The BCS football playoff committee made its choice for the four top spots in this year's championship playoff for the national title. They ranked Michigan #1, Washington #2, Texas #3 and Alabama #4. Both Michigan and Washington were undefeated and deserved to be in the playoff. Texas and Alabama each had one loss and all four teams won their conference championships.
PolitiDose disagrees with the rankings and believes the top four should be as follows: Michigan #1, Washington #2, Florida State #3 and Alabama #4. This writer is of the opinion that Florida State, who finished the season undefeated, won it's conference championship and was 13-0 should make the playoffs and should be an elementary decision. How can you leave out an undefeated team from the final four? It goes against everything. The reason Alabama should stay #4 and Texas should be out is also elementary. They beat Georgia, the #1 ranked team that was undefeated. won 28 straight games and two consecutive national championships. Alabama also won the SEC conference and won 12 straight games after losing to Texas in the very first game of the season. Alabama's win over Georgia, over shadowed their loss to Texas early in the season.
PolitiDose commentary has taken issue concerning past BCS final four rankings and how they were selected. And next year's format will make things worse. One can imagine the 11th and 12th ranked teams and beyond with the same won loss record and the scramble to decide who gets the 11th an 12th spot. The committee now uses nit-picking issues to settle the question and is a horrible situation. A good example is ranking Texas ahead of Georgia in the final poll.
The question that should be asked and answered is: Have all the changes to college football in the last several years made college football better or more competative as a whole? This writer thinks not. And next season the SEC will do away with the East and West divisions and have only one division. In other words like it was years ago.
This writer is of the opinion that college sports was more enjoyable before it developed into a game of money.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
