They've beat up I-AA Youngstown State; terrorized teams in the MAC like Akron and Kent State; beaten conference foes Northwestern (4-3), Purdue (5-2), and Minnesota (1-6); and managed to overcome one of the PAC-10's worst teams in Washington.

Is there anyone who really believes that Ohio State is the best football team in America?

BCS Anarchy

Dan Wetzel and Terry Bowden both argued this week that there just has to be something better than the Bowl Championship Series to determine a national champion in football. I agree.

Before this week I was skeptical about a playoff system. But I think I'm coming around.

Wetzel makes the observation that the current system penalizes good conference and rewards bad ones. The Big 10 beats up on the MAC each year; the SEC hires whipping boys from the Sun Belt. But when it comes to out of conference games with BCS rivals, while the Big 10 has been piddling around with out of conference foes like 2-4 Washington, 1-6 Syracuse, 1-6 Notre Dame, and 1-6 Duke, SEC teams are playing Louisville, 9th ranked West Virginia, 10th ranks Cal, and 11th ranked Virginia Tech. So far this year, nobody in the SEC has lost to a 1-AA team…

I remember Ohio State being ranked #1 last year. I remember once-beaten Florida kicking the living crap out of them in the title game. My personal thoughts are that Florida should have played someone else for the title.

This much I'm sure of: it's time for the BCS to go the way of old lettuce and freezer burnt chicken. Throw it out and we'll live with whatever comes next…

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