I am currently typing angrily as I hear the announcement of the rematch. LSU vs Alabama is the single stupidest decision in the country.
Next year, the SEC should be the only conference playing, because they are the only ones who are allowed to win a championship. Why have a Mountain West school play a season if they know they have no shot at a championship? Say Boise State goes undefeated in the Mtn. West, and LSU goes undefeated in the SEC. LSU would be #1, but Boise would be #3. Why? Because the BCS isn't made up of the computers. The BCS big wigs want the two most marketable teams play, which is not fair. Let the two best teams play.
So what if Boise went undefeated with a "weaker" schedule? There are teams in the FBS playing weaker schedules, and they couldn't win all of them. Again, the BCS comittee wants teams who can sell tickets to play for a title, not the two teams who fought hardest all season long.
Alabama couldn't even win their division! Not their full conference, but their division! Oklahoma State won their makeshift conference championship game against a top 10 team by 34! Alabama hasn't played in two weeks. Why should an at-large team who couldn't have a chance to win their conference play for the national championship?
Alabama had a shot against LSU. They had the Tigers in their own stadium, had their shot, and could not win. In 2006, #2 Michigan had their shot against #1 Ohio State. They lost. Were they given a second chance? No, Florida jumped them in the polls. What separates Michigan and Alabama? Alabama lost in a more comfortable situation (at home) and gets a shot at a championship. Michigan lost by the same margin the Tide did (ON THE ROAD) and didn't get a shot.
I'm not saying Oklahoma State could beat LSU. LSU will be the national champion. But we don't have the two best teams playing for a title. We have the two teams who are catered for by the BCS and are marketable enough to play in the title game. Kudos to Oklahoma State on an amazing season; you poor kids were robbed by greedy 40-something-year-olds hellbent on nothing but cash.
