The BCS is flawed. There's no denying that.
At the same time, the BCS is also exactly what college football needs.
Let's be honest. Auburn's fans are still hurt by being cheated out of the 2004 Orange Bowl, which was that year's national championship game. Rightfully so, but it's nothing to hold a grudge over.
The BCS, which was put in place in 1998, has been slowly ridiculed more and more each year.
Yes, teams have been cheated out of games, but the positives have outweighed the negatives.
More times than not, the correct two teams have played for the Coaches' Trophy.
However, yet again, there's an argument over who should play in the 2011 BCS National Championship Game.
If LSU defeats Georgia, they deserve a spot. The discussion of the second team in the game is when things get sticky. That's where the major flaw in the BCS is created.
Every college football fan in America has an opinion on who it should be, including the voters. With that said, everyone is biased, including the voters. It's impossible to watch a college football game and not cheer for either team in the slightest way.
Considering that, if a voter wants a rematch of LSU and Alabama for the national championship, he or she can make that happen.
The same problem occurs with preseason polls, which is another flaw.
The reason Auburn played in the 2004 Sugar Bowl and not against USC for the Orange Bowl is because voters didn't expect the team to be as good as it was. How about that? Auburn is better than expected and is rewarded by being left out of a possible national championship.
A playoff won't solve the problem either. In fact, it would only continue the current problem on a larger scale.
Despite every team in a playoff having a chance to win a championship, the problem would occur when multiple teams on the in-and-out line have the same record. Who's in and who's out? That creates the exact same problem as deciding who plays for the national championship.
While the BCS is the way to go, having a rematch between two SEC West teams would be a terrible move.
No, it's not because one of the teams didn't win the conference--or their own division for that matter. It's because the country has already seen them play. Remember "The Game of the Century?"
It was boring, lackluster, long and low-scoring. Do you get the point? No one outside of the SEC cares to see them play again. Not to mention, most fans of other conferences hate the SEC.
LSU won when Alabama had its shot at home against the Bayou Bengals. Instead, show the nation how the so-called best conference in America fares against a team who averages the second-most points per game. Yes, that's Oklahoma State.
Accepting the BCS as the easiest and best method for football should be as easy for fans as accepting a loss. You may not like it, but it's not changing. Stick your chest out and accept it like a man.
Or, to stick to the cliche, it is what it is.
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