Second, congrats to LSU for setting off a huge controversy about the Bowl Championship Series and the national championship. This afternoon, the president president of the University of Georgia will hold a press conference and call for an eight-team playoff system, saying the BCS has become a "beauty contest largely stage-managed by the networks."
Quick, someone get him a copy of the book to hold up during the press conference.
In a public statement and a letter to NCAA president Myles Brand, Georgia president Michael F. Adams, who is also chairman of the NCAA executive committee, called for an eight-team playoff to decide the national championship, with the opening rounds to be played in the four major BCS bowl games. He proposed the change be made as soon as the contracts that govern the BCS expire.
"This year's experience with the BCS forces me to the conclusion that the current system has lost public confidence and simply does not work," Adams said in news release. "It is undercutting the sportsmanship and integrity of the game."
Meanwhile, there something else going on today ...
This shot is in honor of New Hampshire, where I went to college, and the presidential primary. Although Bo Schembechler coached in the most Rose Bowls, 10, and won 13 Big Ten titles, he never won a national championship – even when former Michigan player President Gerald Ford visited practice. The 1985 Wolverines earned a rare Rose Bowl victory, 27-23 against Nebraska, but still finished No. 2 to Oklahoma. Courtesy the Bentley Historical Library (BL003031), the University of Michigan.
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