Percy’s Random Ramblings

Look, I’m a die-hard, dyed in the wool, Georgia Tech fan (and I even graduated from the place).  Still, I think UGA got an unfair shake in the BCS.  Basically, the same rule that’s putting Ohio State into the championship game is keeping UGA out.  Now, I haven’t fully decided if UGA should be playing for the title, but how is it that one team doesn’t play for almost three weeks, and jumps up two positions, when another team doesn’t play one week and drops a position.  That is, when the two teams above them both lost in the same week.  In a purely theoretical sense, the way the BCS decides position should work.  However, realistically, it just doesn’t.  Either every conference in the BCS should have to have a conference championship game, or none of them should count towards BCS rankings.  I know a lot of people out there will say that UGA should have won the SEC championship to go to the big show, but I say that Ohio State should have had to play in a conference championship game to go as well.  Honestly, I’m of the opinion that post season games (ex: conference championships) shouldn’t be considered for the BCS rankings, since all conferences don’t have them. 

Now, the real issue is that there should be a bracket playoff system in place.  If that were the situation, it wouldn’t matter to me if conference championships were considered.  In that case, those teams possibly penalized by that unwritten rule would still probably be in the top N teams, and would have a shot.  I know they do a bracket in high school, and pro football is a lot more controlled (division, conference champions).  So, why not in college?  Too, other college sports are that way, like basketball.  I know that life isn’t always fair, but it’d be nice if TPTB would at least look for a more fair system.

Anyways, until next time…