Making the Rounds: All This BCS is Making My Head Hurt

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No more promise are to be made of this being the "last" or "next to last" article on the BCS.  There is just too much content to ignore the issue.  Now I could just write a huge piece filled with thousands of words about the hearings.

This BCS talk has some legs still and hopefully this will, maybe, probably not be the last article on the BCS this off season.

The first news, which really was no surprise is that the Mountain West finally signed the new BCS deal. This was going to happen, because the league was no way to lose the BCS money or exposure if one of the MWC schools make it to the BCS.

Berry Tremmel, The Oklahoman: Being from Oklahoma Berry is quite objective, which is fresh when reading others work from people who write about BCS leagues or in that region.

This article makes good points with how the BCS has given more access to big money games, but is still unfair:

"This was a Utah pity party, nothing more. I'm a longtime supporter of the Mountain West Conference. I advocate an automatic BCS berth for the Mountain West, and I annually rip the NCAA basketball committee for short-changing the mid-majors.

"I'm not even anti-playoff, so long as it's an 11-team playoff that includes all the conference champions. But Congress can't fix anything, and the Mountain West has limited credibility in this case."

Credibility is what the MWC needs, which is why they need to try to continue on their progress from last year

Insider Higher Ed: To some extent the BCS hearings were a big show for Orrin Hatch to try to prove that Utah and the non-BCS do not have the same access:

"In front of a standing-room-only audience - which clearly owed much of its size to the presence of more than a few sports-crazed Congressional interns - a pair of university presidents and antitrust lawyers debated the merits and legality of the Bowl Championship Series."

This hearing was a lot about anti-trust and ethics, as well as people saying "not to offend anyone."  This hearing accomplished nothing and was a big gran stand.

Dana Milbank The Washington Post: Milbank dives into the BCS hearings and goes in the angle of antitrust

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