On the cusp of one of the greatest college football seasons in recent memory, the BCS has given us one of the most non-compelling bowl seasons ever.  Outside of Florida/Oklahoma for the BCS National Championship, none of the matchups look that interesting.

First up to really get the shaft was Texas Tech.  No disrespect intended for Ole Miss.  They were, after all, the only team to beat the Gators this year, but after playing a fantastic season, going 11-1 with wins over Texas and Oklahoma State, the Red Raiders got the shaft, in this writer's opinion, with a matchup against the SEC's 3rd or 4th best team.  Wouldn't a Texas Tech/Bama game be more interesting?

Speaking of Bama, the reward for finishing as the only major BCS school to go undefeated in the regular season is a matchup against Utah.  Sure, the Mountain West had some good teams this year.  Utah is 12-0 and on paper the matchup looks interesting.  But a closer look at their schedule will reveal that the Utes struggled against teams like Air Force and New Mexico.  Their biggest win came against an Oregon State team that was pretty much overrated.  Sure they went into Ann Arbor and beat Michigan, but the Wolverines were awful this season and they only won by 2.  I realize that these "BCS buster" games bring in a level of attention, but did they have to play Bama?  Why not let the Buckeyes have a shot against the Tide, if you're going to let them in the BCS anyway? 

Speaking of the Bucks, Texas gets to take on Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl.  Texas, who has a very legitimate argument to have played in the Big 12 Championship and maybe the National Championship, gets rewarded for losing to a pretty good Texas Tech team by playing an Ohio State team that won NONE of its big games this year. 

This brings us to the Orange Bowl and Virginia Tech against Cincinnati.  This will likely be the least watched bowl game in years.  Virginia Tech sneaks in because they're the ACC champs and Cincy won the Big East.  Sure Cincy had a great year, but no one cares to see either of these teams play each other. 

Of the BCS matchups, only two look to be really spectacular games.  The Rose Bowl pits two one loss BCS schools against one another by de facto thanks to the Big-10 vs. Pac-10 traditional matchup.  USC and Penn State could prove to be the best bowl game of them all, outside of the National Championship.  Then again, the way USC has been destroying opponents defensively, this could be a blow out.

Finally, we have the BCS National Championship game.  Many believe Oklahoma doesn't deserve to be there.  No one is questioning the fact that Florida has earned its spot there.  After Tebow and the Gators' 4th quarter comeback against the #1 Crimson Tide, there was no doubt they'd earned their spot.  No matter what you think of Oklahoma sneaking in, you can't argue that it will be an interesting matchup.  In fact, it may be the only interesting matchup of the major bowl games.

This isn't all the BCS' fault however.  Most of these bowl matchups are due to the fact that they have to matchup particular conferences.  We can't see Bama play USC because USC gets an auto bid to the Rose Bowl while Bama gets the auto bid to the Sugar Bowl.  We can't see a more compelling Orange Bowl because the ACC champ gets the lock.  The Fiesta pits the Big 12 against an at large and with all the other great teams locked in their own respective bowl games, the pickings become slim.  Still, it can't make the fans feel any better about this year's bowl season.  Hopefully, these matchups will indeed prove to be great and I'll be proven wrong.