re: Irony of the BCS this year

Although the primary goal of the BCS was to pit the two best teams against another, it had other goals such as to protect the traditional bowl system, etc. The problem has always been how do we know which are the two best teams? The BCS has tried mightily, to its credit. (And it is still better than a Div II playoff system.) But we already know BAMA is nearly as good as LSU. We don't know whether OKST is nearly as good as LSU. We won't learn anything if BAMA beats LSU, and we won't learn much more if LSU beats BAMA. BAMA had its chance and lost. The BCS voters let the system down this year.