All right, let’s get this straight. The same brilliant system that was supposed to take controversy out of the equation has now so defied human logic that any mope who has paid even the slightest attention over the last day and a half can see how things should be.
And the way things shouldn’t be.
At least before the BCS, debate on the national champion took the form of normal healthy debate, with both sides offering valid opinions. Now we’re left to disagree with a strength-of-schedule quotient? That ought to get your blood pumping.
And this from the people who claim to be trying to make the postseason more understandable to the common fan.
Previously, a valid argument could be made for appreciating the unique quirks inherent in the bowl system and for simply embracing the controversy. The trouble is, we can’t go back. And the controversy is no longer quirky, it’s annoying. And unjust.
It would have been nice if college football agreed on a playoff system because it made sense and it worked. Now the suits will have to do it because there is apparently no other choice.
