Although many critics say that the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) will never truly achieve a true nation champion until there is a playoff, it's the best that the NCAA has. Thus, the BCS Selection Show 2009, aired at 5:00 PM PST, set up the 2009 Bowl Game schedule.
The BCS Selection Show 2009 sets up the 2009 Bowl Games. The BCS system uses a complex combination of polls and computer selection methods to determine relative team rankings. Those are used to narrow the field to two teams to play in the BCS National Championship Game. That game is held after the other college bowl games.
However, despite what seems to be a better arrangement than in the past, in which everything relied on a final set of polls to determine the national championship, the BCS system has still received much criticism. Obviously, if you don't agree with #1 and #2 as defined by the BCS Selection Show 2009, and feel that a lower ranked team should play in the BCS Championship game, you're not going to agree with the result. It's happened before, and it will happen again.
In fact, going into the BCS Selection Show 2009, there was speculation over who Alabama would play in the championship game. Since Alabama beat Florida for the SEC Championship on Saturday, and they were ranked 1 and 2 prior to this week, it was obvious the Crimson Tide would play in the championship. However, Texas' rather tepid win on Saturday vs. Nebraska led some to hold out hope for TCU.
In the current BCS format, four bowl games and the National Championship Game are considered "BCS bowl games." The four bowl games are the Rose Bowl Game in Pasadena, CA; the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, LA; the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, AZ; and the Orange Bowl in Miami Gardens, FL. In the first eight seasons of the BCS contract, the championship game was rotated among the four bowls, with each bowl game hosting the national championship once every four years.
Beginning with the 2007 BCS, a new stand-alone BCS National Championship game was created. There are also twenty-seven non-BCS bowls.
From the BCS Selection Show 2009, the following 2009 Bowl games were scheduled: The Fiesta Bowl will receive Boise State, 13-0. Its opponent will be TCU, at 12-0. You can bet the Horned Frogs are thinking they should have faced Alabama in the BCS Championship Game. However, this is TCU's first time in a BCS Bowl Game, and based on the reaction shown on the BCS Selection Show 2009, fans were happy.
In the Sugar Bowl, Cincinnati, ranked #3 (12-0), will also reach a BCS Bowl Game. It will face Florida, #5, (12-1) who lost their chance for a BCS Championship bid yesterday by losing to Alabama.
In the Orange Bowl, Iowa, ranked 10 at 10-2, reaches its 2nd BCS Bowl Game ever. It will play #9 Georgia Tech, #9 at 11-2. In the Rose Bowl, you'll see Oregon (10-2) against Ohio State (10-2).
The final game from the BCS Selection Show 2009 is, of course, the BCS Championship game. That game pits #1 Alabama (13-0) vs. #2 Texas (13-0). Texas is led by Heisman Trophy candidate Colt McCoy. Alabama is led by Heisman Trophy candidate RB Mark Ingram. It's time for the critics to start arguing about these selections.
Written by Michael Santo
HULIQ.com
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