Prior to 2011, Ohio State missed any chance of a championship back in '09 and '10. Could Jim Tressel's ghost see glory once again with a playoff system?

I’m sorry, what?!  What was that?!  I’m sorry, I just can’t hear you?!  No I don’t know where the bathrobe is!  Look, you’re just going to have to speak up!  I can’t hear you over all these people cheering and screaming!  Why?!  Because, common sense has finally taken a giant step forward in college football!

For years, fans of college football have been practically selling off their first born children in order for the NCAA to change the system of how a champion is crowned.  The BCS is awful and flawed, and no one ever likes a computer helping to pick who I want to see in a championship game.  Not to mention was there anyone who wanted to see Auburn and cheating Cam Newton win let alone make it to the championship game back in 2010?  The BCS seemed like a good at the time in ’98, but quickly became the bane of every Buckeye, Duck, Badger, and Horned Frog.

Common sense tells us that playoffs are just plain better.  They’re more exciting, more chance for revenue, more exciting, more legitimate, did I mention that they are more exciting?  Did Roy Kramer (he’s the guy who came up with the BCS) have like a 30 year contract with the NCAA to keep this terrible system alive?  Seemed like for a time common sense would never prevail and we would suffer through another SEC Bowl… I mean BCS Championship Game.  But days like today can be full of redemption.

It won’t happen this year.  And 2013 won’t be my lucky year.  We’ll have to wait until 2014 until the BCS will be torched, pulverized, and released into the waters.  But when that does finally happen, out of the ashes will give birth to a three-game playoff series between the top four ranked schools.  Sweet Jesus.  Did someone say ‘semi-finals’?!  The four teams, of course, will be selected by a bunch of dudes who have no political or past affiliations with any of the schools even in the top ten…. pffft yeah right.  There’s no getting rid of that suspicion, which is why I hope the NCAA goes one step further after the success of the three-game system.

Success you say?  They haven’t even played one snap yet in this new series.  How are you so wise to know it will be a success?  Because – the BCS already makes $155 million dollars annually from TV revenue.  The NCAA will be raking in even more dough in media contracts if there are three prime time games that will determine who carries that sparkly candy dish while the confetti drops.  That new figure will make the NCAA swoon and faint only to be revived by $100 bills being fanned in their faces.  It will be such a huge success that probably after two years after its inaugural season, the playoff system will expand to eight teams (that’s what I feel it should be) or even ten.  That will equate to even more money.  Hey, the NFL is the most successful sport in the world for a reason.

So enjoy the old BCS while you can.  Pretty soon it won’t be around to kick around anymore.  It’s genetically enhanced cousin will come hang out, and we’ll all have a grand ol’ time.

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I don’t often write about college football because I don’t often watch college football. Part of it has to do with the fact I went to Carnegie Mellon, where we can calculate the exact velocity of a forward pass but can’t actually throw one. Our mascot was a freakin’ Scotty dog for crying out loud. What’s threatening about a Scotty dog? Get him riled and he’ll pee on your leg?

I do, however, enjoy watching the Backyard Brawl game between Pitt and WVU every year since I just plain don’t like West Virginia. They really should consider changing the sign you read when you leave Pennsylvania to say, “Welcome to West Virginia. Please set your watches back fifteen years.” Add the fact WVU was ranked #2 in the nation and favored to win by TWENTY-EIGHT points and I was so there rooting for the blue and gold, even if I didn’t attend the university and they’re coached by Dave Wannstedt.

So I’m sitting there, drinking an Iron, watching the game, and something strange, yet wonderful, begins to unfold before my beady little eyes. Pitt’s stuffing their offense! Shady McCoy is running all over their defense! Pat White goes out with an injury! We’re up by seven!

Then the screwjob begins. Crusty Old Ref #1 calls a personal foul on the prettiest swan dive this side of Greg Louganis. Crusty Old Ref #2 throws a flag for a phantom holding penalty. Not to be outdone, Crusty Old Ref #1 calls an even worse phantom holding penalty. Pat White returns. Pitt’s doomed!

Except they’re not! They man up, hold on a crucial fourth down, and run out the clock. A monumental upset of the second ranked team in the nation on their home turf. What a win. Congratulations to Wannastache and all his coaches and players on a thrilling, hard-fought, well-earned victory.

We all should’ve known WVU was screwed when their band spelled out “BCS” during the pregame show. The football gods will not stand for such insolence.

There hasn’t been much to cheer about for a long time when it comes to Pitt football. I’ll take 5 wins and beating #2 WVU any day. Had Pitt not lost its starting QB and star WR at the start of the season, who knows what could’ve happened this year. Do we actually have something to look forward to next year? One can only hope.

And, if nothing else, let’s hope next year Pitt gives WVU another Mustache Ride.