BCS

There are four unbeaten teams left in major college football.

Ohio State is one of them, and coach Urban Meyer is upset that at number three, he and Baylor are both fighting it out for the third place position. A place that simply does not matter in the current BCS framework.

He says the system is "flawed".  Usually, at this point in the season, enough upsets have occurred that only two obvious teams are left in the championship hunt. With only a couple of games left in regular season, those upsets haven't occurred yet.

From my perspective, I've always said there should be a "plus one" bowl. IF two teams are left at the end of the season that are undefeated, there should be ONE more game. But even if four teams are left undefeated this year when the dust settles, teams like Ohio State and Baylor could have done something BEFORE now to do something about it.

Take the Buckeyes for example. They EXPECTED to go undefeated this year because their strength of schedule was not very difficult.

And THAT is the problem. They took the easy way out by not scheduling top teams into their schedule early in the season. In fact ALL of the top teams are doing that now. The regular season determines if you are good enough to be in the championship game at the end of the season. If you wimp out with an easy schedule during the regular season, don't come crying to me when you aren't given any respect at the end. Urban Meyer knows how it works. He elected to go the easy route and he's now paying the price for that.

That's WHY there haven't been any big upsets yet this season. NEXT year that would have been a great strategy. THIS year you got caught taking the easy way out.

That's why your an outsider looking in this year. The BCS isn't flawed. YOU are.

What bothers me more is that it shows me how BORING the new playoff for a championship will be next year and from now on. Top teams will have easy schedules to make sure they make the final four. NONE of the regular season games will matter after this year. Good teams will avoid each other, and college football will become unwatchable.

More free time for me.