The tyranny of the BCS, plus Ekpe Udoh's big night for Baylor

Posted on Thu, Jan 7, 2010 : 12:16 p.m.

The tyranny of the BCS, plus Ekpe Udoh's big night for Baylor

By AnnArbor.com Staff

Field preparation continues the day before Texas is to play Alabama in the BCS Championship NCAA college football game at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010.

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College football's championship game arrives tonight. While most of the focus is on the Alabama-Texas matchup, there's quite a few people wading into the spotlight to talk about the tyranny of the BCS system.

We'll start today's college links with voices from the anti-BCS camp.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

BCS brings up a perennial complaint:Â college football as big business, writes George Will in the Washington Post.
The BCS is "like communism,"Â one congressman tells Jim Litke of The Associated Press.Â
Coaching bullies sully the game of college football. Gwen Knapp, San Francisco Chronicle.
Despite its bowl success, Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning NewsÂ takes some shots at the Big Ten.
Once facing a broken dream,Â Texas assistant now heir to Longhorns throne, writes Andy Staples at SI.com.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Ekpe UdohÂ records a triple-double for Baylor, writes Justin Baer of The Lariat Online.
Morgan St. coach Todd Bozeman saysÂ Udoh's going to be playing '82,' reports Brice Cherry of the Waco Tribune-Herald.
Kansas avoids a Big Red upset, according to The Associated Press.
Sparty wins its 8th straight home opener, this one over Wisconsin. The Associated Press.
Dylan Burkhardt of umhoops.comÂ revisits his predictions on the all-Big Ten freshman team.

Comments

Macabre Sunset

Thu, Jan 7, 2010 : 3:43 p.m.

College football is the only sport we have that doesn't have a playoff. Could you imagine the money networks would be willing to pay for every single game of a 16-team playoff? Every day would be a Super Bowl. Now last night's CMU/Troy game was entertaining and fun, but produced almost no ratings. What if that were a first-round game? People would start talking about CMU and LeFevour (well, for those of us who follow football, we already know about him, but I digress). I realize the major conferences don't want to give up all those stupid little bowls that trickle in a million at a time. But that's a poor reason for not giving the fans what they want. It can only help in the long run.

InRichRodWeTrust

Thu, Jan 7, 2010 : 3:19 p.m.

The BCS sucks.PERIOD.

wersch213

Thu, Jan 7, 2010 : 12:34 p.m.

Udoh doesn't play for Michigan, we all know that. We all know it would be awesome for Michigan if he would have stayed, but he didn't so what is the point of pointing out his stat line every game over and over and over... He has turned into a great player on the inside and he will do well in the NBA. I wish him well.