The college football post-season is hopelessly broken. Big money special interests that run the bowl games and the conferences that are making millions off the BCS have prevented any kind of a playoff system from being put in place. All we fans get are flimsy, absurd excuses about how bad a playoff system would be. Supposedly it would cause student athletes to miss tests, it would be too taxing physically and blah, blah, blah.
None of these excuses apparently apply to student athletes in all the other subdivisions that actually participate in a playoff system and they certainly didn't matter a few years ago when the college football season was expanded to 12 games.
This thing has been so screwed up for so long, I haven't spent more than 2 minutes thinking about it in years. Much like the fact that you can only get the NFL Sunday ticket if you have a satellite dish, it's something that doesn't make sense for most fans, but it's likely not going to change. I'd rather concentrate my efforts on posting videos of fat athletes on Friday, that at least feels productive.
However, fear not oppressed college football fans - there's hope on the horizon and it's better than anything you could ever hope for. Our politicians are going to save us. Congress, backed by an 18 percent approval rating, is set to hold more hearings on the BCS system.
I'll be honest, until I saw Tim Stephens Twitter post tonight on Tuesday's Congressional hearings on the BCS, I had no idea these things were going on. If you're on Twitter, give Tim Stephens a follow, there's plenty of good stuff coming from him. Besides it doesn't take long to read 140 character posts - unless you're a defender of the BCS.
Stephens has an informative post up on everything you need to know about the hearings. It's a great read and will get you caught up to speed on the issue. Afterward you'll want to beat your head against a wall.
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