Most people around the country agree, the BCS may in fact be the Anti-Christ.  While listening to ESPN “BCS expert analyst” Brad Edwards on the ESPNU pod-cast found within this very website (Page 4), Edwards expressed the fact that there were not any glaring surprises considering the fallout of the BCS in 2007.

I agree whole-heartily, but under a different set of circumstances.  The riddle wrapped up inside the enigma, often hidden, or better yet, ignored by even the most astute college football fan, is the fact that the BCS cronies talk about the super alliance of bowls truly only being about a one versus two match-up.  This simply is not the case.  In fact it is a major smoke screen which fails to illuminate the hidden alliance and agenda within the BCS era.

According to Edwards, the reason why Missouri and Arizona state were left out of the BCS Bowl games is the fact that one, the major bowls do not like to take a team who has lost in their conference championship game, especially one which lost by 21 points to Oklahoma, and two, the BCS Bowls are not out to reward the teams who deserve the marquee games, but are focused primarily on selling the most tickets and corporate advertising.

First of all, these comments would be honorable and acceptable to the majority of the people.  However, I can’t believe the fans can’t see through this oligarchic monopoly called the BCS.  I can’t help but notice the irony here as the Nebraska Cornhuskers were graciously awarded the opportunity to play for the National Championship in 2002, when they were blown out 63 - 28 by their arch-rivals, the Colorado Buffalos in the last game of the regular season.  The Cornhuskers not only didn’t win the Big-12 Championship, but they didn’t even win their division as well.

It was explained back then that if the Cornhuskers played in a conference like the PAC-10, they most certainly would have won the division.  Of course, the team that blew out the Huskers in their last regular season game on Friday after Thanksgiving, and won the Big-12 Conference championship a week later, couldn’t hang with PAC-10 champion Oregon in the Fiesta Bowl less than a month later on New Years Day, as the Ducks Col-O-Routed the Buffalos 38-16 to finish second in the national polls that season.  The Huskers were down 34-0 at half-time a day later in the BCS National Championship Rose Bowl. 

Did we forget this scenario, which occurred only five seasons ago?

So much for the fact that the BCS Bowls do not like to take a team who lost their last game.  The BCS Bowls do not like to take any PAC-10 teams other than USC.  Do you think LSU would have gone to the Outback Bowl (or better yet, the Emerald Bowl) if they would have lost the SEC title game to Tennessee, arguably finishing third overall in the SEC? 

Come on folks, get real!

So what do Arizona State, Oregon, Missouri and Oregon State have in common?  The obvious answer is that Oregon, Oregon State and Arizona State are members of the PAC-10, while Missouri resides in the Big-12.  The hidden connection is that the Ducks, Beavers, Sun-Devils and Tigers were not original members of the College Football Association. 

While the CFA boys have their own agenda running against the PAC-10 conference - this is all well dialogued within my book manuscript “The Grass Ain’t Blue in Georgia - The Story Behind The BCS Controversy” - there are other agendas for the elite members of the BCS super-conferences as well.

You could throw Wisconsin of the Big-10, Louisville of the Big-East and Boston College of the ACC to the same list.  All three have been screwed by the BCS lately as well.  What is the common denominator between the three?   

Although Kansas was not an original CFA member either, Head Coach Mark Mangino does have a close relationship with former CFA chief Chuck Neinas, as he worked together with Bob Stoops while at Kansas State, and under Stoops as his offensive coordinator while stationed in Norman. 

In case you haven’t read my older blog, Independent Notre Dame, Big-12 Oklahoma (and Texas for that matter) and SEC power Georgia stormed the NCAA beaches in 1984, stripping the NCAA of its controlling television monopoly.  This union stands as strong as ever today, but the fans fail to connect the dots because their are too many other smoke screens that grab their attention each week. 

Big-12 members Oklahoma, Texas, Nebraska and SEC members LSU, Arkansas, Georgia, Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee and Florida have major connections and current relationships with the CFA and Chuck Neinas.   The list also includes ACC members Clemson, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, Florida State and Miami, while the Big-10 list includes Ohio State, Penn State and Michigan.

What is the magnetic attraction between the BCS and USC?  The obvious answer is the fact that they are 66-6 since week number four of the 2002 season, and only one non-PAC-10 team has managed to defeat them (Vince Young and the Texas Longhorns in the 2005 BCS National Championship).  The other is one of the top television markets, Los Angeles (CA).

The less obvious answer is the fact that they are heavily connected to the CFA and Neinas as well, and in case you haven’t noticed, the PAC-10 smear campaign finally hit full focus this week as Sports Illustrated came out with their final season conference rankings and the PAC-10 was ranked dead last, even after having as many as three teams ranked within the Top-10 throughout most of the season, and it wasn’t even the same three teams.

California, USC and Oregon were all ranked number two at one point, while Arizona State rose to number four.  Since the PAC-10 is the only major conference other than the Big-East, who only has 8 conference members, to play every team each season, you can easily conclude how treacherous the road to the PAC-10 championship can be, especially when you lose a considerable amount of your front line players. 

