of a very weak Big Ten.
At least that is the feeling among college football fans who are waiting to see how the BCS system entangles the current bowl mess ahead.
For the past decade, money thirsty networks, advertisers and the hierarchy of the NCAA college football world have prevented the installment of a tournament playoff system.
Now they are in regret due to the problem which an eight-team tournament would easily solve.
With no clear-cut No. 1, or No. 2 for that matter, there is now a frenzy on deciding who hits the record books as the National Champion.
While there have been many issues with the BCS system in the past, none have been to the magnitude of this year. There are several cases for and against the teams pitted for BCS bowl action.
Due to the greedy eyes of bowl promoters, the integrity of the game and the validity of the recognized National Champion has come into question.
This all comes from a sport that is supposed to be about the love and passion of the game. It is not supposed to be some million-dollar industry suited and catered so it can make the most money possible.
The luster and enticement of a league that just may have been about the passion of the sport has obviously been infiltrated and corrupted.
There are several teams on the BCS bubble that, with a tournament in place, could have made one of the most interesting post-seasons in sports history.
While this weekend's tournament championships are set to knock off a few and make things a bit more clear, there is certainly a log jam at the top.
West Virginia is almost certainly a nod in the title game. They won a major conference in the Big East and have one of the most explosive offenses in the nation, with the sensational Pat White and Steve Slaton as his go-to-guy. Their offense would definitely hang with anyone if a tournament were in place.
Ohio State has good odds, despite coming out of a very weak Big Ten.