Brian Grey Blog

Good news is we’re down to 6 teams in college football that really matter — or I should say 6 teams that really should be considered in the debate for who should be playing for the BCS Championship in Miami in January.

Three Big-12 teams (Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma), two SEC teams (Alabama and Florida) and a lone Pac-10 team (USC). Ok, so play this out. Alabama and Florida will play in the SEC Championship, so one of them will get knocked out of the picture. As for the log jam in the Big-12, I guess if OU beats TT, then all three of the guys at the top could make a case for being the top dawg in the conference. But never mind that, two of the Big-12 teams (likely TT and OU) will meet in the Big-12 Championship, and so one will emerge. And to make it even easier, let’s just say the Pac-10 is weak this year and USC’s loss to Oregon State in September knocks them out of the picture.

So it’s really pretty much set, Florida beats Alabama in SEC Championship, Oklahoma beats TT, and then wins Big-12 Championship game, so the match up in Miami is easy: Florida vs. Oklahoma for the National Championship.

No, it’s not that easy. Even with the scenario above, how do we really know where Texas and USC would fit in at the end of the season? How about this scenario: Texas vs. Alabama and USC vs. TT. The winners play in semi-final matchups versus Oklahoma and Florida respectively, with the final two playing in Miami. Play the quarters in the week between Christmas and New Years Day, the semis at the Rose and Sugar Bowl venues.

This will never happen. Not this year or next or ever. Too much interest and discussion gets whipped up by the current maligned BCS structure, not to mention the economic pay days that come out of the current bowl structure.

Maybe we’ll get to at least see USC vs. Texas in say the Sugar Bowl and we can call it the “other” National Championship Game this year?