College Football: Don't Be Upset; Boise St and TCU Don't Deserve a BCS Title Bid

Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Virginia Tech, Miami (FL), Michigan State, Ohio State and Alabama are among the solid teams who suffered a season-altering upset in 2010.

Skyrocketing to the top of the charts, to the BCS equation, to a possible run at the big crystal prize, these teams were all knocked out of contention by a foe that was under appreciated in a game that if predicted a "possible upset" was more than likely labeled an "absurdity".

Regardless of what the college football nation thought might happen, an ugly shocker occurred and a season was forever lost (at least from a championship standpoint).

Will Auburn and Oregon be next to be hurled from the ranks of the perfect?

Will the Tigers and Ducks not win out and make the BCS picture even more murky and ludicrous than ever before?

In any case, don't you find it intriguing that in the world of FBS upsets (in the prediction of, the game day alerts involving, the post mortem reporting of) that we almost never discuss teams like TCU and Boise State?

No, chances are, even if an upset is forecasted, it is a hair-brained, half-hearted attempt to try and generate some interest in a less than provocative matchup.

If a shocker involving one of these teams even comes close to coming to fruition, then the next discussion is inevitably the cost to "style points" and who will jump who next in a bizarre BCS.

"Yes!" the system is broke, and "No!" it is certainly not TCU's and Boise State's "fault" that they play in the weaker conferences against less rigorous opponents.

That said, aren't you ready to see these teams up on the chopping block get upset? 

How do you "earn" a perfect season when you have been two- to three-touchdown favorites over 90 percent of your opponents?

Case in point, this season Boise State has averaged a striking 27-point advantage over opponents (by the odds makers) while TCU has averaged to be favored by 23 points.

TCU will finish their season at New Mexico while Boise State parades out of the WAC vs. Fresno State, at Nevada and closes vs. Utah State.

Alternatively, Auburn travels to Alabama and then will face South Carolina in the SEC Championship while Oregon has to travel to Cal, host Arizona and then finish on the road at Oregon State (an opponent who both TCU and Boise State list as their "defining" victory in 2010).

The harsh reality simply is not pretty.

There are good teams that play patsy schedules and they may not "deserve" (by virtue of a weak schedule that they had little or no control over) to play for a national championship

The bottom line is this: is it right to eliminate teams with one loss (who played a substantially stronger schedule) from the national championship discussion to give TCU and Boise State a chance to prove that they belong in the title game?

In other words, just because Stanford lost to Oregon and Ohio State lost to Wisconsin, do they deserve to be out of contention simply because TCU and Boise State went unscathed against opponents who (week in and week out) they were two touchdown favorites over?

Do the Horned Frogs and Broncos deserve to play for a national title just because the system isn't fair?

We may be sick of hearing "they didn't play anybody" but the truth hurts, they didn't. 

College football certainly doesn't need a playoff, does it?