I Just Don't Get It...

Well, the games have been played, the polls have been polled, the computers updated, the BCS ranks composited, and the Big Bowl matchups set. And I still, and never will, understand how the BCS Bowl selection process makes any sense. I get the conference tie ins, although I think they are idiotic, and they will result in crapfests like the upcoming Orange Bowl from time to time. Shit happens, and every year deserving teams get bumped out of big dollars due to these affiliations. And we have an abortion or two...

Here are the Final BCS Ranks for your perusal:

The BCS Bowl Matchups:

National Championship - #1 Oklahoma vs #2 Florida. I think these are the two best teams and have no issue with either - should be a great game.

Orange Bowl - #12 Cincinnati vs #19 Virginia Tech. A joke game, but I'm done beating this particular horse.

Rose Bowl - #5 USC vs #8 Joe PA State. A good traditional game with the best of the Big Ten and Pac Ten. Can't bitch about it.

Sugar Bowl - #4 Alabama vs #6 Utah. Congrats, Utes, your undefeated season earns you a trip to a home game against a very pissed off Tide team that is going to have a big chip on its shoulder. You do get some nicely deserved cash, though, and I hope you give 'em hell.

Fiesta Bowl - #3 Texas vs #10 Ohio State. OK, here's where I go off. Ohio State? Ohio FUCKING STATE?!? You seriously have to be kidding me. This is a 10-2 team, the second place team in the Big Ten, a team that got pasted by USC and also lost to Joe PA State in Columbus. They own unimpressive victories over Youngstown State, Ohio, and Troy, as well as the train wreck known as Michigan Football 2008. They are ranked TENTH in the BCS, almost 150 points behind #7 Texas Tech and some 60 points behind #9 Boise State.

This is wrong, VERY wrong.

I really don't know if there is a rule prohibiting 3 schools from the same conference from participating in the Big Bowls, if there is it's a totally fucked rule, but hey, rules is rules and Tech can go to the oh-so-unmarquee Cotton Bowl matchup against #25 Mississippi with heads held high. But what about UNDEFEATED Boise? What in hell does this team need to do to get a little respect? They were the first "small school" to get a BCS bid a couple years ago against Oklahoma, and they let out all the stops in pulling off a stunning David vs Goliath upset in the Orange Bowl. It surely looked like one of these two teams would be left out, most likely Boise because of their lower ranking, but in the end TWO very good teams got absolutely fucked over in favor of an inferior behemoth. What in the world are these rankings good for if the governing body can't figure out that 7>9>10? I just became a Colt McCoy fan, and I hope he throws for 10 touchdowns in Phoenix.

Fix the goddamn system, NCAA. If you can't see through the shit residue on your glasses from having your heads straight up your asses and give the paying public a playoff, at least clean the fucking things off enough to be able to look at the mess you've made and level out the playing field.