As I sit here watching the Rose Bowl at my in-laws’, it occurs to me: who cares? Despite being the “granddaddy of them all,” the game has no championship implications other than to muddy the waters. If Michigan looks great and Florida lays an egg against Ohio State in the title game, there will be a lot of talk about how there should have been an OSU/Michigan rematch. If USC dominates and the Gators get blown out, I’m sure all the Trojan fans will complain that they got screwed. You don’t hear this kind of talk after a playoff. The championship is settled on the field, right where it should be.
This ongoing BCS mess is befuddling. Everyone I’ve talked to is in favor of a playoff in college football and opposing arguments are mostly half-hearted, devil’s advocate-type responses. (I know it’s not a statistically accurate survey, but the results are overwhelming.) When was the last time there has been such a consensus amongst the sports public without any positive movement whatsoever?
