Talk to any college football fan at this time of the year and most of them will have some sort of gripe with the alphabet.
Not the entire alphabet, mind you. Just three little letters.
BCS.
Show of hands from those that have a problem with computers, opinions, and voting annually deciding the top dog of gridiron glory each season?
(Long pause...this could be a while...we’re still counting...wow, thought so...OK then, moving on.)
I mean, if collegiate champions can be decided by voting, then I don’t see why we can’t extend that to the pros and put the long-suffering Cubs fans out of their misery?
College football has a problem with the current system they use to crown a champion when the list of schools (Utah, Texas, and USC) that have a beef over the title-game participants is longer than the list of teams playing for the championship (Oklahoma and Florida).
So with that line of thinking, why don’t we just use polls, popular opinion, and the same format as the five BCS games in order to script a champion for the men’s tourney in basketball along with four under-cards right now?
So using BCS logic (quiet in the back), the following is how March Madness would shape up along with which hoops team compares to the current football teams.
Title Game: North Carolina vs. Connecticut
North Carolina assumes the role of Oklahoma, while UConn plays the part of Florida. Like the football teams, both UNC and UConn each have a loss to a team that probably shouldn’t have beaten them.
That being said, there are other teams more deserving of a title shot but since this is a sexy match-up (read: ratings), we’ve got the Heels and the Huskies. Deal with it.
Both teams like to play at break-neck speed, pressure their opponent, and ring up points like a supermarket checkout.
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