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I know, I know - any blogger out here on the Internet can make a case against the BCS in NCAA football. Surely, it's a great way to drive up page views and get people commenting.

But as Utah finished off their pimp-slapping of Alabama last night in the Sugar Bowl, I got to thinking (and as we know, that can be dangerous).

In the alleged national championship game, the BCS has given us the Oklahoma Sooners (12-1) and the Florida Gators (12-1). In terms of marquee value, this really isn't a bad thing. It's probably going to be a decent game, and it's probably going to draw a pretty decent amount of viewers. There should also be a good crowd. I probably won't enjoy it for whoever wins, because I can't stand either team, but it is a good matchup.

But it's not a national championship game. 

Lest anyone forget Oklahoma lost by 10 to Texas earlier this season. 

Lest anyone forget Texas lost to Texas Tech earlier this season.

Lest anyone forget Texas Tech got housed by Ole Miss in the Cotton Bowl, giving up 47 points!

Lest anyone forget who is the one team to beat Florida this season.

Ole Miss. 

At the Swamp.

(By the way, if you want to see how they did it - go to the college football section on Yahoo and you can watch the entire game). 

Make no mistake, I'm not arguing that Ole Miss belongs in the title game. And you can say, well, Florida and Oklahoma are different teams since their losses and no one wants to play them now, blah blah blah. I'm betting there's a group from Salt Lake City that would love to play either one of those teams right now, but won't get the chance. 

Care to say USC should win the national title after they blew up Penn State in the Rose Bowl? Was that win any more impressive than when Southern Cal blew up Ohio State in the regular season? Ohio State is a fraud that may well get blowed up again by Texas. In its two biggest games (vs. USC and vs. Penn State), the Buckeyes scored 9 total points. Just who has tOSU beaten? Wisconsin and Michigan State were the only teams they beat that were ranked at the time, and the Badgers needed 3 missed extra points to beat Cal Poly, while Michigan State just got boogeywhipped by Georgia in the WhoCares.com Bowl. 

So back to Southern Cal. Sure they have one loss. But that was to Oregon State, who did prove to be not a bad team, even though they got explodified by rival Oregon in the Civil War. But who else did Oregon State lose to? 

Utah. 

And you can practically throw the records of Pac-10 teams out the window anyway, especially USC, given they all got to beat up on Washington and Washington State this season - the worst collective Division-1 performance in football by a state since like 1902. 

Look, Utah isn't going to win the national title - despite beating Alabama, Oregon State, TCU and BYU. But I'm hoping that they at least get some votes for first in the AP poll. Nothing is going to change until people start waking the hell up. 

Meanwhile, the old boy, fat cat, puffy chested, southern and midwestern poofs that run the BCS will declare their "national champion" next week. 

And I'll laugh and go back to watching hockey.