This is exactly what happened to Oregon, California, UCLA, USC, Oregon State, Washington and Arizona.  Only Arizona State remained unbitten by the injury bug, and coincidentally, did you notice their record (10-2) by seasons end?

Of course they forgot to mention that California tree-stomped Tennessee, Oregon Statue-of-Libertied Michigan, USC (like the rest of the college football world) restored the order against Nebraska, and Arizona State stampeded Colorado.  What they did mention is that Notre Dame beat Stanford and UCLA, and UCLA drew the ire of the SEC in losing to Utah. 

Of course author Bill Trocchi of Sports Illustrated forgot to mention that Utah smoked Louisville, on the road, and played in the BCS Fiesta Bowl in 2004, when Urban Meyer was still roaming the sidelines.  Louisville and the rest of the Big-East is a whopping 7-1 against the SEC in the last three years since the Big-East defection of Boston College, Miami and Virginia Tech occurred.  Utah is 7-2 against BCS teams within that same time period, Wyoming destroyed third place (ACC) Virginia on the opening weekend, but we were so illuminated with Appalachian State’s dramatic last play victory in the Big House, many didn’t even notice. 

Let me ask you this.  Was California’s season any different than South Carolina?  Both were highly ranked in the Top-6 at one point in the season.  Both finished 6-6, injuries obviously affecting once promising seasons.  Was USC’s loss to Stanford any different than Alabama’s loss to Louisiana-Monroe’s, or West Virginia’s loss to Pittsburgh, or Oklahoma’s loss to Texas Tech, or Michigan’s loss to Appalachian State?

Was Ohio State’s schedule any better than Kansas schedule?  Why was Ohio State ranked so high all season, while the Jay-hawks had to climb the corporate ladder, and if they were beaten soundly by Missouri less than 10 days before the final BCS poll announcements, why are they granted a BCS bowl berth while Missouri cowers down south to the Cotton Bowl. 

Ask yourself, how does all of this connect together to make any sense?

Of course, to the CFA boys, the PAC-10 is the Pathetic-10, but the real reason here is another issue all together.  In fact I am finishing up my book manuscript as we speak on this very subject.  Since the Bowl Alliance began in 1996, can you name another conference who has been bashed as consistently as the boys along the left coast?

How is this smear campaign related to the BCS?  In 1997, Chuck Neinas and the College Football Association closed its doors.  Most people assumed it was an end of an era characterized by the civil unrest, which fractured the college football world, between Notre Dame, the southern contingencies of the ACC, SEC and Big-12, and the NCAA alliance formed by Walter Byers and his legion of administrative generals in the Big-10 and PAC-10 conferences.  The end of an era of bitterness opening up a golden era of the television free market.

A month later, after closing their (CFA) doors, the BCS era began.  A connection here?  Hawg-wash as they say in the south! 

What do you think?  Do you think the relationships built and destroyed during this administrative battle occurring over forty years suddenly dried up and left for good?  Everything just magically  worked itself out?  The Berlin wall gets knocked over and everything is business as usual?  The civil rights movement passed, and suddenly African Americans and people of ethnic minority can feel comfortable, magically accepted into the areas of workplace that were often rejected? 

Get Real!

The Big-10 has drawn the favor of the newly formed BCS agenda because 40% of the college football television market resides within their boundaries.  Yet, who are the only three schools to crack the BCS?  That would be Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State.  Yes, Illinois did get a BCS Sugar Bowl berth a few seasons back when they were beaten by LSU, and yet again this season.  Considering that Chicago is the nations third largest television market, not so surprising.

Yes, Oregon did gain entrance in the 2002 Fiesta Bowl, but Oregon was also hosed by the Fiesta in 2004, while Wisconsin was hosed last season.  Both were snubbed in favor of Touchdown Jesus, Chicago and the midwest television market.

So in case you missed it, there were not any surprises considering the outcome of the BCS Bowl slots in 2007.  The reason is simply because the BCS was created to reward only the teams who supported the college football association movement, and this is hidden every year as thousands of bitter fans jostle and whine about Oregon, Oregon State, California, Louisville, Utah, Boise State, BYU, Missouri, Boston College, Arizona State, Tulane and Marshall being left out of the BCS equation. 

Maybe what we should be doing is looking for the connection between these schools that have been left out as they relate to the oligarchic elite in college football, prior known as the CFA, now restamped as the BCS. 

I know I have, which is why I have concluded that the BCS is the Anti-Christ to the college football world today, and this simply will not change until people recognize what the BCS is and how it is connected to the CFA in the immediate future.  Until this happens, Ground-Hogs Day, college football style, will continue to repeat itself every season.  The beat goes on!  The more things change the more they remain the same.  Not because of the product on the field, but the shenanigans off the field.

  “The Grass Ain’t Blue in Georgia - The Story Behind The BCS Controversy.”

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