After watching both USC and Georgia dismantle their respective opponents Illinois and Hawaii (just like everyone presumed they would do), the question as to why doesn't the NCAA finally fix the system itself now rings louder than ever. Why should teams from weak conferences that play weak schedules get in so long as they pull of a string of meaningless victories over opponents which make a mockery of the sport and why in turn, great teams flat out get eliminated from the opportunity for playing for something bigger than an opportunity to humiliate these pretenders when they get to BCS Bowls?

USC would be the favorite against any team in the country at this point (yes including you Ohio State and LSU) and are not playing in the BCS Championship only because of being seriously hurt by injuries in the middle of the season. If NCAA football were like every other sport worth watching (including college basketball) and implimented some sort of playoff system it would be hard to argue against USC and Georgia being the favorites to make it to the final game.

No other schools in the country are hotter than those two teams right now, period.

It would have made sense (and for some much better television) had the BCS Bowl Committee pit Georgia against USC in the Rose Bowl. However this would have made entirely too much sense and would have greatly increased the possibility of a split National Championship, thus making the need for a playoff system too obvious to ignore. The BCS apologists could not have defended that.

Yes, the "East vs. West" football game would have gotten away from its more traditional Pac 10 vs. Big Ten matchup, but the original intent of the "Granddaddy of them all" would still be served.

If not Georgia, then at least Missouri should have been given the chance.

Their exclusion from the BCS is yet another example of how flawed the system is. They only lose to Oklahoma (no shame in that), yet a team they beat (Kansas) earns a BCS bid over them. What sense does that make?

Many outside of Columbus and Baton Rouge feel as though USC, Oklahoma, and Georgia are all better. And for the most part, the oddsmakers in Vegas agree with them. Yet will never know and that is a shame.

Too many weak teams from weak conferences get into the BCS or other major bowls based off their record.

The solution, start weighing strength of schedule at a much higher rate when ranking the teams and then get an 8 to 16 team playoff system in place already and solve this mess once and for all.

No more Paper Champions please!!!