Texas-Oklahoma Screwup: How the BCS Undermined Its Own Anti-Playoff Argument

There’s no way to regulate how a coach votes—or whether he even does the voting himself. Why let that factor into the BCS standings?

Thirdly, if head-to-head doesn’t matter, then the regular season doesn’t matter, either. Why even play the games if beating somebody early on doesn’t matter at the end of the season?

To say that one team deserves a title shot over the team it lost to because it has beaten its tough teams at the end of the season is ridiculous. In that case, the whole regular season becomes illegitimate.

This season proves that college football needs a playoff. Do you think any of the top eight teams would complain about a playoff this season?

Whoever the best team is, they would (or should) relish the opportunity to prove so in a do-or-die tournament format, just like every other major sport.

If Oklahoma is truly more deserving than Texas, it should prove so in a playoff, not in a conference championship game against a team that wasn’t even one of the top three teams in the conference.

The BCS is a joke and it’s turning college football into a joke. Just because it creates controversy in November and December doesn’t mean that’s good for the game.

If I’m Texas, I boycott a BCS bowl this year to send a message that something needs to change.*

There have been arguments in seasons past, but this one goes way beyond any of those and has pushed the BCS beyond the brink of acceptance.

The time for a playoff is upon us.

In the coming days, I’ll lay out my plans for a playoff and why it would work.   

*I don't believe Texas will do so, although there is a contingent of boosters and season ticket holders hoping to convince UT athletics director, DeLoss Dodds, to do so.

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