In the sports world, subjection is not highly looked upon. The majority of major sports implement play-offs so there is no doubt as to who deserves to be crowned national champions. With almost all major NCAA sports and also all professional sports using the play-off system, one has to wonder: why hasn't NCAA football followed suit?
With no play-off system, there is not clear-cut national champion. Take the Big XII Southern conference for example. At one point, Texas had beaten Oklahoma, Oklahoma had beaten Texas Tech and Texas Tech had beaten Texas. With these wins and losses, it was almost impossible to determine which team truly deserved to represent the Big XII south in the Big XII championship, let alone the National Championship. Also, you take a team like Southern California (USC) who had one unfortunate loss early, and it does not seem fair to discount them from the National Championship either.
Perhaps the most annoying thing about the subjection surrounding NCAA football is that every idiot thinks they can comment on the BCS. During this time, those who cannot even explain why even a good offense struggles against a strong secondary feel they can comment on who should and should not be in the BCS bowls. In many cases, they use the transitive property, feeling if a beat b and b beat c, then a should beat c. By this property, you can have your junior high flag football team beating the National Champions.
In short, the NCAA football system needs to implement play-offs the way every other sport seems to. This way, there will be no question as to who should have the prestigous title of national champions. The BCS would also be able to keep its bowls if they wre used in the play-offs, which would solve the money problem. It only makes sense that the most exciting sport in college would have the most exciting aspect of college sports- play-offs.
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