BCS: Nonsense
News flash: The BCS system is flawed. Extremely flawed. There’s no possible way the current system can continue without a fanbase being neglected, alienated, forgotten and disappointed. This year’s (un)lucky fanbase? Fans of the Georgia Bulldogs.
This was supposed to be Mark Richt’s year. The year he was rewarded for toiling away in the SEC against perennial champions for so long. The year he finally separated from the pack and showed the conference and the country that UGA belongs in the same conversation with Alabama, Florida and the rest. But he and his team fell five yards short of that goal. Five yards kept them out of the national title game against Notre Dame and their reward for all that hard work? The Capitol One Bowl against Nebraska. The same Nebraska team that just got its pockets ran by Wisconsin. Meanwhile Florida, who lost to Georgia, gets to play in the Sugar Bowl against Louisville.
Not only is all this unfair to the Bulldogs, it’s unfair to the fans. If these are the best match ups we could get, then something is clearly wrong. The national title game and the Fiesta Bowl (Oregon vs Kansas St) should be good games but that’s it. Are we supposed to believe that Louisville has a legitimate shot against Florida? Louisville hasn’t been ranked all year until now. Or how about the fact that those asinine BCS tie-ins have a 5 loss Wisconsin team in the Rose Bowl against Stanford?
(Quick sidenote: if you’re keeping score at home, a team with 5 losses won the Big 10. Let that sink in.)
If those games weren’t atrocious enough for you, there’s the Florida St vs Northern Illinois Orange Bowl game. I think I speak for a lot of fans when I say Georgia should be in this game against FSU. I know it’s nice to see these mid majors crash the party but we’re not talking about TCU or Boise St here. Northern Freakin Illinois?!? Their toughest opponent was Iowa (they lost) and they barely beat Army. You can’t tell me this team is good enough to hang with the Seminoles. You just can’t.
The rules have to change. Ohio St being out is their own fault but #6 Georgia, #9 LSU, #10 Texas A&M, and #11 South Carolina can’t play in BCS bowl games because there can’t be more than two teams from each conference represented. And that’s unfair. Plain and simple.
Last year, Oklahoma St was left out, the year before was TCU, in 2006 it was Boise St, in 2005…Auburn. Every year there’s another BCS casualty. This year’s victim is Georgia. Lets break the cycle of abuse to good teams that deserve better. Lets finally get them what they actually deserve. A college football playoff system. Hopefully Mark Richt and the Bulldogs have been hurt for the last time.
