Stop Crying: The BCS Got it Right

All fucking day long I have been hearing people complaining about the BCS title game, which will be a rematch between LSU and Alabama.  Now for those that do not know FBS implemented a system years ago that would try to ensure that the top two team in the country would play for the FBS championship.  To do this, they decided, along with the biggest conferences in College Football to come up with a system that would keep the rich richer and the poor poorer.  In this they decided that the Number 1 and 2 teams would be determined by a computer system that would take into consideration a number of metrics to decide how those teams would be determined.  Now I am not going to say the system is without its flaws, and small changes over the years were made to correct some of the glaring issues that came up.  No you could still have four undefeated teams, and then what are you going to do?  Or you could have a year like this year.

Yes this year, you have a clear cut #1 in LSU but the next three teams after that the picture gets a little bit muttled.  #2 Alabama has one loss, a 9-6 loss to LSU, a great game, a classic defensive game where everything mattered at all time.  #3 Oklahoma State University also has one loss, except they lost to a team they were favored to beat by 24 points!  Now they are the popular pick by fans to be in National Title Game.  I am not saying they don’t have a point, it is very easy to argue for this team, they played well, they did a lot, they are exciting to watch, they are not in the SEC and they possibly should not have played the game in which they lost.  The school decided to play a game after a tragedy struck the University when a plane carrying some key members of their Women’s Basketball team crashed, killing them.  The second time in about a decade that has happened to that school, the first time it affected the men’s team in which players died.  But they played the game against Iowa St and they lost.  A shocking loss none the less.  Then you get to #4, the very overrated Stanford who’s one loss came to Oregon.  The game wasn’t even close and Stanford, who in my opinion has the best college Quarterback I have seen in years has no speed at all.  Because of that they were run off the field by Oregon.  So I don’t want to hear about them playing in the title game.  And to be fair I am not hearing their name at all, even thought I live in the Bay Area.

Now we have to get the crux of the issue which is jealousy.  I am a USC fan and through the actions of one Reggie Bush, they cannot play in a Bowl Game until next year.  Also, they will have scholarships taken away from them starting in 2012.  So I don’t have a horse in this race, nor do I care.  But the bottom line is this, the SEC has had the past 5 National Champions.  They have beaten teams from all of the other major conferences and usually they are not even close.  So this year we are guaranteed a sixth since both LSU and Alabama are in the title game.  Stop your crying about Alabama having their shot and not winning earlier this year.  Both OSU and Stanford had their shots too and both lost when they needed to win, so next. 

So other than seeing a rematch of a great game, why are you crying?  Neither of those two teams have a snow balls chance in hell of beating LSU.  Take that to the bank, and save your playoff talk.  This year it would still go down to the teams we have now.  This year despite the log jam of records the BCS computer system got it right.  You cannot argue differently, at least this year.