BCS Championship Game: Why an LSU-Alabama Rematch Is Not OK

Alabama and LSU may be the two best teams in the country.  Similar to how the Yankees and Red Sox have been the two best teams in baseball.  Similar to how the Bulls and the Spurs were the two best teams in the NBA.  However, none of those four teams made it to their respective title games.  And we were okay with that. 

In March's NCAA Tournament, small-time Virginia Commonwealth upset national powerhouse Kansas on the way to the Final Four.  It was a shocking result that sent brackets up in flames nationwide.  At the end of the game, just about everyone agreed on three things:

1. Kansas was probably still the better team.

2. VCU would nevertheless be advancing to the Final Four.

3. Nobody was complaining. 

The BCS solution? Kansas advances.  The VCU game was just one loss, after all.  They had a far better resume, too.  Does anyone even know what conference VCU came from?  Who was their best win against?  Podunk State? 

In 2006, the Patriots and Colts played one of the greatest AFC Championship games of the last decade.  It was clear that both teams were superior to the NFC Champion Bears.  The arcane system used in the NFL, however, wouldn't allow the Patriots through. 

The BCS solution?  Send them both.  It would be so unfair for an inferior team like the Bears to steal a spot from the much more deserving Patriots.  Why allow teams to win their way in by playing inferior opponents when we can just let the two best teams play a rematch? 

The BCS is a workable system in the absence of a playoff, and it may very well set up a rematch.  But, in the rare times when College Football gets a "playoff game" like it did Saturday, let's not allow a computer formula to overcome reason.  We wouldn't tolerate this in any of our other sports.  Why do we lower our standards in College Football?