BCS System Needs to Be Changed to a Playoff

The new BCS polls are out and you can hear the screaming coming out of Austin, Texas no matter where you are. My only question is, "How in the hell do you vote that way?"

This is just more proof that the computers do not work.

Texas, on a neutral field, beat Oklahoma. Do you think for one second that if this situation was reversed that Bob Stoops would be fine with it?

The answer is hell no. Stoops would be screaming at the top of his lungs about how they beat Texas.

Is Texas, Oklahoma, or Florida the second best team? I have no idea, but I know one way to find out. That's right...a playoff!

We need, and fans deserve, a playoff.

Do not hand me that excuse that if a playoff was implemented, the regular season would mean nothing and that you'd lose money.

Ask the coaches and officials at the I-AA, D-II, and D-III levels about that. They will tell you the same thing. They make more money during the playoffs than the regular season. It also makes the season even more exciting because you are playing for home-field or just the right to be in the playoffs.

Let's not forget the favorite argument against the playoffs: The students would miss too much class.

That is crap for a number of reasons.

First, you already play games on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. Do the road teams not miss class on those days?

That would be a yes, they do.

Second, how about the kids at I-AA, D-II, and D-III? They go to school primarily for academics and they have a playoff system. So, are the kids that go play football at Florida more deserving of an education than those that go to Appalachian State?

Third, and the best reason, is that classes are over by the time you would start the playoffs. Finals are being held in the second week of December. Final grades and everything would be processed by the time the first game kicks off.

There is no legitimate reason not to have a playoff.

We need a playoff. Even President-elect Barack Obama knows, “I think it is about time that we had playoffs in college football. I’m fed up with these computer rankings and this and that and the other. Get eight teams—the top eight teams right at the end. You got a playoff. Decide on a National Champion.”

If the President-elect wants it and millions of football fans want it, then why in the world won't the University presidents stand up and make this happen. College football remains the only sport that allows computers to pick its national champion. This has to change and has to change now.