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Well the SEC fans got what they wanted, bragging rights for a guaranteed SEC victory in the national championship, but the rest of the country continues to laugh at the complete farce known as the BS, errr excuse me, BCS system.
By virtue of the complicated computer and human rankings hodgepodge, they've spit out that LSU is the number one team, which no one can dispute at this point, and Alabama is the number two team. They have already played this year, but who cares about that?
The regular season is SUPPOSED to matter! Every game is a playoff we're told, and yet Alabama gets a second chance to beat LSU.
Alabama didn't win their conference, they didn't even win their division. They had their chance and blew it. If LSU beats them in the BCS championship game, all they are doing is reaffirming they are better than Alabama. If Alabama beats LSU then the season series is tied 1-1. LSU will still have the better overall record.
Oklahoma State won their conference and they possess 3 victories against top 15 BCS teams, compared to one for Alabama. Oklahoma State only has one loss just like Bama. Looking at most of the Computer rankings for the BCS, Oklahoma State came in 2nd as opposed to Bama's average rank of 3rd.
The other major one loss team in the country is Stanford who lost to Oregon and lost their chance to play in the PAC-12 championship. Similar situation to Alabama, but there's no SEC bias propping up the Cardinal in this one.
The truth in college football is that there's plenty of teams who are talented enough to win a national championship but you are forced to rely on a bunch of biased rankings to determine just the top two teams. It should be settled on the field like it is in every other level of football and every other NCAA sport.
Look at the March Madness tournament. There's room for every conference winner big or small along with plenty of at large bids for deserving teams. You could limit it to the AQ conferences, (ACC, Big East, Big Ten, PAC-12, Big 12 and SEC) and two remaining teams as determined by the BCS rankings.
If you aren't good enough to win your conference outright, you run the risk of missing out on the playoffs. It's time to do away with the Beef O' Brady's Bowl, and give football fans what they want. A real way of determining a national champion. Maybe more people will start caring again.
Going 10-2 should mean something in college football, but unless you play in the SEC, you're eliminated from the National Championship game. Look at teams like Boise State who have proven over and over that they can not only compete with, but beat the teams from the major conferences.
They have no chance this year at a title because their kicker missed a FG at the end of a game, something quite a few kickers in the NCAA do. Alabama's kicker missed four against LSU and they get to go try again.
It just makes no sense, and leaves you wanting more.
Alabama is your 2012 BS Mythical National Champions on the "strength" of a zero point showing by LSU. Still trying to confirm if a number one team had EVER been shutout in their bowl game before and I'm not just talking about the BCS era. 
