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South Carolina Now: BCS not changing anytime soon
By Jeff Zell
Republican Joe Barton (Texas) made national news in 2009 suggesting the BCS should “drop the ‘C’ because the system doesn’t represent a true champion.”
Don’t hate on a system that didn’t fail—at least this year.
Auburn ran the table, played the toughest schedule and took home the conference title in the best league in the country. They are joined in Glendale, Ariz., by the only other team in a BCS conference to run the table this season, Oregon. Oregon blitzed their competition, scoring 37 points in all but one game this season.
Okay, so I’m an alum of the University of Texas. This year’s match-up doesn’t quite peak my interest like the 2005 or 2009 championship game—but I will admit, it’s a good game. I’ll get to the game later on. But first, what about TCU?
The ‘little guy’ ran the table and had the best defense in the nation statistically entering the bowl games. While there is something to be said about winning all your games, you have to look at the competition. I understand they beat a Big Ten team in the Rose Bowl, and that ‘they did it for the little guy’, but none of their regular season opponents finished in the top 25 of the ‘unbiased’ AP Top 25 college football poll. TCU only deserves a shot at a national title when every fan in America throws their hands up in disgust because every school from a major conference slips up more than once. Then a school with a recent tradition like TCU can get a shot.
Otherwise, keep the big boys at the big boy dinner table. ...
By Jeff Zell
Republican Joe Barton (Texas) made national news in 2009 suggesting the BCS should “drop the ‘C’ because the system doesn’t represent a true champion.”
Don’t hate on a system that didn’t fail—at least this year.
Auburn ran the table, played the toughest schedule and took home the conference title in the best league in the country. They are joined in Glendale, Ariz., by the only other team in a BCS conference to run the table this season, Oregon. Oregon blitzed their competition, scoring 37 points in all but one game this season.
Okay, so I’m an alum of the University of Texas. This year’s match-up doesn’t quite peak my interest like the 2005 or 2009 championship game—but I will admit, it’s a good game. I’ll get to the game later on. But first, what about TCU?
The ‘little guy’ ran the table and had the best defense in the nation statistically entering the bowl games. While there is something to be said about winning all your games, you have to look at the competition. I understand they beat a Big Ten team in the Rose Bowl, and that ‘they did it for the little guy’, but none of their regular season opponents finished in the top 25 of the ‘unbiased’ AP Top 25 college football poll. TCU only deserves a shot at a national title when every fan in America throws their hands up in disgust because every school from a major conference slips up more than once. Then a school with a recent tradition like TCU can get a shot.
Otherwise, keep the big boys at the big boy dinner table. ...