Paul "Bear" Bryant is rolling in his grave as the BCS has replaced his famous quote, "Offense sells tickets; Defense wins championships!" with "Computers, strength of schedule and a computer-geek in a corner office decides who gets to play that championship-level defense."
Most experts in the field of college football would ask for a "plus-one" game pitting the winners of the top two bowl games against each other for the national championship. Others would go for the gusto and demand an eight-team playoff with the six major conference winners and two additional at-large teams chosen by the all-knowing computer man.
However, I am a forward thinker and know these "tournaments" will never fly with the BCS or presidents of the universities. So, I am calling for radical changes to determine the national champion. The top eight teams will compete in one of the following as selected by a spin of a huge wheel located at the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend:
Option 2 -- So You Think You Can Dance
I don't know exactly how this would work, but I am sure there would be a period of time where people would have to call in and vote for their favorite team. Whatever three teams had the lowest amount of votes, they would have to do a dance off. Who wouldn't want to see the dance moves of a 350-pound offensive lineman?
Option 3 -- Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?
This would be an excellent opportunity to show off our student-athletes. The BCS could bring in fifth graders from the opposing team's city and put them against the star athletes. This would also be a great way to get the community involved.
Option 4 -- Rotating Options
This would be a rotating option to add special games to address the ever-changing culture, such as Japanese Game Shows, Checkers, Rock Paper Scissors, etc.
If you are reading this and thinking, "How ridiculous!" please know that I am writing it and thinking the same thing. It is just as ridiculous as not having a playoff system in college football.
I am facing the reality I will not see a championship decided on the field that hasn't first been decided in some computer-nerd's tan cubicle. It saddens me and causes me to look toward March, and the madness of championships being decided by last shots, amazing teamwork and of course, defense.
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