A Loss Is A Loss, Right?

We had another classic Saturday of College Football with close games, blowouts and upsets. It was a day when sportscasters were able to be coroners and pronounce teams dead. "Well, BYU, yea they are done." "Wow, I was really hoping USC could do something, but they're dead." Chalk outlines are going up in cities across the nation as we speak, but I'm wondering are they a little premature? Sure, perhaps a non-BCS team might not be able to handle a loss to their resume and still expect to be playing in January, but what about teams from the power conferences? Do they get a pass on being dropped out of BCS title consideration? Also, why are losses in September not as damning as losses in November? Well, let's try to answer some of these questions, shall we?

I hate it. I know you hate it too. The lack of respect teams from non-BCS conferences get, but it will never change. Here's why, first the Mountain West Conference has a moron for a commissioner and he is going about it the wrong way trying to get his conference included into the BCS. Secondly, with the teams from the Mountain West, Conference USA and MAAC doing so well the past few years, what major conference team would be dumb enough to travel to play them much less schedule them. Wins are all that matters. We will continue to see teams schedule cream puffs and bowl subdivision teams because no losses has you in the title game and one loss could still have you playing in January.

The other thing that kills me about college football, no I'm not taking sides on the whole BCS playoff thing, is that a loss in September is not the same as a loss in November. Also, some teams have extra games, i.e. Conference Championship Games, that either help or hinder a team. Let me give you an example. So let's say USC gets hot and runs the table to finish 11-1 and you have Texas go 11-0 in the regular season and then they lose in the Big 12 Conference Championship game to Kansas. Who do you choose to go to the title game? I know crappy huh? I would say USC too, but they shouldn't. USC was beaten by a team that was winless last year while Texas lost to a BCS team from a year ago in Kansas. However, since USC lost their game in September they have nine games to make voters forget about it and move back up the rankings. In Texas' case, they have no more games to make up and so they will drop down in the rankings. The opposite could be said if Texas is going into that game at 11-1 and they beat a ranked Kansas team and now because they had that extra game they get the nod over USC.

Pretty crazy stuff if you ask me. I've said it before and I'll say it again. There doesn't necessarily need to be a college playoff, but their needs to be an even playing field. Every conference needs to have a Conference Title Game. Some of the so called lesser conferences could then be apart of the BCS Bowl Series. Get rid of some of the meaningless games that happen after January 1st, I know it's complete crap that the games are spread out like that. Also, freeze votings before the final week of the season and then after Championship Games, allow the voting to resume. This will allow voters time to reflect on the play of the team for the entire year, not just a game. But, you know, I could be wrong!

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