I'd Rather Be Non-BCS

Dear Mr. BCS, You can take your automatic berths, your glitz and glamour bowls, and your high profile, ESPN-loving conferences. I don't want 'em! Being a big name school, in a big name conference, carries a certain unwritten responsibility to beat up on us "lesser," non-affiliated conferences. The pressure has always and will always be on the teams in the SEC, Big 12, Pac-10, etc. when facing us "cupcakes." One of the biggest feel-good stories in the past couple years was the upset of Boise State over Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl.  Sure, Boise State pulled out more rabbits out of its underdog helmet than Houdini to win, but they did what they had to do to pull off the upset. Everyone loves upsets. I love 'em. You love 'em. The Soviet Union Olympic hockey team in 1980 may not like 'em, but that's what they get for having a superior, number one target on their back. When you watch a BCS powerhouse play a non-BCS team, you typically cheer for the underdog, the non-BCS team.  ... (link)