In 2003 Nick Saban was quoted saying something along the lines of "if you can't win your conference you don't have any business playing for the National Championship." Then on Sunday night when it was announced that his team, which didn't even get into it's conference championship game Saban remarked how the "system we have" got it right. Well guess what, it's time to say FUCK the system. I know I'm not a professional writer or media personality, but I am just as much an "expert" as the trolls they roll out on ESPN to talk about College Football. With that said, the thing that changed my mind was watching Virginia Tech knowing it needed a big time performance for a shot at the BCS title game and they went out and shit all over themselves and the field against Clemson. Meanwhile, Oklahoma State who was playing a tough Oklahoma team in a fierce rivalry game did what Va Tech could only dream of. They beat the high holy shit out of Oklahoma. It was such a fantastic rebound performance from the loss against Iowa State, that I forgot who they lost to. I seriously just had to go look it up. So basically any voter that put Alabama over Oklahoma State is saying a home loss is better than a road loss on the very day that 4 members of your schools athletic department died in a plane crash. Not a chance BCS boneheads. So here are my two main ideas to come out after this debacle. LSU is the National Champion, and we are awarding it to them RIGHT NOW. A game 40 days after the fact really shouldn't mean shit anyway. The second thing is that if this gets us to a "plus one" format then good, that's the least that needs to happen. In reality what is needed is an 8 team playoff that runs through December and into the first couple weeks of January. The main thing we need to figure out for the 8 team idea is 'how do we pick the 8 teams'? I admit, I flip flopped on my thinking more than the two gentleman depicted at the bottom of this column. I had a whole "selection committee idea" but then realized that would lead to almost as much chaos as possible with members of the committee inevitably having their own agendas about who should make the 'Great Eight' (awesome name, I made that up no one is allowed to steal it, fuckers). So the only fair way I can think of is to use the current formula for the BCS and the top 8 teams get in and that's how they will be seeded. That way you don't have bowl games like the Sugar Bowl picking two teams because their fans "travel well". Seriously Va Tech vs Michigan in a major bowl? Did they replace the sugar with cocaine? What are you dipshits fucking on? How does Boise not get an invite, they would wipe the turf with either of those teams. So there is my flip flopping and pointed anger (especially about the sugar bowl) but also my idea to fix the system and make it the greatest sporting tournament in the world. How do we eliminate travel expenditures for the fans? Easy! The first round game is held at the home field of the team with the higher seed, you ought to get something for being ranked #1 as opposed to 8. Then we are only left with 4 teams, play that round at the site of two of the big time bowl games. Then after a week off the championship would be held at another one of the big time bowl sites. See we are still using the big bowls and their still making their money which is all they give three shits about anyway. Allrighty then, this is Fred the flip flopper signing off for now.
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