The combined OOC games of LSU & Alabama:
Georgia Southern
Kent State
North Texas
Northwestern State
Oregon
Penn State
West Virginia
Western Kentucky
Those eight teams were the “representatives” of non-SEC teams. If none of those teams could beat either LSU or Alabama, then no one can, right? Clearly no one else deserves a shot. Ah, the insulated little world of the SEC. If it doesn’t happen outside the south, it doesn’t count. Since the SEC & ESPN have college football by the short-hairs and get to keep patting each other on the back year in and year out, money and championships continue going round and round.
The SEC, where if you lose a game, it’s forgiven because “it’s sooo hard playing in the SEC!! It’s really tough!!” If you’re outside the SEC and you lose a game, then kiss the BCS Title goodbye, because losing to someone that’s NOT an SEC team is the same as losing to a pop warner team…right?
Oklahoma State? Stanford? Wisconsin? USC? Oops, scratch that last one, I forgot everyone’s supposed to pretend USC doesn’t exist. None of those teams would have a chance against LSU or Bama on a neutral field, right?
But, but, but, Oklahoma State lost to Iowa State. Well, in 2010 the Green Bay Packers lost at home to the Dolphins. Someone should tell the NFL the Packers didn’t deserve their spot in the Super Bowl.
Are you only as good as your losses? Or are you as good as your best victories?
This is how badly the system has us screwed up. We’re arguing about one thing when we should all be overthrowing the BCS. But instead we argue with each other about “quality wins” and “embarassing losses” and strength of schedule.
We shouldn’t HAVE to sit here and debate who is “the most deserving.” We shouldn’t HAVE to pick only two teams to get a shot at the championship. Teams are supposed to settle it themselves. On the field.
The truth is that yes—LSU and Alabama both do deserve shots at the national championship. There, I said it. But here’s the catch: they are not the ONLY teams that deserve a shot. Every FBS conference champion plus the next 5 highest-ranked teams all deserve a shot. That’s right.
So really, when you think about it, if everyone sits here and argues about Oklahoma State or Stanford or Alabama or LSU, all it does it validate the current system. Arguing over who is the “most deserving” of a spot in the BCS game implies that this is the way things should be. Well, this is NOT the way it should be. ESPN talking heads sitting around gabbing about how they think this year the BCS “got it right” is only a desperate attempt to build up ratings.
Vote with your dollar, people. Don’t watch the BCS Championship. And, as I have just realized, you shouldn’t even argue about who should have been IN the BCS Championship. What is the point of arguing about who should be participating in a game that shouldn’t even exist in the first place? ”Because this is the system we’re stuck with,” you might respond.
Well, the only reason we’re “stuck with it” is because you keep watching it.
