OSU is in the National Championship Game...

That being said, the BCS thing? It's a crock. Not only is it a crock, but the coaches and writers are in on it too. It's blatantly obvious.

I understand if you want to make a point that LSU is better than Virginia Tech. I can get that. They handled them with ease (at home) in the 2nd week of the season. But here is the question...If it's all about "when you lose", and who is playing the best at the end of the season, please explain how LSU (with a more than gifted back-up in Ryan Perriloux - I'd tell you he is pretty much on-par with Matt Flynn) barely beat a so-so 3-loss Tennessee team ranked #13 by a touchdown thanks to a pathetic game by Eric Ainge and jumps from #7 to #2. In the meantime, Virginia Tech beats a higher-ranked (#11) Boston College team by 15 on a truly neutral field and goes from #5 to #4, or simply sits at #4 depending on the poll. Please explain that. You can't.

Bottom line, LSU vs. OSU is the marquee matchup, subjectivity be damned. If LSU was really "that good" after losing to another lame-ass team in overtime (how's that Kentucky loss look now?), then you (coaches, writers, etc.) should have kept that at #3 or #4 in the polls last week.

Even more glaring is the fact that no one will address this in a written piece, at least none that I have found so far. They will all tell you now why LSU is deserving of being in the game. And don't even begin to get me started on Missouri being passed up by Kansas (a team they beat and couldn't make it to its own conference championship game) AND Illinois? Are you serious? I understand preserving all that Pac-10/ Big-10 tradition for the Rose Bowl (like people really give a shit about tradition anymore), but Illinois? Over Missouri? Come on. Are you really telling me that people want to see USC vs. Illinois instead of USC vs. Missouri. Please.