The BCS, in its infinite wisdom, decided that Florida should somehow move from #3 to #2 ahead of Michigan for the national championship game. Actually, it was coaches and sportswriters who made that decision -- the BCS computer rankings had Florida and Michigan ranked dead even (and even that is a bit sketchy, to me). There were all kinds of rationales for it -- "Michigan already had its chance to play Ohio State" being chief among them. But the BCS was never about "giving someone else a chance," it was about having the two best teams in college football play for the title. Few people, even those who justify the result, seem to argue that the two best teams are playing. Just that "someone else is getting a chance."
We'll see if they use that logic to change the matchup in the Super Bowl for two teams that played in the regular season. Oh -- wait, right, they actually have a playoff system in professional football. Well, college football, too, in every other division but I-A. But somehow, it just "wouldn't work" there. Translation? Someone who's getting paid now wouldn't be getting paid later.
I can't say I'm very surprised, nor is it at all a big disappointment to play in the Rose Bowl. But they do need to do something about this crazy system.
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