In case you all haven’t read enough rants about the Bowl Championship Series and its terrible systems by now, I figured I would do you the courtesy of giving you one more. What is it that makes this college football series continue to stand by its systems? Not only the one that decides who plays in what bowl, but the bowl system itself. It must be too crazy to suggest that college football use the same post-season format that every other major sports league that anyone cares about does.  Good lord, who would ever suggest such a thing…

Ohio State University will face off against Louisiana State University on January 7 in the BCS Championship Game. Before even thinking about the other schools that got snubbed, we should first analyze the records of these two outstanding teams.

The Buckeyes will arrive in New Orleans with only a single loss on their record in the 2007-’08 campaign. However, the eleven wins that go with it are a hollow statistic. Ohio State simply had only one win during the entire season that impressed me. Wins over Wisconsin and Michigan at least made the statement that Ohio State was for real, but the win over Penn State in Happy Valley was the only thing that impressed me enough to think that they should even be considered as No. 1. After a heartbreaking upset at the hands of the Fighting Illini, more upsets of top teams allowed Ohio State to climb back to No.1 in mere weeks.

LSU went through the season regarded by many as undeniably the best team in the country. However, upset losses in Lexington to the Kentucky Wildcats and at home against the Razorbacks of Arkansas seemingly shut the door on any hopes of a National Championship.                   

To me, there was one school that deserved to be in the big game more than any other: Virginia Tech. The very mention of the school softens hearts and moistens eyes, but while there certainly would be a fantastic story behind the game, neither sympathy nor the desire for a fascinating back-story would be the reasons for selecting the Hokies.

For those that don’t know, the BCS standings are calculated through a combination of polls and rankings made by a computer based on schedule strength, margin of victory and of course, record. In this computer ranking the Hokies came out No. 1, and for good reason.

The major problem with choosing Virginia Tech to play Ohio State, who would almost certainly be in the championship, was that the Hokies would be being chosen over the LSU Tigers, a team that thrashed them 48-7 back in Week 2 of the season.  However, that game was played in Baton Rouge and this was a Virginia Tech team still finding itself.  V.T.’s second loss came at the hands of then No. 2 Boston College in a nail-biter six weeks later.

It is relatively simple to analyze this.  LSU lost two games this season, both in triple overtime, the second at home at the hands of an unranked team. V.T. lost two games this season, both at the hands of teams ranked #2 at the time. Aside from this, the Hokies scored much more impressive road victories over ranked teams.

Putting LSU in the national championship game should be a felony. After all, the BCS system is robbing not only Virginia Tech, but four other schools of their chance to fulfill a dream. This dream should have died for the Tigers the night after Thanksgiving. You should not be able to lose at home so late in the season and compete in the highest bowl game.

This is just one of many cases in which the BCS selection system has been exposed as ridiculous and idiotic. When will it change? Who knows, maybe next season, maybe never.