College Football Preview: Why Conference Championships Suck Edition [College Football]
deadspin.com 12/5/2008 — Of all the ridiculous aspects of the BCS system, the conference championship game pisses me off more than any other because it points out the flagrant hypocrisy of the college presidents. In the same time period when they've fought a college ...

Numbers Game: So You're Saying There's a Chance!
burntorangenation.com 12/2/2008 — Well, that sucked. Everyone needs to read Peter's beautiful tome on how to handle ourselves in this incredibly unfortunate (and in our minds unjust) situation. But the chances of Texas going to the BCS National Championship game are not gone. Take a ...

College Football Pick'em Week 15
walker-sports.net 12/4/2008 — We have reached the final week of the College Football regular season, and what a journey it has been. Once again the BCS has failed us, and honestly I'm not complaining, it is just one of those things that you come to expect each season like the changing of the leaves.

What We Learned From Week 14 In College Football
awfulannouncing.blogspot.com 11/30/2008 — The ultimate lesson this week is that the BCS is always going to screw some team, but we weren't aware that it would really do it before a conference championship game. Here are your BCS rankings per the WWL , and officially, Texas just got hooked, ...

There Is No Right Answer
mgoblog.com 12/3/2008 — On Monday I posted my blogpoll draft ballot and, I guess, in it is contained my opinion on who should play for the national championship: the SEC champion and either Oklahoma or Texas. This is not controversial. My exact ordering of the teams , ...

How high should Utah be ranked?
mwcfootball.wordpress.com 1/4/2009 — This is a question that will be answered January 9th after the BCS Title Game in Miami, FL. Some people out there are campaigning for the Utes to be ranked number one. That seems like a stretch but a voter in the AP must at least consider the Utes

Utah Victory Impacts Nation
bankrollsports.com 1/3/2009 — Utah pulled of one of the biggest upsets so far in the college football season last night when the beat the no. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide 31-17. The Utes impressive victory came on the side of the ball that received the least attention this season by the way of the defense.

Hate the BCS? Root for the Big 12 … and against the SEC
blogs.mercurynews.com 12/5/2008 — *** Note: This item is taken from my column in Thursday’s Mercury News and is similar to my BCS disaster scenario post from late October … So Texas could get two-stepped, which would play fabulously in Berkeley (cosmic justice!), ...

A Split Title for Florida, AP-Style
bcsguru.blogspot.com 12/5/2008 — The BCS race will come down to the last game of the regular season. And we don't mean the Big 12 championship game between Oklahoma and Missouri. The last few digits on the BCS standings , the ones between a place in the BCS title game and a Fiesta or ...

College Football Power Rankings: Week 15
totalprosports.com 12/8/2008 — That wraps up the College Football season and our weekly College Football Power Rankings . We have had our fair share of excitement, upsets, glory and controversy. The Big 12 has been the most ...

The Longhorns May End Up Loving The Computers After All — Bleacher Report - College Football 12/3/2008
While Texas seems to be out of it if OU wins against Missouri, they still may have hope.  If Florida barely wins against Alabama another quandary will arise for the BCS, "Who is most deserving?" While OU will be the Big 12 champion, it ...

SEC and Big 12 title games act as national semifinals. — L.A. Times - College Football 12/4/2008
Alabama faces Florida and Oklahoma plays Missouri. > No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 2 Florida

The BCS: Responsible for Global Warming? — Bleacher Report - College Football 12/4/2008
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 ...

Texas Coach Mack Brown Addresses The Media As Mike Gundy: Discusses BCS — Bleacher Report - College Football 12/4/2008
Wednesday night Texas coach Mack Brown sounded very upset in his weekly news conference with the media. Although there was supposed to be no Wednesday news conference this week due to the Longhorns not having a game, Mack Brown found it ...

College Football's Conference Championship Weekend Serves As Playoff Semifinals — Bleacher Report - College Football 12/4/2008
By Nostradamus Well, here we are, Conference Championship Weekend in College Football. Man, does time just fly by or is it just me? With only two meaningful games left on the slate, I will solely concentrate on the two championship games that ...