One of the bogus reasons offered by college presidents for defending the BCS status quo is that college football's regular season is unique, meaningful and worth protecting.
One question: Why?
Where are all the wonderful regular-season games that are worth protecting?
College football is down this season. The elite teams aren't dominant, and we have less reason than ever to believe that there is a clear gap between the best traditional powers and the best non-traditional powers, like TCU, Cincinnati and Boise State.
Instead of viewing the final weeks of the regular season as a natural ramp toward what would be a fascinating eight-team playoff, we are watching mediocre, mostly meaningless games, most of which will be meaningless in determining the national champion.
I really want to love college football. With the current setup, the only game that really matters to me is a national championship game that won't necessarily determine a true national champion.
College football is superior to the NFL in terms of pageantry and emotion, but the NFL offers meaningful games with clear-cut ramifications. I'd rather attend a college game, but I'd rather watch an NFL game.
I'm at Kinnick Stadium today, covering the Gophers-Iowa game. I"ll be at the Vikings game tomorrow. I'll be on Sunday Sports Talk, 10-noon on Sunday.
