More Advice for Urban

South Florida is playing Rutgers tonight in a big college football match-up. Why? Because USF is #2 in the BCS and has a chance to represent the Big East in the national championship game. One potential opponent in that game is Ohio State, which now resides at #1 in the BCS rankings.

What does it say about college football if the national championship game is a contest between two teams who aren't in any of the top 3 conferences in college football? In basketball, it wouldn't be a big deal, because there is a tournament and all the conferences, especially the power ones, are represented. Nothing against the Buckeyes or the Bulls, but I think Ohio State v. USF is an awful match-up as the last game of the year; right now, I don't think they are the two best teams in the nation.

I'm not calling out Urban Meyer. I mention him by name only because it has been reported that USF wants to play Florida and the Gators have turned down the Bulls. Apparently, Bobby Bowden and FSU have declined similar requests from USF ... perhaps to avoid the confusion having FSU and USF in the same game? Perhaps, that's the reason Pete Carroll and Steve Spurrier haven't scheduled a match-up between the Trojans and Gamecocks.

Getting back on topic, if Urban had been able to fit USF into the Gators' schedule this year, South Florida might not control their own destiny for the national title right now. Maybe the Bulls would have smacked the Gators, but it would have been a chance for a top SEC team to show that the SEC is the best conference in the country. On the bright side, if teams from the 4th and 5th best conferences in the country play in the national title game, maybe more teams from the SEC, Big 12 and Pac-10 will decide to diversify and bolster their non-conference schedules. Maybe.