The BCS is a joke

[Wookies Cruel Circus]

I'll open by saying I think a playoff of some sort should be worked out. (Though not this "one-game playoff after the bowls" crap they're saying now... last thing we need is ANOTHER week of college ball, esp. up against the NFL playoffs.) I think it couldn't hurt to have a rule that says you must win your conference to get into the BCS game (though, the 3 conferences that won't have a championship game get an edge w/o that tough final game, and b-ball has no such rule.)

That said, I do believe the two best teams will be playing this year. Oklahoma is simply the best team in the country. Look at what they did ALL YEAR. Heck, just look what they did to Texas, the #6 team! They had a bad game at a bad time. But, reshuffle the schedule and if this game happened in October, no one complains that OK come out #1. The BCS computers actually did their job properly this year; it is the human voters who pussed out and didn't jump LSU over USC, or leave OK #1, like they should have. The comps fixed the pollsters' mistake.
The BCS takes the season as a whole into consideration, as it should. The polls put an enormously undo amount of focus on the game that was just played. If you're looking for a true champion, week 3 should be as important as week 12.

And, as much as I love the NCAA Tourney, and I do, the "best" team doesn't always win it. That doesn't mean it isn't a great event.