The BCS: Responsible for Global Warming?

Sometimes I don't think there is any limit to what the BCS gets blamed for. AIDS crisis? BCS's fault. World War II? Yep, BCS again. Here's a couple of the latest loony stories cooked up by playoff fanatics. First, the BCS is to blame for choosing Oklahoma in a tie-breaker in the Big 12 South Division. Never mind that it was the Big 12's decision to use the BCS rankings as a tiebreaker and that the BCS rankings were the fifth tiebreaker, anyway. In their desperate attempts to discredit the BCS, playoff advocates imply it was the BCS that decided to put Oklahoma into the Big 12 title game instead of Texas. Funny, though, how we suddenly don't hear Bob Stoops complaining anymore. Those playoff guys get real quiet when their team is ranked first or second, don't they? An even more ridiculous argument being made is that the BCS is the cause of bad sportsmanship in college football. Supposedly, coaches are running up scores in order to win "style points" from voters. Of course, ... (link)