The BCS - It’s Like They Almost Enjoy Making Us Miserable

The picture above (from Nick Anderson at the Houston Chronicle) pretty much says it all.  Nobody in their right mind likes the bowl system. I’m particularly bitter this year as my team of choice (Michigan) is not even going to a bowl game, although to be fair, they wouldn’t have even made it to the playoffs in a playoff system.  Next year…

Considering the fact that everyone and their mother is at the very least, discontent with the current system, it is surprising to me that the BCS would set up a Twitter account.  According to Advertising Age, within no time at all the account had drawn angry tweets from those opposed to the current system.  Advertising Age looked upon this as a bad thing, because the BCS was not protecting their brand.  I beg to differ, at least from a sports fan’s perspective.

Sure the BCS was opening itself up to a world of hurt in the form of public criticism.  This is nothing new to the BCS.  The photo I posted above is from 2006.  Come November the annual outcry against the current system gets its momentum and doesn’t stop until well after the Championship game.  Year after year journalists, fans and some schools openly criticize the current bowl game system.

Opening a two-way path of communication with college football enthusiasts may prove to be useful in repairing a broken system.  If the BCS is responsive to comments posted to them via Twitter and *gasp* maybe even takes some of what is said into account, it could work to create a better system for us all.  Idealistic and unlikely, yes. Hey a girl can dream.  At the very least they can’t as easily ignore our rage-filled shouts!