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Utah is National Champion

Monday, January 12th, 2009

I’ve heard all of the arguments why the BCS is the best, most feasible way of determining a National Champion. And I reject them all, categorically. The folks at the BCS would have you believe this is a fair system to all. And even if it’s not, the Big Six Conferences deserve what they’ve taken as theirs.

First a little background. Did you know that the BCS consists of ELEVEN conferences? Didn’t think so. Neither did I until I researched the history of this foolhardy exercise. But all 11 aren’t treated as equal partners. This is where the antitrust violation, I believe, comes into play. The Big Six (Pac 10, Big 10, Big 12, SEC, ACC, and Big East) receive $18.5 million per conference per team selected. By contrast the Little Five get about $9 million for one team’s selection and about $4 million for a second school. This money is split evenly among the conference members of the school selected.

In addition, we all know a team from the Little Five will never qualify for the BCS Championship game because they won’t be able to accumulate enough points in the system per strength of schedule. Why? The Big Six won’t schedule them in the regular season unless it’s a home game for the Big Six school. And even then it’s done so rarely it would cure cancer. This is what’s known as unfair competition.

I’m amazed at the power the Bowls carry. Any moron can figure out a way to stage an 8-team playoff using the bowls as game sites and avoid interrupting semester exams. The BCS and bowl people want you to think this is an insurmountable hurdle. The real hurdle is they would have to split any revenues from a playoff evenly. This they won’t do unless it’s at gunpoint. And that’s it in a nutshell.

Therefore, by virtue of the power invested in me by right thinking people, I hereby declare Utah the true National Champion. They took on all comers, pounded the regular season BCS Number One and didn’t lose a single game. They’re the only team in the country that doesn’t have to explain away a loss. They beat six bowl teams, including Oregon State, (which beat So. Cal.). Florida thus becomes champions of only the BCS (and who cares about that).

Until the BCS schools grow a spine and schedule the Boise States and Utahs in a fair home and home series, the BCS is truly meaningless. It’s just another fantasy creation jammed down our throats by money grubbing bureaucrats. We just don’t have to swallow it.

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