BCS SYSTEM: WHAT A MESS!

(Dec. 2): I've never been a fan of the BCS system, stating on many occasions that a more accurate description would be the BS system. This week is one of those times.

To be fair, an unprecedented concentration of power in the Big 12 South has created a mess that no one could have predicted.

The human element in the BCS formula – the USA Today and Harris polls -- vaulted Texas into second place with a slight lead over No. 3 Oklahoma.

But the six computer ratings that constitute one-third of the formula, sided with Oklahoma, after the Sooners posted a 61-41 road win over Oklahoma State. What makes this so weird, of course, is that Texas earlier beat Oklahoma 45-35.

Because the Big 12 opted to use the BCS poll as the tie-breaker in the case of a three-way tie for first place in one of its divisions (remember that seventh-ranked Texas Tech beat Texas to create the logjam), that means the Longhorns have been left out of this week's Big 12 title game.

That also means Texas must pray for Missouri to upset Oklahoma to have even a remote chance of playing in the BCS title game. Emphasis on the word remote.

This is not the first time that a highly-ranked team winning a head-to-head game was left out of the national title picture.

Florida State has twice been the beneficiary of such scenarios. In happened in 1993 when the 'Noles lost to Notre Dame but finished ahead of the Irish in the polls and it happened again in 2000, when Florida State lost to Miami and finished ahead of the Hurricanes.

In other words, it's a flawed system. Let's get rid of it.

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