In fact, so much has already been said so eloquently that the purpose of my rant is not directly focused on why and how the BCS system, which resembles more the initials without the C more than anything, should be abolished. It's a passionate argument that when you get down to it is a struggle against history and the bottom line that college football has become so obedient to ó the almighty dollar.

Why else do teams like Florida State and Notre Dame get a chance to play in elite bowls every year when they have twice as many losses as some of the teams ranked higher than them who don't get the bid. Why doesn't Boise State get the chance to showcase their high powered offense on a bigger stage, or Central Florida even get a shot at a bowl? It's money and greed at its finest and of course, that's not going away, so chances are neither is the BCS.

With that in mind, there is an alarming trend in the BCS from year to year that very few columnists and other sports gurus seem to constantly overlook. It's a problem the computer system managed to escape in 2000 when the Oklahoma Sooners survived a second meeting with Kansas State and went to Miami to upend Heismann Trophy winner Chris Weinke and his Florida State Seminoles. Yet, a year later the problem showed up again when another Big XII team, Nebraska, made it to the national championship and the very same thing is happening again this year with Ohio State making the Fiesta Bowl.

The problem? Nebraska didn't even get a chance to play for their conference championship, much less win it and yet they had a shot to play for the national championship. How does that work again? Wait, a year earlier if Oklahoma had lost in its second meeting with a powerful Kansas State team they would have been denied a chance to play the one loss Seminoles? That somehow doesn't make sense. Now, provided Miami wins out against Virginia Tech., a highly likely scenario considering the Hurricanes always find a way to win, we'll see two undefeated teams in the national championship game. The BCS folks are happy, the ratings are great because at the very least the state of Florida and all of Columbus, Ohio will be watching. But wait, there is a problem folks.

Ohio State is undefeated, yet we must not forget that they will be playing for a chance to win the national championship when they failed to win their own conference championship outright. Are conference championships not sacred anymore or what? Oh wait, my mistake. It was more important for Ohio State to run up the score on Akron this year than to play who many believe to be the best team in the conference in Iowa, who's sole defeat on the season was in the first week to a cross state rivalry, Iowa State, that was smoking early into the season.

Miami on the other hand gets into the national championship with a win over Va. Tech. and while no one can dispute their right to play for it all again if they complete a second straight undefeated regular season, those watching from conferences like the Big XII and the SEC have all the right in the world to point out another problem with the way conferences and bowl tie-ins are set up.

Before Oklahoma was upset by rivals Oklahoma State Saturday, they would have taken claim to the Fiesta Bowl with a Miami loss, provided they go and knock off Colorado for the second time this season, which as we all no is no easy task. Meanwhile, in the SEC, Georgia is still alive with a Miami loss, but has to still knock off the winners of the Western Division of the conference to advance. Georgia doesn't have to play Arkansas for the second time this year like Oklahoma does in the Big XII, but a case can still be made for the fact that Georgia has one extra game, one of the toughest games of the season to play before even being considered for the championship should Miami fall.

Does Miami have to play Virginia Tech. twice or one of the other tough team in their conference like say Pittsburgh who they barely beat or West Virgnia. To their credit though still, Miami at least still has to play a decent Virginia Tech. team, while Ohio State has been sitting home having clinched a spot in the Fiesta Bowl. No outright conference championship, no final showdown to crown one champ in the Big 10 and certainly no rematches with any of the teams that nearly beat the Buckeyes before, which in their case represents just about the entire conference.

Pac-10 has the same problem, because they don't play a conference championship game, which means USC still has an outside chance with a lot of help to make the national championship without having to play one of their conference foes for a second time. And lets just leave Notre Dame out of the discussion all together. They need to join a conference, end of story.

Conferences championships, like those coming up between Georgia and Arkansas and Oklahoma and Colorado are good for college football. They pit two tough teams at the end of the year and amount for more drama than most bowl games. Not only that, there is meaning to them. Bowl games are nothing but revenue makers and often times end up being blow outs considering the length of time teams have off (Ohio State is going to have their hands full with all this time off they've had) and in the end no one even remembers who won what bowl.

With that said, I think every conference needs to have a championship game. We may not be able to get rid of the BCS any time soon, but at least if there were conference championships across the board, you wouldn't have teams playing for it all without winning their conference championship first. Sure, if that were applied this year you would have more to add to the puzzle, especially if Miami, Ohio State, and everyone else in the top ten had one loss, but at least everyone who beat up their conference and won out in a final match of the two best, would have earned their ticket and not backed their way in playing a weak schedule or not even scheduling a team all together.