Why the BCS Has Made the Underdog Obsolete in College Football

Posted by Sylvan Lane on December-23-2011 Add Comments

Let's get something straight right away: I don't think the BCS is a broken system. I think it does an incredibly effective job at doing exactly what it was meant to do, and it shouldn't be tampered with in any way, shape or form.

That said, I absolutely hate what it does.

What the BCS has done since it's institution in 1998 is ensure that the two best teams in the country, as determined by a myriad of statistics and a few scoops of human contribution, play for the national championship—eliminating the unstable and unpredictable nature of a playoff system that could easily land one of the lesser teams in a spot to clinch the title.

Does it ma...

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