Boise State beats Virginia Tech: Put them in BCS Championship now?

Ok, so the uniforms on both sides were hideous, but what a start to the college football season. There’s a good chance that Boise State beating Virginia Tech will be the game that shapes the landscape of this whole year. Since Oregon State is really the only challenge to Boise State going undefeated, there’s a strong chance that the Broncos will be in the BCS Championship game.


Is this ok? I don’t think so. I’m a playoff guy. I don’t understand how we determine champions in every sport at every level, except for Division I college football. If Boise State does make it to the BCS Championship game, don’t get upset at them. Be upset with the system that not only allows them to make it, but really gives them an advantage.

This Dungeons and Dragons fantasy way of determining a champ gives Boise State a distinct advantage over teams from the BCS conferences. There is no question that the Broncos are a great program and can compete with anyone in the country. Beating Virginia Tech proves that. I know that if they go 12-0 they will have beaten every team on their schedule and they can only play those that are in front of them. Playing Virginia Tech and Oregon State shows that they are trying to schedule tough games outside of their conference.

But there is no getting around the fact that their conference schedule just doesn’t match the tough schedules played in the BCS conferences. It’s one thing to play Virginia Tech and then a few weeks later Oregon State and yet quite another to play Georgia and then Florida and then Tennessee and then Auburn consecutively. That kind of schedule takes its toll over the course of the season. We see in college basketball that playing such a tough schedule can benefit you come tournament time. But in college football it can end up keeping you out of the “tournament”.

It’s past time to have a playoff to determine the true college football champion. One of the wonderful things about sports is that there is a competition and a winner. Not a vote on a winner, but one determined on the field of play. Otherwise you have gymnastics and figure skating and we’ve all seen how that can work out.