re: Very interesting story...first salvo against BCS?

a majority of the members of the media have spouted the some rhetoric and catch phrases over and over about the villified 'bcs'.

here again we have the argument that 'every major sport has a playoff' which some posters quickly debunked.

let's understand's this fully. the NCAA Men's Basketball National Champion is NOT the best team over the course of the year. it is the best team over a SIX GAME STRETCH. it is a end of the season tournament champion that everyone has agreed with be the national champion.

the BCS is in fact a PLAYOFF. it is a two-team playoff, but a playoff none the less. granted, the two teams are chosen not on the basis of winning a conference championship to 'qualify', but instead based on a combination of subjective 'human' polls and more objective computer polls (although the conditions for the polls are subjectively chosen).

when it comes down to it, there is a huge lie that has been perpetrated on college football 'fans' that we are all screaming for a "playoff". no, there are a bunch of lemmings who regurgitate everything there here on sports talk radio and espn. a end of the season tournament of 8 or 16 teams isn't necessarily a better way to determine the best champion that a one game matchup of two teams. maybe it is, maybe it isn't.

course, there is also a valid argument that overall the sport is 'better' for having a more meaningful regular season.