Bowl Selection Special: BCS Selection Show Ends Up Panning Out in Pretty Anti-Climatically

The thing that stinks about the BCS Selection Show is that, while it's always fun to see mysterious computer rankings unveiled to the public on national television, it's not like March Madness' seeding process, because we more or less already know who's going to end up where. To wit: most of what FOX had to offer in the way of entertainment involved fast-paced graphics, a little screaming, and ultimately the exact matchups we all thought we would see.

BCS National Championship -- Oklahoma Sooners vs. Florida Gators

The Sooners and Gators were named as the pair of teams that will compete for the BCS championship and nearly unalienable right to almost absolutely proclaim themselves the best team in the nation. But, all skepticism aside, it's worth noting that this will be a pretty spectacular game to watch, provided you enjoy seeing lots of offense.

Allstate Sugar Bowl -- Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Utah Utes

Talk about disappointing -- Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide went undefeated all season long until they finally lost a game to the Florida Gators ... in the pre-postseason SEC championship game. And, as a result of all their hard work, the Tide get to play Utah, who, as a non-BCS conference team, is back in the BCS mix again. This time they're without Urban Meyer, and pardon me for being a jerkstore, but an upset Alabama team (with only one loss and somehow unable to play for the championship) is going to throttle-job them.

Fiesta Bowl -- Texas Longhorns vs. Ohio State Buckeyes

Well, for the first time in three years, the Buckeyes don't have to go to the BCS championship game just to get blown out by an SEC team. But the bad news? They get to face an extremely angry Texas team that feels they're getting screwed out of a shot for a title. And say what you want about Ohio State and the Big Ten, but the reality is that, well, Texas is going to want to gather what Jimmy Johnson called a "small sympathy vote" for the Longhorns.

Orange Bowl -- Virginia Tech Hokies vs. Cincinnati Bearcats

The thing that stinks for fans of this game is that the Orange Bowl gets the last pick of all the BCS games, meaning that they get the "leftovers." That's not to take a shot at Cincy, who did win the Big East ... which, um, is somehow worse than the ACC. So, what I'm trying to say is that someone doesn't have to fail.

Rose Bowl -- USC Trojans vs. Penn State Nittany Lions

The earliest bowl that we found out about, there was literally no sort of climactic energy to this decision -- both Joe Paterno's Penn State team and Pete Carroll's USC squad won their respective conferences without having to worry about any sort of championship game finishing off their shot at a BCS bid.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

12-07-2008 @ 11:19PM

frank borst said...

Boise State beats Oregon, Oregon beats Oregon State, Oregon State beats USC, USC beats Ohio State. Who's out? Boise State. The elite BCS strikes again. And, why rank order teams? Boise State is ranked (by the BCS poll) ahead of Cincinnati, Virginia Tech and Ohio State. So what?

12-07-2008 @ 9:20PM

Biebs said...

Yet another reason to hate the BCS

Boise St. - Wins all their games, finishes ranked higher than Ohio St in both polls, and EVERY computer ranking, obviously, finishes higher than them in the BCS... And they play in the Pointsetta Bowl.

Why? Ohio St. is from a big conference and has more fans. Certainly not because they deserve it.

12-07-2008 @ 9:37PM

Bob said...

Agree, Virgina Tech, Cincinnati and Ohio State? Not the best top ten teams. Should not be their, Texas should be playing Florida. BSU VS TCU The game to watch. USC VS Penn would be also if it were not a home game.

12-09-2008 @ 3:22PM

fred said...

I'd give Boise and 35 points against OSU but Ohio only rewards minor schools big pay days when they school is located in Ohio. Besides what happened last year when the talk was Hawaii was undefeated and lost big in a bcs bowl.

12-07-2008 @ 10:19PM

Aaron said...

Ya, Boise st would f up alot of these bcs teams. I have watched every game this year and to see cincinnate and ohio get in and us out thats bs...c . Give boise texas and sit back with a beer and some chips cause its gonna be a hell of a game. Im fn pist!

12-08-2008 @ 8:43AM

chetreni said...

Wait a minute wasn't that Bise State that beat Oklahoma a few years ago? If we had a playoff...Oh yeah like that might happen in my lifetime.

12-08-2008 @ 5:41PM

conner said...

well i'm a florida fan and i am going to be very glad to see them blow out Oklahoma in the BCS Title game

12-07-2008 @ 10:40PM

Daniel said...

The BCS is still no match for a playoff system that should start with the bowl games as the first round. The fans are yet again getting screwed and i for one will not be watching yet another national chanpionship game as I do not think the two teams that are playing in it are worthy.

12-07-2008 @ 10:42PM

DP said...

Boise has every reason to be pissed off. If any non-BCS school deserves to be in the mix, it's Boise - based on previous years success (no, not just beating OU). I'm not saying Boise could beat Utah, Texas, Penn St, Ohio St,etc. but who cares? Give them a chance. That's what we all want - to see how a team stacks up. Reward a team for going undefeated.

12-07-2008 @ 10:56PM

Fred - Big difference, Ohio St. this year isn't in the same galaxy that Georgia was last year as 2 losses in the Big 10 is way different than 2 losses in the SEC. Also, Hawaii, while undefeated, was not as good as Boise St. who has actually beaten 1 big 6 team that was ranked. Ohio St. has 2 wins against ranks opponents. Part of my issue is that in every possible way Boise St. is ranked higher that Ohio St.

Is Boise St. better than Ohio St? Don't know, but I think it's a legit question. But, I can tell you this, I'm more interested in the TCU vs. Boise St. game than Texas Vs. Ohio St (I mean who needs to see Ohio St. get blasted by another team outside the Big 10). I'd rather see Boise St and their undefeated record get a 2nd BCS bid.

I believe there is a rule on only 2 teams per conference going... That also sucks. Texas Tech deserves to be in the BCS before Ohio St too (Also Cincinnati and V-Tech, but that's a different issue, since they actually won their conferences)

12-08-2008 @ 1:17AM

Noah said...

First off, Cincinnati and VTech get auto-bids by winning their conferences. Might not be the best system, but that's how it works at the moment. Second, If you want to complain about OSU getting picked over Boise, go yell at Hawaii for getting trashed by Georgia after going 12-0 last year. They made it a lot harder for future mid-majors to get BCS bids.

But damn, why did they put Alabama against Utah instead of Texas? That would have been a great match.