BCS Championship Blues

 

                            

Last night College of Charleston upset #9 UNC in overtime.  NCAA football could learn a lot from their counterparts on the basketball court as march madness is the most exciting time of the year in all of sports, and that is because of the chance. The chance that a school as small as College of Charleston could defeat the likes of a powerhouse such as UNC, Kansas, or even Kentucky.  NCAA football has sucked the life out of the most beautiful part of sports due to the BCS and its focus on percentages along with the number of dollars that an athletic program has in their budget each year. The NCAA continues to serve an injustice by neglecting to have a playoff system in place so the likes of undefeated Boise State could play the Alabama or Texas Powerhouses in what would be one of the most anticipated matchups in all of sports. Instead NCAA football continues to shove their BCS system down our collective throats in pursuit of perfection, but in the end it achieves the exact opposite and creates an ever larger void as the athlete and fan craving is one in the same; to give the underdog a chance.   For the most part these bowl games have been boring and mundane, and the excitement of the National Championship game is deflated by our imagination. In all other arenas both professional and amateur the excitement of a championship game or series is unmatched because it is assumed that each team no matter what sport they play had to go through the utmost trials and tribulations to get to the final act, but in college football there is somewhat of a feeling of emptiness as the championship game looms. There is a feeling of injustice that seems so easy to fix:  A change to a system that would allow for the utmost competitiveness, which is debated and discussed to no end each and every year. I’m tired of the discussion, aren’t you? I’m tired of agreeing that a 16 team playoff is the way to go and I’m tired of teams like Boise State and TCU getting shafted because of the conferences they rule. In college basketball George Mason of 2007 showed us why they play the games as well as the 2007 New York football Giants who dethroned the all but perfect New England Patriots in the Super Bowl. NCAA Football forgets that to get to a “super bowl” there must be a playoff(s) first!  If NCAA Football does not amend its postseason rules this offseason then I pray that the discussion on such necessary changes end completely. I’m tired of the talk and this debate, because without action it will always just be that, the most frustrating injustice in sports today.

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