TIRED OF THE BC-MESS? GET OVER IT! by ST

It's officially time for everyone, fans, players, coaches, media members and whoever else you can think of to stop whining about how the BCS picks teams to play in it's major bowl games. Last month's announcement that ESPN would televise those games through the 2014 season did not carry a provision that a new system was part of the deal. I'd guess we'd have a shot at implementing the playoff many want as part of the next contract that will be negotiated after a National Champ is crowned in January of 2014. Plus I have news for you. One team. Auburn in 2004 has the lone legitimate gripe about getting robbed of their shot at the title since the BCS was first implemented in 1998. What? Didn't Oregon get screwed in 2001? USC in 2003? Not really. From where I sit, the Ducks certainly deserved to play Miami instead of that slow, one dimensional Nebraska team that got spanked 37-14. Oregon has no one to blame but themselves. The loss against Stanford put things in the hands of the voters and computers. A victory over the Cardinal and they're in that game, period! In 2003, the Trojans lost in triple overtime at Cal 34-31, ran the table, then had to sit by as the system sent LSU & Oklahoma to the Sugar Bowl for all the marbles. Both the Sooners and Tigers had one loss as well. USC beats Cal, they're in. The fact remains that in the now 11 years of the BCS no team from a BCS conference has gone unbeaten and been denied their national title shot. Except Auburn in 2004. Despite a 12 & 0 regular season, the Fighting Tigers settled for a Sugar Bowl win over Virginia Tech. Think they would have given USC a better game than Oklahoma who got thrashed 55-19? The problems is people like to whine & complain rather than take a good hard look and the facts and obvious solutions. With parity now firmly entrenched, and everyone playing a 12 game regular season, the likelihood of ending up with one, much less three unbeatens leading up to Bowl season is slim. But the bottom line is any team who loses a game, has only themselves to blame if their goals come up short. Look forward to your thoughts on this.