As of Sunday the 25th of November, Missouri and West Virginia are slated to face one another in the BCS title game January 7^th. Both still have yet another game to play until they can punch their ticket to New Orleans and both could potentially lose their position and be out of the big dance. All the while, Ohio State, who wrapped up their season on Nov. 17^th with a win at Michigan, could find them in the title game by doing absolutely nothing. Now I can understand that if West Virginia were to lose to the 4-7 Pittsburgh Panthers this coming week, they should rightfully not be given a chance to play for the National Championship. However on the other hand, Missouri has already won all their regular season games, yet if they lose in their conference championship against Oklahoma, they will most likely lose their position in the BCS title game. To me presents one of the biggest problem with the BCS.

The BCS Championship game is supposed to represent the two best teams in the country. For Missouri, they have already proven that fact by winning 11 games and losing a close game to the Oklahoma Sooners in Norman earlier this year. But at this point in the season, there is not a hotter team in the country. They have won six straight since that loss and they completely dominated offensively against the previous #2 ranked team in the country, the Kansas Jayhawks.  If you were to compare them to the Ohio State Buckeyes they have matched them toe to toe. Both have dominated in their conference, beat fairly good opponents, and have only one lose on their resume. However, the difference lies in the fact that Ohio State is done playing. They don’t have to play another game, thus risking any potential of losing their place in the BCS title game.

Basically, my argument is this…if you are sitting in one of the top two BCS positions at the end of the regular season you should be guaranteed that spot regardless of the outcome of a potential conference championship game. This would make the playing field level for all conferences thus eliminating any debate for the future.

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