An Open Letter to the BCS Committee

Dear Bowl Championship Series Committee,

Sunday was a sad and unfortunate day in the college football world.

This past weekend, two very deserving teams were ousted from the national championship picture based purely upon a computer formula.

While the Oklahoma Sooners are worthy of their No.2 BCS ranking, the No.3 Texas Longhorns and the No.7 Texas Tech Raiders have both been just as good in 2008.

Yet, since the Sooners' lone loss occurred prior to the setbacks suffered by Texas and Texas Tech, they were perceived as the best team in the Big 12 South.

However, what’s done is done and there is nothing we can do about it.

This is not a plea to salvage the 2008 season for Mack Brown and Mike Leach’s respective football teams—it’s too late for that.

Rather, this is a reasonable, level-headed fan’s assessment of the problems of the Bowl Championship Series.

The system is broken.

It does not work.

Of course, I don’t have to tell you that and neither does the rest of the nation.

You have had a front row seat for the past 11 seasons.

However, if, by some wild stretch of the imagination, you are not aware of the shortcomings of the BCS, you are in small company.

Since its inception in 1998, fans, sports-talk radio hosts, ESPN analysts, and college football coaches alike have publicly voiced their discontent with the BCS.

Heck, even president-elect Barack Obama has called for a playoff to determine the national champion of college football.

So, for the sake of pigskin lovers everywhere, I ask you to sit back, close your eyes, and put things in perspective.

Yes, we have all heard your excuses.

"A playoff will diminish the excitement and importance of the regular season."

First off, do you watch the National Football League?

While it is not as great as college football, the NFL regular season is very competitive, making each and every game vital to a team’s playoff chances.

There’s a big difference between records of 9-7 and 10-6 in the NFL, especially when a team is right on the edge between clinching a playoff berth and going home.

In addition, imagine the ratings and the popularity that a Texas Tech-USC match-up or an Oklahoma-Texas rematch in a semifinal round would bring to the sport.

Not to mention, at-large powers like the Boise State Broncos and the Utah Utes could prove their valor against the biggest and the baddest of the BCS conferences.

Wouldn’t it be interesting to see Urban Meyer and the Florida Gators take on Meyer’s former school Utah with a national championship on the line?

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