It's That Time of Year

People are complaining about the cold, Christmas music, shopping, and holiday stress.

But mostly, they’re complaining about the BCS.

There are small rumblings throughout the year, but in that lag time between the official end of the season and the start of bowl games, football fans are left without much to do besides complain about the BCS.

This year has been more intense, though. First, the BCS hired an executive director whose entire job consists of trying to convince us the bowl system isn’t asinine. Then, they hired the Ari Fleischer spin machine to do the same. Now, Texas representative Joe Barton has managed to get a bill into an FTC subcommittee that will bar any game from calling itself a “championship” unless it’s the result of a play-off.

Every year, columnists with nothing else to write about make up seeds for a hypothetical play-off, but this article from Yahoo’s Dan Wetzel has me totally sold. He also points us to the ultimate BCS apologist site. The front page reads like a parody, but the inside content has been spun like cotton candy. I suggest over the next few days, we look over the fearmongering together.