From the “Two wrongs don’t make a right” department

I appreciate that Jerome Solomon is willing to call the BCS “championship” game tonight the sham that it is, but unilaterally declaring some other team to be #1, in this case Utah based on their undefeated record, isn’t the answer. (Rick Reilly wants to do the same thing.) The problem isn’t that tonight’s game won’t pick a viable top team – surely both Florida and Oklahoma would always be in the conversation – the problem is that the process for deciding who gets to play for it is too limited. That’s why so many people keep harping on the playoff idea – it’s the only way to ensure that all the teams who might have a legitimate claim on the crown get a shot at it. Let them settle it on the field instead of making a subjective determination – and yes, the computer ranking are subjective; some human designed them, after all. That certainly doesn’t guarantee that the best team will win, but it at least guarantees that we will all agree about who the champion is afterward. I know, I know, there’s nothing new about any of this, and the argument is beyond tiresome these days. But given what a boondoggle the bowl system is, and what a travesty the voting system is, how can you not keep bringing it up?

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