With the championship game coming up on Monday night something has occured to me. It is nothing more than an afterthought. Sure when it happens it could be a great game between two powerhouse teams but it could be so much more exciting if we would have spent the past month watching a tournament where the others went out with a fighting chance.
The biggest problem I have with the BCS system is how it seems to render all the other bowl games nearly meaningless. We will hardly remember who won and lost the Orange and Fiesta Bowl's and some people forget to watch them because they are not played on New Years Day.
Even the "granddaddy of them all", The Rose Bowl, which is still played on New years day, has lost some meaning. As a "Wisconsin Guy" I will remember we lost and it was sad but the season comes to an end either way and there was no national title hopes so in a way it does not matter. When I heard today that J.J. Watt has declared himself eligiable for the NFL draft I thought great for him but bad for us as fans. All college football fans were already cheated out of seeing him play more. This is not because he left school early but because he was shut down by TCU in the Rose Bowl and that was the only post-season game he played in. If there was a tournament and the Badgers played in just two games before losing he would be more well known around the country.
The world is changing around us quicker than most people realize. We have to roll with the changes or get left behind. College football does do replay and overtime better than the NFL does in my opinion but overall the NFL looks for opportunities to grow while the college game is being left behind. The system in place before the BCS came about was actually better than what they have now. If they don't embrace change soon, in a lot of areas, players and fans will be less and less likely to be held back by these close minded University presidents.
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