The Philly Phanatics

This could probably be written every single year. So it'll be short.

"(Insert undefeated non-BCS conference school name here) should get more respect. Why don't the good schools from non-BCS conferences get any chances to play in the spotlight against their BCS school peers? This is why they need a playoff. C'mon, it's not like the students are doing much between the end of college football season this past weekend and the 'ever-later in January' finale to the college football season."

This season concluded with five undefeated college football teams. Three of these automatically qualified for BCS bowls by winning a BCS conference championship (Alabama, Texas, and Cincinnati). The two automatic qualifiers were #3 ranked TCU and #6 Boise State.

I understand that Texas and Alabama will be playing in the "BCS Championship Bowl." Alabama completely embarassed Florida this past weekend. Texas limped into the bowl bid with their near-loss to Nebraska. But the idea to match the two non-BCS conference schools against one another in the Fiesta Bowl is absolutely horrific. With the way the "national championship" and the voting in the polls tends to favor the more widely known and widely televised BCS conferences, it would be hard to believe that the non-BCS schools do not hold a grudge against the BCS schools and do not eagerly want to have a shot at the larger schools to prove that they belong and, in the process, to destroy the public's confidence in the BCS system.

Give the non-BCS schools a chance to prove their abilities. But it seems unlikely based upon past experience that the non-BCS schools will ever have this chance.

2009: #6 Utah over #4 Alabama (31-17) - only undefeated team in college football
2008: #10 Hawaii loses to #5 Georgia - Hawaii enters game undefeated, not in BCS championship
2007: #8 Boise State over #10 Oklahoma (43-42 OT) - end season only undefeated team in college football

Notice a trend here?