BCS Bologne

Did anyone even watch the so called "championship" NCAA football game last night. I did. It felt just like any other bowl game. In December I went to the Emerald Bowl in San Francisco between Oregon St. and Maryland, two of the weaker teams in college football. As I watched last night I just thought how both of these games were so similar in that the two competing teams were invited to play in a bowl game. Really only the amount of money that the winning team would receive is the only substantial difference. Bowl games are all about money and I could bet that the college administrators of any school would defer to play in the "National Championship" game if they were invited to play in a bowl game that would pay them even more money.

It is disturbing for me to realize that college football is not just about who has the most heart and plays the best on the field but that it is saturated with greedy and power-hungry "leaders." At least in college basketball there is a huge tourney which allows any school to win and is not founded on the amount of money the school will receive. There are no other options but to play in the largest and most prominent tournament in the league. The kids and coaches sole purpose is to win the tournament. It is one of, if not, the greatest tournament in sports.

College football needs to change. If it doesn't it will only get worse. I watched parts of the game last night and I never felt like the team that one the game deserved to be called the best team in college football. LSU had two losses for goodness sake. They need to change or they will lose even more fan appeal than what they have already lost.