The BCS needs to subtract a letter...A hint: its the C.

This year's college football season is nearing its end. With that comes the announcement of the BCS bowl games and other bowl games. I am particularly disappointed as I think any football fan should be in this year's BCS games. Here is a breakdown of the five BCS Games and their increasingly disappointing format.

BCS National Championship Game:
No.1 Alabama vs No.2 Texas.
Personally I was hoping either Boise or TCU would get the second bid. It was clear that the SEC Champion would be in this game, and I had picked them at the half way point of the season. I do believe that Texas and Colt McCoy should have a chance at this game. Other than the dibocle at the end of the Big Twelve Championship game, Texas has earned the right to play in this game. And with McCoy a Heisman finalist at the helm, I doubt anyone can deny the appeal of two big name schools with two Heisman finalists.

Rose Bowl
No.7 Oregon vs. No.8 OSU
No surprises here. The conference buy-ins put these two teams against each other. Truly I think that the winner of this game has the most to gain as far as post season rankings are concerned. Also I believe that is will most likely be the most entertaining game of the five. OSU comes in after a very unlikely winning of the Big Ten. They had their backs against the wall with games at PSU and at home for Iowa. They prevailed and deservingly play in a BCS bowl. Oregon also took a very interesting route to the Rose Bowl. After beginning the season with an embarassing loss to Boise State, and losing their RB for the majority of the season, they geled. They defeated Pac 10 top dog USC, and also floundered away the championship to Stanford... until they fought tooth and nail to gain it back against Oregon State in the Civil War.

Fiesta Bowl
No. 4 TCU vs No. 6 Boise State
This is the bowl that I have the biggest problem with. First off, its the third time these two teams will play within the last seven years. Repition makes the bowl season more boring than watching paint dry. Secondly, these two teams have fought hard all season. TCU has beaten 7 bowl eligible teams this season which is more than no. 2 Texas. Boise may have had an easier schedule but they embarassed the now no. 7 Oregon Ducks, and never truly rose the ranking they deserved (Florida who lost last saturday is still ranked above the undefeated Broncos at no. 5). Finally, my biggest problem with this game is apprehensiveness of the BCS system to put these two "davids" against a "goliath" I think that the pollsters and computers are afraid of the system falling apart upon another upset like Boise vs Oklahoma a few years ago. My simple solution, Let Boise play Florida, or TCU play OSU. Instead we are left with a rematch of last year's Poinsetta Bowl. And when one of these immensely talented teams win, they'll have no claim to a national championship and no cries for a playoff.

Sugar Bowl
No.3 Cincinatti vs No. 5 Florida
I think this is a very intriguing matchup. Cincy has had a great season and beaten some very good teams out of the underrated Big East. However, they haven't yet played a team with the vast depth of talent that Florida has. I'm not picking Florida to win this match-up as I believe Brian Kelly is much more talented than Urban Meyer, but I do believe it will be an incredibly close game. The fact of the matter is, if Florida had the big play ability of Mardy Gilyard, they'd win this game.

Orange Bowl
No. 9 Ga. Tech vs No.10 Iowa
Who cares? Sorry to all you Hawkeyes and Ramblin' Wreck fans, but this game has absolutely no appeal to anyone outside of Iowa and parts of Georgia. Georgia tech isn't even the most popular team in its state (however the most talented) and The Big Ten isn't nearly deep enough to justify the involvement of two teams in the BCS.

MY SOLUTION:
I'm not going to cry playoffs like everyone else. I think that the system to an extent works. Especially in the case of the National Champion. As a stated before I'd rather see TCU play for it, and I think their resume provides a good argument to that end, however I understand the appeal of Texas, and its not like they've selected a one loss team to play for it. However, it would be nice if the pollsters could help swing the BCS to provide its viewers with more entertaining and creative match ups. After all, without the entertainment of the viewers, the BCS wouldn't exist. I can easily see three out of the five games being blowouts. That is NOT good for college football, and niether is keeping great teams and schools like TCU and Boise in the dark when clearly they have the talent, coaching, and right to be talked about among the elite teams in the country.


Let's hear it sports fans, What do you think?