[grimes]

Yeah, I do agree that UM is the second best, without question. But as I said even before Saturday's game, I just think a rematch is stupid. The winner of that game is the conference champion, and remains undefeated. The national championship, in essence, has already been crowned. OSU has proven themselves worthy. To me, a rematch is pointless.

Oh well.

True, OSU are the undefeated conference champions and that will not be taken away from them, but to be national champions they have to win the BCS title game. Under the current system, as flawed as it is, the two best teams in the country are supposed to play for the title. Sure, granting Michigan a berth would diminish the value of the conference title, but that is one of the sacrifices of having a "playoff" system (think NCAA basketball). While I agree that the BCS, being a essentially a two-team playoff, isn't much of a system, if it were to ever be expanded to 4 or 8 teams, we would likely see this type of situation more often.

Since I'm not a fan of any of the teams left in the running for the title game, I just want to see the best game played, hence my bias towards a rematch. If Florida wins out, then I can see a case to be made for them, since at least their loss was to a decent opponent. I just don't get how USC are getting so much respect, they lost to Oregon State!


(For the record, I am a Notre Dame fan, but unlike many in "ND nation," I am not delusional to the point that I think the Irish should be included in the championship debate)