It Seems That

The second ranked team in the BCS poll has a curse. Five times now number two has been upset with the latest being Oregon State.

Basically it seems that the top few teams have been playing musical chairs with the rankings. This is great if you hate the BCS! It will encourage the playoff debate and add fuel to that fire!

Who is the best team in the nation? Who knows! That is why the teams need to determine it on the field instead of voters and polls.

LSU - Tough team but plays erratically, they are penalized by having a SEC championship game.
Kansas - High scoring team, good defense, the only undefeated team in the nation, has played a light schedule though so we really don't know how good they are. Penalized by having a Big XII championship game.
Oklahoma - Always a contender, solid offense and defense, can compete with any team, penalized by having to play in a Big XII championship game.
Missouri - Don't know how good they are either since they have played a lighter schedule, penalized by having to play in the Big XII championship game.

Oh wait! There are THREE BIG XII teams in the top FIVE!!!! They have to play a game at the end of the season to determine the Big XII champion! The problem with that in the absence of a playoff system where the tops teams are included, a conference championship game works against the conference and penalizes the teams in this situation.

Say LSU wins every game now except for the SEC championship game, they will be penalized by the BCS rankings and probably not get a chance to play for the national title. The same goes for the Big XII schools. While it would be fair if every conference had a championship game it is unfair for only two to have one while there is no playoff set up to level the playing field.

So to sum up BOOOOOO BCS, Hoorayyyyy Playoffs!!!!