This is the last BCS-rant post until the bowl games start. I promise.
I didn't realize it until this morning, but the BCS number 1 team in the country has not played a team ranked higher than 21 in the regular season (ranking based on the week they played). Furthermore, of the four "ranked" teams Ohio State did play (Purdue - 23, Penn State - 25, Wisconsin - 21, and Michigan - 21), only one of them is still ranked (Wisconsin at #18). And let's not forget about the tough out of conference teams like Youngstown State (Div I-AA), Akron (Powerhouse MAC), and Kent State (another powerhouse MAC team).
It's not so much the fact that Ohio State is playing in the National Championship, but that they have been voted the #1 team. They didn't play in a conference championship and they're going to have 50 days between their last game and the BCS Championship game. Ohio State (and LSU for that matter) are in the title game basically because they were in the right place (ranking) at the right time.
I will watch the game and cheer for LSU - love watching the SEC beat up on the Big-10. But I maintain that, once again, the BCS has completely failed to identify the 2 best teams in the nation.
