Chip Shots: OSU Win Means Nothing, But it Should

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Chip Shots: OSU Win Means Nothing, But it Should

OSU Win Means Nothing, But it Should

The Fiesta Bowl was magnificent last night and lived up to all of the pre-game hype. The scoring was fast and furious and the game came down not to the quarterbacks, but the kickers. It was a terrific game, worthy of becoming an instant classic. Unfortunately for Mike Gundy and his merry band of Cowboys, the win meant nothing in the grand scheme of things.

Sure, Oklahoma State sugar daddy T. Boone Pickens thinks that if Alabama beats LSU that Oklahoma State could leap over the Crimson Tide and win the national championship, but the odds of that are more like Slim Pickens.

I don't know of any college football fan who wouldn't love to see the high flying Cowboy offense go head to head with the Alabama or LSU defense. But because college football has no playoff system, we're forced to simulate it on Madden or just fantasize.

By sticking with the BCS system, College football has deprived itself of some exciting games. If the BCS games were playoff games, then your next round could pit Oregon against Oklahoma State or the winner of the Sugar Bowl and the Clemson-Virginia winner against the winner of LSU-Bama. And from there, the potential of an OSU or Oregon vs. LSU or Alabama matchup would have tongues wagging all over the country.

But because men like Jim Devaney are stubborn and can't see the forest through the trees, the fans of college football and the teams never really get around to settle the deal. If there was a playoff, there would not be a need for an LSU-Alabama matchup so early in the proceedings. And instead of an Orange Bowl that annually takes on two teams that really have no business in a BCS game, there could be eight teams playing on New Year's Day for a shot at going to the second round.

If there is truly one injustice in sports, it's that fans are deprived of knowing who the real National Champion in college football is. If Alabama knocks off LSU, they, LSU and Oklahoma State will all be 12-1. Yet, there is no way to figure out who the best of the bunch is. Computers, coaches and sportswriters all have flaws. Settling it on the field, now that would be interesting.

Just remember: If things were similar in the NFL, there would be no Super Bowl. Whomever the computers, coaches and writers voted in at the conclusion of the conference championships would be declared NFL champion. And while that sounds ludicrous, it is no more so then the way college football is being run now.

Maybe T. Boone Pickens can use his money not to buy more things for his beloved Alma Mater, but to bribe some officials in to getting a true playoff system.