BCS National Championship: A flawed system?

Over the years, many have said that NCAA needs to replace the BCS with a playoff

In years past, the BCS system has been criticized for placing teams in national championship games when they did not deserve to be. Allowing computers to make a match-up may seem odd at first, but the system has been pretty accurate this season.

Earlier this year, the nation witnessed a defensive struggle between the top two teams in the nation. No. 1 Louisiana State University (LSU) took on conference foe No. 2 Alabama. No touchdowns were scored and there were plenty of field goals, yet some were unsatisfied with how the game was played. Now some complain about the fact that these two teams might play again for the National Championship. But so many teams that seemed as if they had a shot to play LSU have fallen short when it matters most.

Let’s start off in the newly formed Pac -12 where Stanford and Oregon had legitimate chances. First, Oregon loses to LSU in its first game of the season. After winning nine consecutive games including a victory over Stanford. Oregon fell at home to the University of Southern California (USC). Stanford started off strong beating a tough USC team in three overtimes, but was handled easily by Oregon.

In the Big 12, the consensus No. 1 at the beginning of the season, Oklahoma Sooners, lost to an unranked Texas Tech team and let one slip away at Baylor.

Virginia Tech in the ACC had not played decent opponents except Florida State and Clemson twice (Virginia Tech lost to them both times this year).

After losing on a last second Hail-Mary to Michigan State, Wisconsin let another game slip away to a mediocre Ohio State team. Before the losing streak, Wisconsin looked to have the best balanced attack of all of college football.

Boise St. had a chance to prove themselves, however, a last second missed field goal against TCU held them from making an argument. Known for its air-it-out style of play, Houston University puts plenty of points on the board. In fact, they hung 73 points against Rice and Tulane. But after losing to No. 24 Southern Mississippi in the Conference USA championship, Houston’s dreams at a national championship are all but dashed.

Other than Alabama, No. 3 Oklahoma State is the only legitimate team to have a shot to play in the national championship. Losing only to Iowa State, they defeated Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship game.

The problem is not the BCS system. It’s the lack of consistency that teams have played with on a weekly basis. So why not see another field goal contest between LSU and Alabama? It would be better than seeing a blow out.

— Derrick Battle

Attention: All non-SEC members in the NCAA BCS program.

You will not have the opportunity to gain the recognition and pride your programs have worked tirelessly all season for because you are not an SEC member.

You will not play in our “National Championship” because you are not an SEC member.

All other conferences are not as good as the SEC because they are not SEC members.

Thank you for understanding, and be sure to pick up your SEC member application for next year.

Love,
The SEC.

This letter was sent to Oklahoma State and Boise by LSU and ‘Bama, who feel their monopoly on the BCS National Championship being threatened.

Not really, but it very well could have been.

The BCS National Championship is one of the most broken systems in organized sports.

LSU has been largely unthreatened by anyone, save for that yawner against Alabama a couple weeks ago.

The “challenger” spot in the game, however, that ‘Bama is laying claim to, I’m not so convinced about.

How do you pick between three one-loss teams for a national championship berth? That’s kind of like opening a carton of eggs and trying to decide which will be the tastiest.

The Tiger’s defense is among the stingiest in the NCAA. LSU recorded five one-score games on the season and four more two-score games.

Nick Saban’s Tide defense is just as stingy with two shutouts and six games with one-score or fewer.

You know what you get when you put one brick wall against the other? A game about as exciting as the Stonehenge.

Trust me, I’ve already seen it. Sorry, my National Championship should look like something a little more exciting than a field-goal competition. I have You Tube for that.

No, how about a Boise offense led by Kellen Moore that averages 46.4 points per game? Oh, and they beat SEC No. 19 Georgia.

Oklahoma State just destroyed No. 10 Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship and averages 50 points a game.

The SEC already had a championship game. I don’t need to see another.

— Nate Brown