December 9, 2009
The Solution to the BCS Conundrum, Found at the Patent Office
If you follow college football at all, or alternatively, the circus act that we call Congress, you have probably heard the controversy about college football. It happened just this past weekend. Is it fair how the players of the championship game for the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) are selected? Since I live in Florida, and I am surrounded by Florida Gator fans, the answer is a resounding NO! Just take a look at this year – the University of Florida Gators have been the #1 team all year long, and University of Alabama has been #2 for most of the year. Both teams were undefeated, and both are in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). It’s hard not to say that the SEC was the toughest football conference this year – and this is coming from a guy who bleeds Wolfpack red (yes, it was a tough season) and generally roots for the ACC (except for Carolina).
UF was a victim, and Alabama was the victor, of the strength of the SEC. The two were undefeated this season and, as such, were forced to meet in the SEC championship game. Someone was coming out of that game with a loss and, unfortunately, it was Florida. When a team has been as dominant over the past several years as Florida has been, a loss like that was a tough pill to swallow.
