The BCS (Bowl Championship Series) rankings were just announced, and they determined the winner of the Big XII South. For those that don't follow college football, here's a quick rundown of what transpired in the Big XII Conference's South Division this season. Texas, Oklahoma and Texas Tech each finished with a 7-1 conference record, which created a three-way tie for the division winner. What complicated matters was the incorporation of the head-to-head results between the three squads. Texas beat Oklahoma. Oklahoma beat Texas Tech. Texas Tech beat Texas. As you can see, this created a never ending cycle which left the issue of division supremacy quite murky.
So, conference rules stipulate that the highest rated team in the BCS rankings would take the crown. The problems with the BCS rankings are myriad and have been detailed in a much better fashion elsewhere. Suffice it to say that the rankings are flawed because they proclaim which teams in the country are best through a bizarre formula of computer rankings and coaches' opinions. The formula annually upsets football fans, as only two colleges are picked to play in the championship game from among a handful of excellent teams.
Anyway, cut to today. The BCS rankings presumably deem who is the best, and Big XII fans anxiously awaited to see whom the BCS thought better. It just so happened that the rankings placed Oklahoma slightly ahead of Texas, and consequently, they will play Missouri for the Big XII championship. That's correct. Oklahoma, whose only blemish this season came at the hands of Texas, is ahead of the very team that beat them.
And so, I find myself as another football enthusiast who pleads to the powers-that-be: please, please get rid of the damned BCS. This isn't entirely the BCS' fault, but the fact that the Big XII puts faith in its authority to decide a divisional winner just legitimizes it further.
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