By Staff
The bowl games were announced recently and many college football fans were left scratching their heads. It seems all the hype surrounding certain teams came to a crash landing as the BCS National Championship game contenders were announced.
Ohio State will once again play for its chance at the title, while LSU will join the Buckeyes on the field. Do these two teams deserve to play for the national championship? Or was this another case of unfairness in the world of college football?
Which is the No. 1 team anyway? It doesn't seem to matter. Records obviously do not matter because if they did, undefeated Hawaii would be playing, probably right next to Georgia, which had been playing as well as any team.
And where is Notre Dame? You know, the team we saw week after week televised nationally which only won three games. It's surprising they didn't get a bid for the national championship game since they are so highly followed and popular.
But these bowl games aren't about popularity. No, actually, in the college world they are more about money than anything. Popularity may play a role, but it seems to be more about which teams would draw more revenue and a bigger fan base. So, let's weigh out the odds – Georgia vs. Hawaii, alright; Missouri vs. Kansas, if you live in the plains this will work; Georgia vs. Kansas, who?; Ohio State vs. LSU, brilliant!
Unfair, most would agree. The sad thing about these bowls games is that they are not based on how well a team did during the season, they are hand selected by "the big dogs" who decide which two teams should play for the title. There is no other word to describe it than down right ridiculous, especially when the only undefeated team wasn't even considered.
If they cannot base their decision on fairness, the game shouldn't even be played at all. Take the top two teams who won the most games and lost the fewest and let them go head to head. That's what championships are all about, isn't it? Apparently not.