Bowl Championship Series Controversy by Tom Ribaudo December 20, 2006

The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) has been a mess since the beginning of its time. They have been the ones selecting who would go to the national championship in college football, and who would not. Sports analysts have been trying to figure out the best way to solve the problem that seems so simple to fix, and yet, has not been done. The selection is a huge controversy every single year, and they still do nothing to find a solution.
The BCS method is to take three different polls, of two human polls and one computer poll, and put them all together into one poll to help decide. Then numbers get shot out, and there you have your bowl selections. It is all based on numbers and the computer polls seem to really take more of their third of the poll than they deserve. Every year, one team has a problem with the idea, and it becomes a big disappointment to all the fans around the country.
The logical thing to do is to create a four or eight team playoff, where the BCS decides which teams are in, and which teams are not. That way all those teams have a real chance to make it to the national championship. Unfortunately for fans all around the country, this logical idea has not been created yet. The NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) would make lots more money if this were to happen, the excitement level would become much more extreme and college football would be better than ever before. Plus, there would be no controversy of who is the best team in the country when it is all said and done.
Sometimes the BCS comes down to three teams who should be in the national title game, but of course, only two can make it. This problem always leads to arguing and complaints from fans and the team that is left out. With a playoff in place, everything would be solved and the country would find out who the real national champs are. The BCS should either be gone forever or fixed up to set up a playoff bracket.