Ratings Challenged

Americans can be divided into two groups -- those involved in BCS arguments and those who are not. I'd like to invite those who are not over next weekend for a pizza-and-Pabst party, but I don't know if my condo is large enough to accommodate 10 or 12 people.

We have become a nation of overheated ogres, shouting down opposing views on issues large and small.

I mean, I can listen to Brent Musburger in overdrive during any game for up to 3 1/2 hours, but I can't stand another nanosecond of this incessant cable TV/talk radio/Internet babble about the inequity and injustice of the BCS.

The BCS is a crock -- who doesn't know that? Next.

Frankly, I believe the BCS was designed to divert attention from the nation's domestic and foreign policy problems. And it's working!

Before we go any further, let's go over The Big Picture one more time, with feeling:

Should there be a national championship playoff format in college football? Yes.

Do we absolutely need a national championship playoff format in college football? No.

What we absolutely need is health care reform. And shorter lines at the post office.

Anyway, absent of a playoff system -- which, incidentally, would not end the current sound and fury, it would simply redirect the sound and fury to who's in and who's out -- we are left with the wonder and rapture that is the Bowl Championship Series.

So, who should play in the BCS title game?

Tcch. Like anybody knows anything. Nobody knows nothing. And some people know even less.