SEC FOOTBALL: Ohio State, The SEC, and Whats Wrong With The Rankings

I believe I speak for all of college football fans and the sports world (minus Buckeye fans) when i say...no I scream,"Enough already!" I do not want to see Ohio State get whipped in the national championship again.

The buckeyes were pounded by fourteen this past season by the Tigers of LSU and embarrassed two years ago by the Florida Gators. A combined 41 points! That is brutal.

The national championship is supposed to be a battle between the two best teams. I must say that according to the scores from the previous two years the BCS has failed in accomplishing that goal. Can somebody say playoff?

Please do not misunderstand me for some radical "Big Ten sucks!" fan. Ohio State is undoubtedly one of the best programs in college football and their athletes "can" definitely compete with those that are on the top tier SEC teams in the regular season or bowl games.

But...they haven't.

The Buckeyes dropped to 0-9 versus the SEC in bowl games with last years' loss to the Tigers. The problem is not that they have dropped two championships in a row but the fact that they have lost by such huge margins.

We have to face the facts. The SEC is the toughest conference from top to bottom. Teams like Ohio State, Southern Cal, or Oklahoma have more "pushovers" in their conference play than teams in the SEC.

Florida, Georgia, LSU, Auburn, Tennessee, and Alabama have all been in the national championship picture within recent history. The SEC has more teams that can compete for the national title every year than any other conference.

SEC teams have claimed six out of the last 12 national championships while the Big 10 has only one championship which was won by the Buckeyes along with a share of the title in '98 claimed by Michigan.

These top SEC teams beat each other up every year leaving the best teams with two losses. These teams shouldn't be punished for their tough schedule. I've heard numerous sportswriters, TV analysts, and fans rank the top five in college football for this upcoming 2009 season.

I've heard the statement almost every time. Because of their tough schedule, Georgia is No. 2. Tough strength of schedule should be a bonus for teams. We have to stop awarding teams for their weak schedules and conferences.

Karl Marx said," History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce (comedy)." I beseech you fellow fans, coaches and columnists, we cannot let the national championship game end by halftime as it has in recent history.

We deserve an entire four quarters of competition.

We must kick the SEC out of the BCS because of "unsportsmanlike national championship whompings" or ban the Buckeyes from the big game for at least a year or two.

If neither of these two scenarios take place then at least we have the SEC Championship. Until then, I wish you all (including Buckeye fans) a happy 2008 college football seaon.

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