GREETINGS FORM S.W. OKLAHOMA:

     WELL FOLKS AS THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON ONCE AGAIN DRAWS TO AN END, WE ARE STILL PLAGUED WITH THE PROBLEM OF WHO IS THE BEST TEAM AND WHO GOT SCREWED AGAIN.  THE POLL SYSTEM DOESN'T WORK AND IT SEEMS THAT ONCE AGAIN THIS YEAR WE WILL HAVE A NATIONAL CHAMPION WITH AT LEAST ONE LOSS, WHILE UTAH SITS AT HOME 13 - 0, AND ON THE WAY TO THAT RECORD THEY KICKED THE SNOT OUT OF BAMA, WHO , IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN WERE RATED NO.1 LONGER THEN ANY OTHER TEAM THIS PAST SEASON.

     BUT THE BCS WILL SAY " HEY WE HAD TEAMS PLAY FOR A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP." AND THAT IS TRUE, BUT THOSE TEAMS WERE PUT IN THAT CHAMPIONSHIP, BY FAULTY TIEBREAKERS, COACHES AND SPORTSWRITERS AND COMPUTERS WHO ARE OPERATED BY HUMANS.  THEY WERE ALSO PUT THERE BY A SYSTEM WHICH ENCOURAGES TEAMS TO EMBARASS OPPONENTS AND TAKE A CHANCE ON INJURING PLAYERS WHEN A GAME IS ALREADY WON.

     BUT IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A PLAY-OFF HOW WOULD WE DO IT AND HOW WOULD WE PICK THE TEAMS TO PLAY IN IT.  HOW ABOUT USING A SYSTEM THAT HAS WORKED IN GRADE SCHOOL, JR. HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL FOR YEARS.  YOU TAKE THE TEAMS THAT WIN THEIR CONFERENCES, THROW THE NAMES IN A HAT, BLIND DRAW THEM AND PAIR THEM UP, AND ABOUT 4 WEEKS AND 11 BALL GAMES LATER WE WOULD HAVE A NATIONAL CHAMPION, WHO PROVED ON THE FIELD, START TO FINISH, THAT THEY DESERVE TO BE CALLED CHAMPIONS.

     IF I READ IT RIGTH ON FOX SPORTS THERE ARE 11 MAJOR COFFERENCES AND 4 TEAMS THAT PLAY INDEPENDENT, SO THE FIRST ROUND WOULD HAVE TO BE 6 BALL GAMES.  JUST FOR THE HECK OF IT I TOOK THE 2008 CONFERENANCE CHAMPS  AND PUT THE NAMES IN A HAT AND DREW THEM, JUST TO SEE WHAT THE PAIRINGS MIGHT BE FOR A FIRST ROUND OF GAMES.  THIS IS WHAT I CAME UP WITH:

                                                                     TROY VS CINCINATI

                                                                     FLORIDA  VS USC

                                                              BOISE STATE VS OKLAHOMA

                                                                     UTAH VS PENN STATE

                                                                        BUFFALO VS VIR. TECH

                                                                        NOTRE DAME VS TULSA

     YES, SOME OF THESE MIGHT JUST MAKE INTERESTING GAMES AND THEN SOME MIGHT NOT, BUT AT LEAST THIS WAY THE ONLY HUMAN ERROR IN IT WOULD BE PLAYER ERROR.

     FOLKS THIS ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN THIS WAY OR ANY OTHER WAY I DON'T THINK, BECAUSE I DON'T FORESEE  THEM CHANGING THE SYSTEM OF BOWL GAMES ANYTIME IN MY LIFETIME BECAUSE THERE IS TO MUCH MONEY TO BE MADE THE WAY IT IS NOW, BUT IT IS FUN TO DREAM ABOUT WHAT MIGHT BE.

THAT IS MY OPINION  -  WHAT'S YOURS

GUNAQUAT