Finally a College Football Coach says it...

As a Bears fan, I remember Mike Ditka berating Jim Harbaugh on the sidelines after an audible turned into an interception that was returned by the Vikings for a touchdown. As a USC fan, I remember Jim Harbaugh calling out Pete Carroll when he got the Stanford job. I never did care for him all that much until yesterday when I read his thoughts on the state of college football today (thanks to the BCS).

"Somebody really ought to take notice of this stuff. You have eight or nine wins and so you're a great football team? Well, what if you played four patsies in your non-conference and then you only won half your conference games and so you get to go play in the Alamo Bowl and everyone says you're a great team. That's what happens … There's no question that the Pac-10 doesn't get that respect for playing teams out of conference of like caliber. If that is the way the game is set up now about it's all going off of computer rankings and all won-loss record, maybe we should be playing five non-conference games, so everybody is 9-2 and then the strength of schedule numbers look really good. Then, the BCS ranking spits out two Pac-10 teams for BCS bowls. To me, college football is not one team drubbing another team, because this team needs a lot of money and this team knows it can get a win to increase their BCS standings. Drub. Drub. Drub. Drub. Then, you still have that fan base who think it's enough of an experience, but they're getting cheated and we're kinda cheating the game."

It was almost like he was inside my mind repeating exactly what I have been saying to the numerous people who would listen to me over the last 5 years. Now as a USC fan I believe in playing anyone, anytime, anywhere. The BCS computers on the other hand would rather watch Florida beat The Citadel in November. Just keep this thought in your mind when the SEC and Big 12 start beating up 1-AA teams at home to start the season. It's embarrassing that a school that won the National Championship last year will start the season with 1-AA Charleston Southern (not to mention mixing in Florida International and Troy as well). As a college football fan, keep in mind how exciting it is to see the powerhouse programs play each other during the season. Isn't that better and more of an indication of how "good" a team is rather than watching Texas Tech beat up Eastern Washington by 60 points? Thank you Coach Harbaugh for telling the truth of what goes on in college football. I just hope some media members were paying attention.