Filed under: Bowl Games, BCS Championship Game
Yesterday was October 14th, the release date of "Death to the BCS: The Definitive Case Against the Bowl Championship Series," written by Dan Wetzel, Josh Peter and Jeff Passan. The trio's book should, unless Marvin Austin reopens his Twitter account, provide the most provocative prose of the college football season.
Wetzel, Peter and Passan present compelling arguments that outline the hypocrisy and avarice of the oligarchy of college presidents, conference commissioners and bowl directors who control the sport. They refer to them as a cartel.
And they're right.
Hey, defending the BCS on a sports site is like sticking up for the USA at a European youth hostel. You grant that it is flawed, but you don't want it to become the NFL (or France). At the same time, you don't want to be tossed out of Balmers just as the four frauleins from Munich are checking in at the front desk.
I am not a pro-BCS guy. I'm an anti-playoff format guy. There's a reason fantasy football has become an actual industry in the NFL but hardly anyone plays it with college players. The NFL regular season only starts to matter after Thanksgiving. Remember when George Costanza began furtively devouring snacks during his dalliances because the experience alone left him, well, unsatisfied? Fantasty football is Costanza's meatball sub.
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