The Florida Gators are not the National Champions

Tonight, after the Florida Gators defeated the Oklahoma Sooners in the BCS national championship, you will hear a lot of experts call the Gators the national champions. You will also hear those same people complain about how there’s no playoff in college football.

You want to know the easiest way to get a playoff instituted? Don’t call the Gators the national champions. By doing so, we just feed into the BCS hype and pretend that one game should determine the national championship.

Taking it a step further, boycotting all things BCS could also get their attention. If you cheer on your team winning a consolation BCS bowl, you are justifying the system. Instead, stay away until they fix it.

One day football fans will look back at how stupid it was to decide the college football national championships without a playoff system. But when that day will come is anyone’s guess. It could be a few years or it could be 50 years from now. The time frame will depend on how long the average fans puts up with BCS nonsense.

College football is a great sport but when the ultimate prize is decided by computers instead of competition, something is hugely wrong.