Major College Football is the Olympic Figure Skating of College Athletics
Another year, another BCS flop. They got it wrong again.
Two (or is it three? I don’t know since I’ve been boycotting) years after Boise State defeated Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl to win the BrewBrain Official National Championship (BONC), it has happened again. A non-BCS conference team has earned the honor.
I hereby officially congratulate the Utah Utes for winning the 2009 BONC! I just voted a few minutes ago and they came out the winner! Good work, boys!
It occurs to me that this BCS nonsense makes the former 1A division of college football the Olympic figure skating of college athletics. I don’t mean to offend figure skating - I actually look forward to watching the skating every Olympics. I’m amazed at the talents displayed every four years. Skaters and gymnasts are some of the most athletic people in all of sports, and I, for one, enjoy watching them do their thing. The fact is, they are judged events. As such, I couldn’t give two craps who wins the medals. I assign my own. Who’s to say some biased judge isn’t throwing the event?
The only sports where I care who is crowned champion are events where there is a clear winner decided by the rules of the game, not by some subjective voodoo. The 100 meter champion - we know who the winner is as soon as the race is over. You get my point.
BCS College football is a judged event. The champion may be decided on the field, but judges decide who is eligible to take the field to play the game. So, who cares who wins the medal? I don’t. I’ve already crowned my champion.
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