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A playoff is out of the question for the foreseeable future. A bunch of Congressmen who don't know the issues in the first place aren't going to create the pressure to institute a playoff. When they begin to address the mortgage crisis, the Iraq War and $3.39-a-gallon gas, we'll talk but until then ...
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What our esteemed colleagues don't understand is that until the BCS there wasn't even a separate national championship game in the sport. The have-nots had virtually no chance of playing for a title in the old bowl system. BYU winning the 1984 national championship was an anomaly. The Cougars had to win the Holiday Bowl to finish No. 1.
I'm still trying to understand Lynn Westmoreland's beef. The Republican from the 3rd District of Georgia just watched the state university play in its 23rd January bowl, its ninth Sugar Bowl. Georgia has been to three BCS bowls in the last six years.
Maybe someone should start an anti-trust investigation into Mark Richt's recruiting.
It could be that Westmoreland is part of Georgia president Michael Adams' misguided posse. There was tremendous outrage -- located pretty much within the confines of Adams' office -- that the Bulldogs didn't get to a) play for the national championship or b) play USC in the Rose Bowl.
The NCAA agreed with Adams so much that it did absolutely nothing about his call to study a playoff.
Legislators, faceless or not, will do just about anything to get attention in an election year. That includes combining three very unremarkable Congressional careers to get behind a useless resolution.
Unremarkable? Westmoreland once co-sponsored a bill that would allow the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public buildings. When asked by Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report, to name the Commandments he reportedly could come up with only seven of them (only three on camera).
The Three Stooges called, fellas. They want their schtick back. Abercrombie last week asked in protest, "Who elected these NCAA people? Who are they to decide who competes for the championship?"
There are so many things wrong with those statements, I don't know where to begin. There is no "election" involved in the BCS. It is a series of bowl and TV contracts. The NCAA has little to do with the postseason except for certifying bowls and setting the playing rules.
"It's money. That's what this is all about," Abercrombie added.
No kidding. Now we're getting somewhere. When did that dawn on you, Neil? That's something we can all agree on. Politicians and college athletics are out for the same thing.
