Last night I didn’t watch a second of the BCS Championship game. I wish the Capitals weren’t on the west coast, so I could have used them as my excuse. Honestly, I don’t care about college football. I know it’s the argument that everyone uses, but the BCS doesn’t get me excited about the sport.
I think about it this way. Mark Viviano tweeted during last night’s snooze fest that the BCS structure would be the same as the Patriots playing the Packers while the Ravens and 49ers played in a “Meaningless Consolation Bowl.” That’s exactly what I think of college football and exactly why I don’t care.
Someone will have to explain to me what is exciting about the Bowl games or how a champion can truly be declared without a playoff structure. I watch sports for the upsets, for the Broncos over the Steelers or the VCUs.
With a BCS structure, the Ravens would have never won a Super Bowl and the Capitals would have been in the Stanley Cup finals the past two seasons.
I know that setting up a playoff structure in college football is difficult and I’m not here to try to solve that problem. I’m just wondering how a winner can really be crowned without it and how fans can get excited for a game that a computer says in the championship.
Zach Wilt is the Founding Editor of BaltimoreSportsReport.com and Host of the BSR Podcast. You can find him on Twitter @zamwi or send him an email: zach@baltimoresportsreport.com.
Ok Zach, you are talking about NFL and college football. Is the NBA and WNBA the same. Or do you also need to have two feet down now in college football also to complete the catch. I am a HUGE Bama fan, yes the BCS is crap. This year is what college football needed to bring light to the BCS. I do think Bama and LSU were the two best teams out their. You thought that was a “Snooze Fest” what would have happened if OSU got a shot. You wanted to see a 41-0 LSU “Snooze Fest”. Fact is Zack, NCAA and NFL are different. College has more teams with a shorter time to play with exam off time. If you think you have the answer to a college football March madness then I would suggest sending a Email to the BCS Presidential Oversight Committee. And for all you Bama haters, I am all for another game. I don’t care if it is a scrimage game. Roll Tide!!!
I don’t care about these bowls either Zach. It’s crazy that the rest of college athletics has playoffs, yet D1 football does not. Even DII and DIII college football has playoffs.
I completely agree with you. Great article.
Alabama rode on LSU’s coattails to get into the Championship game, remember their best win was a loss. Also, don’t delude yourself into thinking that the pathetic LSU D could shut out Okla st. Oregon would have also beaten LSU if they had two shots at them.
If Kent State and DII teams could score on Bama, it confirms that LSU’s offense (and the SEC by association) is just plain inept.
Okla ST. would have beaten either team , they were playing the best football at this time of the year,,,,,,,,but we will never find out ,we don’t even know if Ala. is the best team , there is no way to find out,,,,,,,,,,the bowl system is all about money and until the sponsors are satisfied monetarily , it will never change,,,,,,,,,,the best we can hope for is a ‘plus one’ formula and we may see this next year , it’s not the best solution but it helps………..the plus one solution this year would have provided one more game , Ala. vs Okla St………this year we don’t know who the best team is , do we ?