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OSU-Houston?: It's one of those years
Published: 9/13/2009 6:15 PM
Last Modified: 9/13/2009 6:15 PM




Shocked that Oklahoma State, one game after whacking an SEC team, could lose at home to Houston?
You shouldn't be, and that's not a knock on the Cowboys.
I'm getting the vibe that this is the season when it becomes obvious to everyone that the BCS system is a sham and there is only a tiny difference in good teams from BCS leagues and good teams from non-BCS leagues.
We should know this already because of the way Utah ran mighty Alabama off the field in a bowl game last season.
But we are getting lots of reminders this season.
Boise State over Oregon. BYU over OU. Central Michigan over Michigan State. Houston over OSU. And, I can't swear either of these teams are any good, but go ahead and throw in Toledo over Colorado.
Wisconsin needed overtime to survive Fresno State today. Ohio State was lucky to beat Navy in a season opener. Virginia lost a season-opener to a lower-division school, William and Mary.
Will the revolution continue? At the time of this blogging, Bowling Green led Missouri and Louisiana-Lafayette was ahead of Kansas State.
The point is that it's time to stop giving certain conferences instant BCS access just because their teams are allegedly better than the best teams in other conferences. The Big East is not more deserving of a BCS bowl than the Mountain West or WAC. Let's open it up to everyone and give the little guys, if worthy, a chance to play for high stakes.





Reader Comments 3 Total
old school (3 years ago)
Why not take the winners of the 11 major conferences and 5 at-large bids and have a 16 team playoff? It would take 4 weeks, every conference would be represented.
Bart78 (3 years ago)
Ohio State barely beat NAVY in its season opener. Facts tend to lend credibility to opinions - pretty sure that was taught at J-school 101, even at NSU.
Of course it was Navy. Why would you think any differently?
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