BCS = Bullshit Championship Series

I make my disdain of the BCS no secret--it's a terrible way to crown a national champion. Let me illustrate the system's faults with a simple example: Three teams finish undefeated and Notre Dame finishes 9-3. Notre Dame and one undefeated team will therefore not make the national title game, which is ludicrous.

Right now Notre Dame is ranked 9th in the BCS, which, on its own is ridiculous, but let's dig deeper. Cal, which barely beat unranked UCLA, jumped us to get to No. 8, even though we manhandled UNC (the margin of victory would have been greater, but the Genius had Brady Quinn hand off to our third-string running back, who would then run backwards five yards and fall down). This makes no sense. UNC won the national title in basketball in 2005. To beat them is a huge accomplishment because those guys always come to play. Cal, on the other hand, beat UCLA, who only made it to the basketball championship game this season and lost.

To recap: Notre Dame beats 2005 National Champ. Result: No jump in BCS. Cal beats 2006 Runner Up. Result: A two-spot jump.

I could go on about how polls are biased against schools with strong moral values, but I think I've said enough on this topic (until next week when we clobber Air Force but still don't move up to No. 1).