BCS Again Shows Fatal Flaw: USC Is Really the National Champion

The 2008 National Championship game that was played last night was probably one of the least cared about championship games in recent memory. Although, the game was closer than I expected with Florida beating Oklahoma 24-14, but still it's got to be embarrassing for NCAA President Myles Brand and the rest of the college football world that already knew that Oklahoma didn't belong in the game. 

Sure, the Oklahoma Sooners had a great year and had some solid wins over ranked opponents, but ever since the championship game was announced fans were questioning the defensive abilities to contain Florida's spread offense. 

In terms of scoring defense Oklahoma gave up 24.5 points per game, which wasn't even in the top-50 defenses. In terms of yards per game Oklahoma gave up 359.1 yards per game again not in the top 50.

In terms of defense against the pass Oklahoma wasn't even in the top 75 in terms of defense giving up over 3,290 yards, For rush defense they Sooners were better in the top 20 in terms of against the run giving up 1,378 yards. For interceptions and they were again in the top 20 with 18 interceptions. 

Let's take a look at the team that should have been in the title game the University of Southern California. In terms of defense USC only allowed 7.8 points per game, which was first in the nation, allowed a total of 206.1 yards per game which again was first.

In terms of pass defense again a number one ranking giving up 1,474 through the air. USC was fourth in the nation for rush defense giving up 999 yards, and in terms of interceptions the Trojans were ranked number 12 with 19. 

I wasn't able to watch the championship game because I didn't particularly care who won because there's no doubt again the BCS messed up and there was a team that didn't belong in the championship game. 

Just because I didn't watch the game didn't mean I wasn't able to watch the highlights for the game. The clips showed why the Sooners didn't belong in the game.

First and foremost it was just bad watching the Trojans trying to tackle and it's a wonder why their defense was so bad, just look at a run by Tim Tebow for a first down. I can guarantee this if that was against the Trojans, Tebow may not been getting up because he would have been hit and he wouldn't have made the first down either. 

Yes, the Sooners did pick off Tebow two times. I saw one of the interceptions and it was just a horrible throw to no one in particular except to a red jersey it's one of those head scratcher kind of interceptions on what was the quarterback looking at? 

Here's a look at why the Trojans deserve to be there instead of the Sooners. On the Trojans side of defense and where these player are projected to go in the NFL draft. 

Fili Moala projected to be a second-round pick at defensive tackle, Outside Linebacker Brian Cushing projected to go somewhere in either the first or second round, Clay Matthews another outside linebacker is projected as a third or fourth round pick.

At inside linebacker Rey Maualuga is ranked at number one and is projected as a top-15 pick, for the safety position the Trojans have Taylor Mays who is the number one rated prospect and is said to be a top-10 pick. Lastly Kevin Ellison a strong saftey is ranked as the 15th best safety coming out and is scheduled to go in the fifth round.

Now, let's take a look at Oklahoma who did they have on defense? With the rankings I've seen there wasn't much on the defensive side except at the defensive tackle and defensive end position. 

At defensive end, Auston English is projected as the ninth best defensive end prospect and could go in the second or third round.  At defensive tackle the Sooners have the third-best prospect in DeMarcus Granger who's projected to go in the first or second round. In terms of inside and outside linebackers the Sooners do not have anyone that is even projected to be drafted. 

Oklahoma doesn't have any cornerbacks that are projected to be drafted either. As for the safety position, Nic Harris is projected at the ninth rated safety and for where he could be drafted is in the third round. The Sooners also have Lendy Holmes as the number 23rd ranked prospect at safety and his projection is in the seventh round. 

In all honesty if you were the Florida Gators football team if you had a chance to chose your opponent in the championship game there is no doubt they would be choosing the Oklahoma Sooners. Not because of the fact that they think the Sooners are the best competition, but because they would know they would have absolutely no chance against the Trojans. 

You can talk about speed of the Florida gators offense with Tim Tebow and Percy Harvin. Well guess what the Trojans played the Oregon Ducks this year and Jeremiah Masoli is a running quarterback and he was held to 11 carries for 19 yards. 

On top of that the Trojans defense held the Ducks powerful running back who's better than any running back that the Gators have in Jeremiah Johnson he went for 13 carries and 45 yards. Oh and if we really want to use speed and what the Trojans can do to a player with speed how about Jahvid Best a way better runner than Percy Harvin and he only had 13 carries for 30 yards. 

So, it's going to be fun listening to all the talk about how the Gators are the best team in college, when it's just not the case. The Trojans defense is too good, they're fast, they hit hard, and the Trojans defense have the most NFL ready prospects than any other school in college football. 

So, Florida fans enjoy the championship trophy for beating Oklahoma, but it must be a bittersweet moment knowing that the Trojans would crush these Florida Gators.