It almost seems fitting. On the last weekend of the college football season until the bowl games, both the number one and number two teams lost. Missouri lost to Oklahoma 38-17, but the Sooners were expected to win, at least by me. West Virgina lost Pittsburgh, now that is shocking. The top two teams should never lose in the same week. This year, it has happened twice in two weeks. This is the year for a playoff, but unfortunately there won't be one.

A playoff would be great because no one on earth would know who would win it all. Every other level of college football has a playoff, why can Division I-A have it? The playoff system would be so exciting to watch. Can you imagine LSU vs USC and the next week LSU vs Ohio State? For the people that are concerned about their precious bowl games, you can keep them ALL. (Even the Pirates of the Caribbean 3 bowl!) The bowl games would just have a different meaning.

In my blog exactly seven days ago I said it there should be an eight team playoff. After deep reflection and meditation (otherwise known as watching football), I think there should be a playoff of the top twelve teams in the nation, just like in the NFL. The top four teams in the BCS would have a first round bye and the other teams would be assigned to their playoff game accordingly.

I don't think it would be a bad thing to give some of the bowl games more meaning!

The loss today by West Virgina, 13-9 to Pitt, proves that number two is cursed. The second ranked team now has a record of 2-7 since Oct. 1st. This is simply amazing.

Kansas lost about 30 minutes ago. LSU lost yesterday. Wait a second, that means that both the number one and number two teams in the nation lost in the same week! I check my trusty calendar and yes it is November, late November to be more precise. In a season where the number two teams are cursed (The teams are 2-6 since Oct. 1), and the number one teams are not invincible, it is not surprising that the "top" teams are faltering late in the season. Is this a sign that there should be a playoff? Yes.

I like the idea of keeping the BCS around and using it to select the schools for an eight team playoff. All four of the BCS bowl games would be played as usual to select the four teams that advance to the semifinals. After the semifinals are played, then comes the mother of all bowl games: the BCS Championship Game. Then there would be no debate as to which team is number one. This format for the playoffs also extends the college football season by two weeks. This allows for two more weeks of distraction from your favorite underachieving NFL team. (cough, Vikings)