give cinderella a chance

It’s almost that time of year again – college football bowl season. This year Florida will play Oklahoma for the national championship. The game has caused some controversy. The controversy is because during the regular season Texas beat Oklahoma, Texas Tech then beat Texas, and Oklahoma beat Texas Tech. Oklahoma finished number two in the polls while Texas who beat Oklahoma finished number three. We can thank the BCS standings for this. Texas will never know if they are good enough to be the national champion.

As usual though, ESPN and the like are talking like crazy for a football tournament. Ironically, the lower football divisions all have tournaments for the championship in their division. In high school, football teams play in tournaments to see which team is the state champion. And of course the NFL plays a tournament. So, why do the top college students have to play in bowl games that are based on conference bias, television ratings, and money revenue? College basketball holds a tournament to see which team is the basketball nation champion. It is also the most popular tournament of all sports. It brings about great matchups among great teams. It also allows for Cinderella teams to have a chance to compete. After the tournament there are always great games, along with knowing who truly is the best in the end. There is no argument after the game.

Again like last year I have created my own college football tournament. There are two tournaments. The two tournaments cover 64 teams, the same amount of teams as the bowls. The first tournament would crown the national champion, the second would crown a minor national champion, much like the NIT does in college basketball. The great thing about the tournament is that is creates great matchups including a possible Oklahoma verse Texas matchup. Even if the bowl games had better matchup, which is also listed below, they don’t compare to the possible games from the tournament. In all, the tournament creates better games for the athletes and fans a like.