Well as another bowl season comes to a close, USC looks to be the best team in the country for the 7th year in a row. The only problem with that statement is that it is meaningless because the media and a computer determine who the national champion will be each year. USC dismantled another Big 10 team in the Rose Bowl, throwing for over 400 yards and 5 TDs was the future 1st Round Pick Mark Sanchez. USC's only loss came to a very good Oregon State squad that ended up winning 9 games and missing a trip to the Rose Bowl by 1 game. The media determined almost 2 months ago that the winners of the Big 12 and SEC would meet for the title game, despite what the stats clearly stated. The SEC was waaaaaaaaay down this year, and the Big 12 is an absolute joke. The Big 12 might be the worst defensive conference in America, highlighted by teams such as Missouri, Texas Tech, Kansas St., Nebraska and Iowa St. Yes its nice to watch gimmick spread offenses putting up 50pts from time to time, but in all honesty, the quarterbacks for those teams are essentially crippled in terms of their pro prospects in the future. Save Sam Bradford, I don't see any of the other Big 12 QBs(Harrell, McCoy, Freeman, Daniels) having any success in the NFL.
So to those of you who think the Pac 10 sucks, think again. They just went 5-0 during the bowl season, beating 5 quality opponents(Miami, Pittsburgh, BYU, Penn St, Oklahoma St). Once you take into consideration the impact on the BCS of these quality wins, USC would actually move up to #3 in the BCS and a possibility to move to #2 with a Florida Loss. I hate the BCS, because even if a team goes undefeated for the 2nd time in 4 years, it may not have a shot to be called "National Champions".
Utah went 14-0 with a *** stomping of Alabama on Friday night. This marks the 2nd time in school history that the Utes have finished a year undefeated with a BCS bowl win and also managed to gain a share of the BCS title.
How about implementing a playoff system that would feature such match-ups as:
1. Oklahoma vs. 8. Ohio State
2. Florida vs. 7. Texas Tech
3. USC vs. 6. Utah
4. Texas vs. 5. Penn St.
Do the college presidents really want to make the argument that this playoff system wouldn't make the same amount(if not more) money than does the current BCS system. Give me a break. Oklahoma and Texas could rematch in the Semis, and USC and Florida would duke it out in a game of for the ages. Then we would either see a 2005 Nat'l Title rematch of Trojans and Longhorns, or USC vs. Oklahoma(2004 National Title Rematch), or Florida vs. Texas, or the 2008 "National Championship" Florida vs. Oklahoma.
No matter which match-ups were to arise from this playoff, there would be a clearer picture of who the true champion would be.
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