The Sports Monitor

I know I'm on the wrong side of the majority here, but I don't see Alabama as the deserving No. 1 team in the country after Monday's win over LSU in the BCS championship game. Part of that is my belief that Alabama didn't deserve to be in the game in the first place. The Crimson Tide didn't win their division in the SEC and didn't play in the SEC championship game. That enough should have kept them out. But the way the BCS is rigged, deserving teams like Oklahoma State didn't have a chance. And, yes, I did want to see Oklahoma State in the title game. I think the Cowboys would have beaten LSU, especially the conservative one that showed up Monday night at the Superdome. I don't think the Tigers would have been able to slow down Justin Blackmon, which would have given the Cowboys the edge. And I think the LSU offense was overrated, too. They couldn't score a single touchdown in two games and an overtime against Alabama. Rave about the ...

I've lost my appetite for hating the BCS system. For years now, we've been told it's great by the people who created it. We've been told how it matches the two best teams in the country for college football's national championship. Instead, we're usually left without the two best teams playing for the title. We complain, gripe and do everything we can to slam the system. Ideas are tossed around, but they never gain traction. Five of six weeks later, everyone turns on their television after the new year to watch college football again and the slime that run the BCS and the bowls smile while counting their dollars. Yeah, college football is grand. Sunday night was another reminder of how bad the system is. For this year's version of the national championship, we're left with a rematch of LSU and Alabama. The two team's played earlier in a battle of field goals -- yawn! -- with LSU beating 'Bama 9-6. We're left to believe that a syst...