I just don't get it anymore. The college football bowl season just doesn't mean the same as it used to. I have been watching the National Championship Game tonight with almost no emotion and yet I found it to be an entertaining game. In fact the game is still on while I am sitting here banging on this keyboard. LSU seems to have the game in hand and I am happy about that, but if it were the other way around, it really wouldn't matter to me.

      In days gone by it was relatively easy to stay interested because all the important games were going to happen on January 1st. You could take a month off and refocus yourself for one day. New Years day was planned. Early brunch took place with the Rose Parade on in the background to entertain the ladies. A bunch of somewhat hung over guys argued about which of the games was going to be the best. As I recall, it all started with the Orange Bowl and the Sugar Bowl with the Rose Bowl beginning in late afternoon. The Cotton Bowl was the night game and when the whistle at the end of that game signaled, it also signaled the end of the college football season. (I may have the order screwed up a little, but I'm too lazy to bother checking out exactly when the games were played).  

      We would then spend the next few months discussing how the polls screwed up in choosing the National Champion. The way it is now, we don't even get to argue that. The BCS has told us a month prior to New Years Day that one of two teams was going to be the Champion. That's the way it is. Forget about 3, 4 or 5. Number one and number two could play to a two to nothing overtime result in perfect football weather, and the team lucky enough to get a safety in overtime would be the National Champion regardless of how 3, 4 or 5 looked during their games. There is something wrong with this. There is also something wrong with "also-rans" playing in the Rose Bowl.