Did Michigan Get Screwed?

First suprise of the weekend: USC lost to UCLA. This basically screwed up what everyone thought would ne the National Title game of OSU vs. USC. So, who would get the #2 spot in the rankings and be lined up to play the Buckeyes for the title?

Thursday night, this question came up while I was at the bowlling alley for my league (I rolled a 620 series by the way). There was a group that said it would be Michigan and a group that said that it would be Florida. Tommie, a guy in the league, said that it would be stupid for florida to be allowe to jump Michigan in the rankings. I brought up the fact that Florida played more top ten ranked teams that Michigan and he sort of blew off that fact. Let's see, Michigan beat Notre Dame and...... Wait, that's the only ranked team they beat. Florida beat at least four. Yes, the only loss Michigan suffered was to Ohio State, the #1 Team, but Florida's only loss was to #9 Auburn.

Well, here's my opinion: Michigan had their shot. They played well against the Buckeyes, but they lost. I don't think they should get another shot when there are other teams out there that have only one loss. Maybe they are the second best team in the country, but how can you really say that when it is so rare that top ten teams get a chance to play each other in the regular season? I personally think that OSU vs. Florida will be a great game.

I do have to say that the BCS system is not working out too well this year. When there are two teams that are undefeated, it is clear who should be in the title game, but when you have a year like this, when so many one loss teams feel they should have a shot, how can you let voters decide? They need to look at the system and try to improve it.