TCU Embarrasses BCS By Winning Rose Bowl

Texas Christian University is undoubtably one of the best college football teams in the nation.   They finished the regular season undefeated (12-0), but were denied the chance to play for a national championship.   The football pundits said they didn't play a strong enough schedule and weren't in a BCS-automatic eligibility conference, so they couldn't be considered for a national championship game (and there's nothing they could do about it since college football doesn't have a play-off system).

The football "powers-that-be" put TCU in the Rose Bowl instead, figuring they would lose to a very powerful Wisconsin Badger team and that would end any thoughts TCU fans had of a national championship.   But TCU messed that plan up on January 1st by beating Big 10 champion Wisconsin 21-19.   They now have a 13-0 record and have proven they can beat teams with "tougher" schedules.

But they still don't get the respect and consideration they deserve.   In a few days Oregon will play Auburn, and the winner of that game will be crowned the national champion -- even though their record will be no better than that of TCU (undefeated).   Who's to say that TCU couldn't win a head-to-head play-off match-up?   In a fairer world they would be given the opportunity to try.

This is not the first time a deserving team has been denied the opportunity for a shot at the national championship by the faulty BCS system, and it won't be the last.   It's time to stop this farce and scrap the BCS system.   It's time to institute a play-off system for NCAA Division I football.   Division II has a play-off system that results in a national championship that's won on the playing field, and there's no reason that Division I can't do the same.

There are those who say that there's too much money in the current BCS Bowl system, and that's why a play-off system can't be done.   That's a load of crap!   There would be just as much money to be had in a series of play-off games, and the current bowls could be a part of that play-off system.  

It's time that teams like TCU got their fair shot at the national championship, and that can only be done with a play-off system.