This college football season has been one of the most unpredictable in many years with so many upsets all the way to the last day of the season.  The upsets of the top 2 teams this past weekend has thrown this already screwed up BCS formula/system into chaos. 

LSU - Impressive wins all season long including the SEC Championship game, but despite 2 losses both in triple overtime, they were the most deserving team based on their strength of schedule and winning the SEC Championship.  I do not have any issues seeing them in the BCS Championship game, but I am a little surprised it happened since they were so low in the polls prior to Saturday’s game.  I just think the voters did not want to see Georgia sneak in based since they did not play in and win the SEC Championship and did everythink possible to make sure that it did not happen.

Ohio State - They are the masters of scheduling that is for sure.  OSU understands exactly how this screwed up BCS System works and take full advantage of it.  They finish their season early with no Big 10 Championship game to worry about and they simply sat back and watch the top teams lose at the very end.  I hate OSU, but based on winning the Big 10, its tough to argue against them being in the BCS Championship game.

Oklahoma - What might have been… Had they not lost that game to Texas Tech at the end of the season, they would definitely be in the BCS Championship game.   In fact, I think they are more deserving than Ohio State, but 2 losses make it tough and unfortunately left them out of the top 2.

USC - Same as Oklahoma….  The Oregon loss. I am OK with since they were a top 10 team at the time with Dennis Dixon, but how in the hell did they lose to Stanford?   Who knows, but as a result, they go to the Rose Bowl.

Hawaii - The WAC is definitely a weak conference and going undefeated with no chance in hell of finishing in the top 2 in the BCS standings is one of he biggest problems with this system.  At least they were selected to the Sugar Bowl after their great season.  We will see how good this team really is against a very good Georgia Bulldogs team.

Georgia - Sitting pretty at #4 on Saturday, I am sure they thought they were going to be bumped up to #2 with Missouri and West Virginia losing.  The voters simply wanted to ‘hide’ one of the system’s major flaws in possibly seeing a team that did not win their conference finish in the top 2.

West Virginia - All they had to do was beat the Pitt and they would have squeaked into the top 2 with their easy schedule, but that obviously did not happen. I admit,  prior to their loss on Saturday, I was a high on West Virginia, but now I think they should have been excluded from the BCS.  They got lucky.

Virginia Tech - Another great season in the ACC with an unlucky loss to Boston College.  Otherwise, their ACC title win earned them their BCS selection.

Illinois - The Rose Bowl really wanted to keep the tradition of the Big 10 vs. the PAc-10.  Illinois with their great win over Ohio State get the nod. 

Kansas - With an unimpressive 10-1 record, they are so undeserving of their selection.  They finished lower in the final BCS rankings than Missouri who destroyed them, but yet they get the nod.  What injustice.

TOO BAD
Missouri -  Stated Saturday #1 and still ended up ranked higher than Kansas, but they get screwed.  Their strength of schedule was better and unlike Kansas, they had to play Oklahoma whom they lost to twice.  Despite their impressive record, they get left out.  Why ?

Why all this trouble?  Lets see a college football playoff!

I admit that prior to their horrendous 13-9 loss on Saturday against Pitt, I was a huge supporter of West Virginia finishing #1 or #2 in the final BCS STandings despite their weak schedule and weak conference.  After watching them play against the terrible Pitt Panthers, I have changed my mind.  West Virginia is overrated and if you can’t beat Pitt, you do not even belong in the BCS.  They should have dropped even further in the final rankings. 

Pat “Plexiglass” White was once again knocked out of the ballgame.  So, without Pat White in the game, they should have given the ball to their other All-american player Steve Slaton, but of course that does not happen.  why does Slaton only end up with 11 yards on 9 rushes ? 

Hawaii Rainbows are undefeated and winners of their conference, but has no chance in hell of playing for the BCS national championship.

With a little help, the two-loss Georgia Bulldogs have a chance to finish in the top 2 in the BCS rankings and play for the BCS national championship despite not making it to the SEC Championship game.

Ohio State, currently #3 in the BCS rankings,  by virtue of their typical weak out-of-conference schedule and finishing their season early, can sneak intp the top 2 and play for the BCS national championship.

See anything wrong?

Dan Weizel of Yahoo Sports has posted a college football playoff proposal:

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news?slug=dw-playoff112707&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

Who is #1?  Who is the best college football team in America?  According to the current BCS rankings, its Ohio State, LSU, Oregon, and Kansas. 

Ohio State is the master of scheduling and expose the biggest loophole of this crappy ranking system.  Do not play any tough out-of-conference games and get lucky  and win your mediocure conference.  So far, so good.  They have not beaten anyone, but yet they’re ranked #1 and probably headed to the BCS Title game if they can just beat Michigan.   LSU seems to have 9 lives as they pulled out another big win with another big 4th quarter comeback.   Then there is Oregon who just beat highly-ranked ASU and Kansas who continues to steam roll thru the Big 12.  If this tend continues, Oregon and Kansas are about th get screwed just like Auburn (who were undefeated) did a few years ago.

I am a PAC-10 guy myself and would love to see Oregon in the title game, but I want to see change!  Fix this crappy BCS system and go to a playoff.  No one wants to see Kansas go undefeated and finish 3rd or 4th in the final BCS Standings with no change to play for the national title.  How many times is it going to take for a team in a power conference to go undefeated and finish out of the top 2 before this system gets fixed? 

I understand the tradition of the Bowl games and the amount of money associated with them.  Times hve changed for example, not all the major bowl games are on Jan 1 like in years past.   The NCAA can do better needs to do something about this by developing a playoff system that incorporates the major bowl games as part of it. 

Go Kansas and screw the BCS!

#2 USC loses to Stanford at home 24-23!  Stanford!  Are you kidding me.   John David Booty played just like his name and threw 4 INTs.  We are talking about Stanford.  Even UCLA destroyed Stanford.   What an embarrassment to USC and the Pac-10.

This is just what the rest of the country wants, the Pac-10 to lose as the West Coast bias is still alive and kicking.  The voters hate voting for west coast teams and relish every opporunity to knock drop them in the rankings, thus excluding them from the BCS and especially the BCS title game.   Let’s just pray that our last great hope for the west coast and the Pac-10, the CAL Bears can keep on winning and represent the Pac-10 in the BCS title game!!  Go Bears!