College FB: What the BCS and Online Poker Have in Common

We've learned from the BCS that a weak schedule can land your school a big payday.   

Don't get me wrong, I don't want to take anything away from Hawaii or Kansas—they both accomplished great things.

Kansas players celebrate their 24-21 Orange Bowl victory over Virginia Tech by eating oranges.  (Marc Serota/Getty Images)

In fact, with Kansas' victory over No. 3 Virginia Tech, I'm sure they now want a shot at the national title.  What true competitor wouldn't?

As an online poker winner, I know how it is—I wish I had the opportunity to play the best of the best.  I want to know if I'm actually good, or if I was just more prudent in hesitating to play certain cards.

So why no change? 

That's right—I forgot that the ratings are up, and that the BCS somehow brought out all of the parity this year.

But just because people keep signing up for online poker doesn't make the game pure.  Similarly, just because the BCS is on everyone's mind doesn't make it a sound system.

I'll tell you what—if nothing else, playing online poker really is unique.  One could call it wildly entertaining, even—watching all of those chips fly around left and right. 

And as we all know from BCS lovers, entertainment trumps competition any day.

Along with calling the BCS unique, Greenstein also says college football under the BCS has "never been wilder," and "never been more popular."  He then compares the 2007 regular season to an entertaining movie, saying it was "an unpredictable two-hour thrill ride." 

I have to say, Greenstein is correct again—the '07 regular season was pretty entertaining.  But who's to say that the regular season can't be an unpredictable two-hour thrill ride with the good guy getting the girl at the very end, too? 

Why do we have to settle for just entertainment?  Can't we incorporate passion and competition along with it?

A change needs to be made, because "unique" isn't getting it done—not for me anyways.

Robert H. Spain is an Alabama-based columnist for BleacherReport.com.  His entire archive can be found here.

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