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LSU deserves a share of the title

It seems as if I'm in the minority on this following Alabama's dominant 21-0 win over LSU last night in the national championship game, but I for one believe LSU deserves a share of the title - to be placed #1 in the AP Poll, while Alabama earns that spot in the USA Today/Coaches. If there were a playoff system in Division 1-A college football and Alabama beat LSU in the title game, there would be no argument - Alabama would be the sole national champion and deservedly so. However, Division I-A college football works a little differently than any other sport. No, I don't like the current system. I loathe and despise the BCS in any and every way and hope it's disposed of in the very near future, BUT with the current format we have, I believe the team teams should share the championship honors. Let me explain why. Before the wild card was implemented in baseball, each division was given one team to enter the playoffs. That was it. The first place team from each divisi...

The B(C)S Poll - Can we have a playoff already?

The BCS Poll just came out following a crazy weekend in college football, which saw four top ten teams fall, including three of the top five (#2 Oklahoma State, #4 Oregon and #5 Oklahoma, along with #7 Clemson). I'll admit, I've never been a proponent of the BCS system. I have always been in favor of a playoff. I love bowl games and don't think we should do away with those completely, but have always been in favor of an 8-team playoff. For those unfamiliar with the awful system, the BCS is comprised of three polls: The Harris Poll, USA Today Poll and the Computer Poll. The average is taken from the three polls to give the teams their ranking. Let's look at the rankings this week, poll-by-poll: Harris Poll 1. LSU 2. Alabama 3. Arkansas 4. Stanford 5. Virginia Tech 6. Oklahoma State 7. Houston 8. Boise State 9. Oregon 10. Oklahoma 11. Michigan State 12. Georgia 13. South Carolina 14. Wisconsin 15. Kansas State 16. Michigan 17. Clemson 18. Penn Stat...