BCS Shakeup, How Does This Affect Alabama?

As you can see, this stuff can get pretty complicated.

Sometimes it is so complicated it defies any rational explanation.

Take for example when Auburn played West Virginia. Auburn is Alabama's sworn mortal enemy. West Virginia, on the other hand, is a Big East school we don't even play, but they were formerly coached by Rich Rodriguez, and we do not like him anymore. I'll try to explain.

If Auburn had won that game, then the SEC beats the Big East. The SEC being the better conference is better for Alabama in the long run.

On the other hand, if West Virginia wins that game, Auburn will suffer, which is always good for Alabama, because anything bad for Auburn is good for Alabama. That makes sense, right?

On top of that, West Virginia continuing to win without Rich Rodriguez reflects badly on him. That is good for Alabama because he turned down the job at Alabama and then accepted the job at Michigan. That is the reason I have to pull against Michigan now.

So I chose West Virginia.

Do you see how sick and twisted this can get?

This is what makes college football fun for me.

Since all 100+ teams cannot possibly play each other, and there is no playoff, we have to be able to make these crazy arguments to defend our teams.

In fact, other than directly losing to a team, there is no way to ever prove who is really the best team. Even if our team loses, we can always claim the refs cheated or our quarterback was injured.

So you see, you have to be able to make your argument. In order to argue, you have to know how every game played affects your team.

Just like in the Kevin Bacon game, it can go on and on forever, and if you can connect the football dots, your team can appear to be a winner no matter what the other fans say.

Nobody ever completely loses this argument as long as they are able to argue their team's case with the skill of a spider weaving a web.

This doesn't even include recruiting, which is even more controversial and more open to debate. If your team loses every game but then does great in recruiting, you are right back in the argument.

That is why college football can last all year round—and that, my friend, is a beautiful thing to a college football addict like me.  

You see, I know that next July I could possibly argue with someone about the time that Alabama beat the team that beat the team whose coach used to coach for the other team that beat that team who stole our five-star recruit!

That, my fellow addicts, is the perfect sport: the only sport where there is always room for debate.

My old coach used to say, "I'm pretty sure, but I doubt it." That describes Division I college football to a fault. You tell me you are sure your team is better, and I will tell you why I doubt it.

Well, I need to go now because South Florida is about to play Cincinnati. I have to figure out how that affects Alabama.

Let's see, South Florida beat Auburn last year which is always good, but Bear Bryant always liked Cincinnati so...oh sorry, talk to you fellow addicts later.

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