Gene Frenette blasts BCS
Gene Frenette, of Jacksonville.com absolutely blasts the BCS in her column Commish chips away at BCS bloc. Check out some highlights.
Utah, the nation’s only unbeaten team last season, defeated SEC runner-up Alabama in the Sugar Bowl and still finished well behind 13-1 Florida in the major polls. Boise State also went unbeaten in the regular season, but it failed to play in a major bowl despite a higher BCS ranking than three champions (Ohio State, Cincinnati and Virginia Tech) from BCS leagues.
What’s wrong with this picture? Only everything.
Amateur sports, especially when represented by educational institutions, should be about a sense of fair play. But here we have six conferences and Notre Dame conspiring to horde $18 million apiece for each BCS entrant among four major bowls ($144 million in most years), to divide among themselves. Meanwhile, the five non-BCS leagues are guaranteed only $9 million total.