80-1

Odds that Joey will invite Dre Bly to his next charity concert? The early line on whether the Superbowl XL referees will ever work a post season game again? The over/under number of days before T.O. starts holding out for Nate Burleson money? Nope, in the midst of March Madness, as we are down to the final four in the greatest event in Collegiate Sports today, we are once again reminded about the madness that surrounds the crowning of our Division I Football Champion. Who needs a 16, 8, or 4 team tournament to determine a true national champion? Why settle the game on the field when you can play it on paper. Forget the bracket challenge, we have the BCS challenge, where Coaches (e.g. Athletic Directors), Reporters, and Computers fight out who 'deserves' to be in the title game. Why let upstart mid-tier conference teams like George Mason spoil the title runs of deserving power conference teams? If the BCS held sway in basketball, UCONN and Duke would be playing for the National Title, Villanova and North Carolina would be in the Fiesta Bowl, while Gonzaga and Memphis would be entertaining fans in San Diego for the Holiday Bowl. Now, why would you choose the madness of March when it is so much simpler to maintain the order of the status quo?

Oh, 80-1? Early odds that the Oregon Ducks will win the BCS title game in 2007. Maybe they should just start laying odds on whether teams like Oregon will be given a shot to be chosen for the game instead.