NCAA and Big 12 Both Need Fixing

Fix the Big 12—and the NCAA

Can someone please, for the love of God, explain the Big 12 to me. The Big 12 has made yet another confusing announcement. My preseason Heisman pick, Texas QB Colt McCoy, has been selected as the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year. This means that he has been selected as the best player at any offensive position.

I know that sounds repetitive and that it shouldn't be further explained.  However...

Offensive player of the year means that he is not only the best quarterback, but he is a better quarterback than the top running back is a running back (Kendall Hunter), or the top wide receiver is a wide receiver (Michael Crabtree).

But in true Big 12 fashion, the SAME voters selected McCoy as the second-best quarterback in the conference. That's right, McCoy was selected as Second Team All-Big 12 quarterback.

I'm starting to sense some repetitive voting patterns from those in the AP.

Quoting the ESPN report on this issue, "Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell was the only other quarterback to get a vote from the 20 voters who decided the AP's Big 12 all-conference teams. Harrell picked up four votes -- one for first team and three for second team. Thus, the race swung on whether Harrell voters picked McCoy or Bradford as their second choice.

"Three of those voters went with Bradford at second team and left McCoy off the ballot."

It looks like Texas is getting screwed over again. This time, on a more personal level.

Seems the Big 12 can't get anything right this year. The first tie-breaker should be head-to-head matchups, NOT the BCS. The BCS has already been revealed as the biggest piece of CRAP in the history of college football.

Texas should be in the Big 12 title game and have a shot at a national title because is it beat Oklahoma on a neutral field. The Longhorns lost on the road at the last second to the team that Oklahoma beat at home.

Take the BCS out of the equation.

I ,for one, hope Texas continues to get the votes over Oklahoma in the AP polls (1488 to 1480), and when it comes down to the vote after the season, they split the title (like USC did in 2003) in the system that promised us no more split titles.

Isn't this the perfect example of why we need a playoff? If Florida beats 'Bama, we'd see seven teams with one loss and a valid argument at a shot at the title. Oh, and three undefeated teams with a gripe.

I used to love college football. Now, I just wait for November and December, when we see teams getting screwed over EVERY YEAR due to the greed of the BCS, ESPN, and their supporters.

Thanks, ESPN, for promising us six more years of confusion and anti-climactic bowl seasons.