Bowling for BCSanity

Wow, we’re in for some exciting college football bowl games this year!

How about the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl pitting unimpressive UCLA (6-7) vs. Illinois (6-6)? Top notch!

Or how about the BBVA Compass Bowl where surly SME (7-5) will clash against powerful Pittsburgh (6-6)? Not impressed?

Surely the badass Beef ‘O’ Brady Bowl tilt between fiesty Florida International (8-4) and mighty Marshall (6-6) will make your pulse race with anticipation? Not your cup of beef?

Ok, at least see how you feel about the Belk Bowl (not a typo) that gives Louisville (7-5) a chance to crush N.C. State (7-5)? No? Man, you’re tough to please. Sigh.

There are 35 bowl games ready for your enjoyment. What do you want? 70 universities (out of 120) go toe-to-toe. Are you not entertained?

Maybe you want to see #8 Boise St. (11-1) still smarting from having to play Arizona St. (6-6) in the MAACO Bowl, instead of a top-tier BCS bowl berth? Nah.

Or maybe you want to get a slice of the Little Caesar’s Bowl where Western Michigan (7-5) can punish Purdue (6-6) while enjoying pizza, pizza on the sidelines? Too cheesy?

If you’re still hungry, maybe the Idaho Potato Bowl baked between Ohio (9-4) and Utah St. (7-5) will give you enough carbs to sit through? Pass the ketchup, please.

What if I tuned you in to the Music City Bowl match-up against Mississippi St. (6-6) and Wake Forest (6-6)? Sing it loud, sing it proud!

Or maybe you’d trade a polished turd to peek at the GoDaddy.com Bowl in the titillating tussle between Arkansas St. (10-2) and Northern Illinois (10-3)? Who are these schools you ask? Don’t be coy, you know you want to watch.

Sadly, this year’s slate of bowl games is about as boring as a curling match between Krygyzstan and the Gambia (that is if you can be bothered to unpack this analogy – don’t worry, neither was I).

One thing I will do is watch the Alamo Bowl where Washington (7-5) and Baylor (9-3) will get busy. I will, of course, pull for the Huskies, but the future Heisman Trophy winner (just maybe) is the QB of Baylor – so an added bonus.

The BCS sucks…how about we just get a playoff system already?

LSU vs. Alabama in the BCS Championship? Yawn. We already saw that game. LSU won 9-6 in Tuscaloosa, AL. I hope Alabama wins, so we can have more controversy. A national champion that didn’t even win its own conference? The system is whack!