Here we are again with a BCS match up that is all too predictable. BCS conference versus BCS conference for all the marbles. *yawn*

The title game match up that was easily predictable 5 to 12 months ago has arrived. Sure we didn’t know for sure that it would be Bama/Texas but we just as well could have figured it would be something similar, something none to surprising, something we have seen before.

Lets just say that the Big 12 did not decide break NCAA rules to reward Texas with an extra second on Saturday night and Texas would have officially lost? The outcome would be chaos. The formula would be questioned as well as the entire system of who plays who, and why we continue to allow the greatest college sport to ultimately come down to politics and subjectivity year after year.

Instead, Texas wins and TCU gets segregated to the teams that wish they could have a chance bowl, the Fiesta Bowl. (Nothing against the Fiesta Bowl, but I think that either of these teams are capable of beating Alabama and/or Texas.)

Don’t get me wrong. I love the bowl system, the tradition, parades, all that jazz. But, if at the end of the day, you sit back and look at this system, you must admit how far it is from where it ought to be. Every team should be able to pump themselves up each August by knowing that, “we can go all the way.” Instead good programs like Boise State should go out telling themselves that even though they can win them all, it still wont matter. Many will be quick to point out that they should schedule tougher schools. However, that will not fix the overall problem. If all of the smaller schools (aka no possibility schools) try to schedule the BCS schools each year, the schedules wont work out because even the BCS want to play other BCS in their non-conference.

I am going to end my rant now. Having not fixed anything and feeling quite disappointed by the state of affairs. I guess my only hope is that one of the teams like TCU or Boise plays so exceptionally that voters cannot help but consider them.