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I cannot think of another team this college season that got jobbed as bad as the University of Missouri when it came time to decide the BCS games.  Suire, some of you may say  that Georgia got screwed because they got jumped by LSU.  However, Georgia was not even good enough to make ti to their conference championship game.  How can a team claim a shot at the national championship game without even making ti to their own conference championship game?  

I am not saying that Mizzou belonged in the national championship game.  In fact, I do not think that was where they belonged.  I do believe that they should have gone to a BCS bowl game.  They lost two games, to the same team, who was obviously one of the best teams in college football.  The only reason Oklahoma lost to Texas Tech (and barely so) was because they lost super-freshman quarterback Sam Bradford during their first possession.  With a healthy Bradford, I think OU rolls through Texas Tech (and I absolutely despise OU). 

Ohio State also does not belong in the national championship game.  They got there by default.  They do not have a conference championship game, AND they do not have to play every team in their conference.  That is ridiculous.  Every major BCS conference (all 6 of them) should have conference championship games.  In fact, I actually think every conference should have a conference championship game.  They should also shorten the season, so that each team plays a maximum of 10 regular season games, with a conference championship to determine playoff seedings.  The major conference winners can get a bye and two teams from each conference get bids.  Then let it be a free-for-all with the bowl games.  This idea just came to me, and obviously needs some fine tuning, so I will have to get back to you with more information about it.

For now, know that Mizzou beat Illinois at Illinois (a BCS bound team), beat Kansas at a neutral site (a BCS bound team), and its only losses were to Oklahoma (a BCS bound team, and arguably the best team in the country).  The rule that only two BCS conference teams may play in the BCS games is fair, and it adds to the crying/lamenting/whining/pining from SEC fans, which is always enjoyable for me.  However, I believe that Mizzou belonged in a BCS game before Illinois and Kansas.  Therefore, they got jobbed, and a fantastic season is essentially worth nothing to that school. 

LSU wins the pseuo-national championship in a blowout. 

I was calling for a Hawaii national championship game, because, “despite not playing anybody,” they are the ONLY team that was good enough to make it through a bizarre season without a loss.  That should count for something more than a mere BCS game.  After all, a two loss team got in to the championship game.