Another year, another paper championship for college football

The college football paper championship will be held this week. The featured teams are undefeated Texas and undefeated Alabama. But two deserving undefeated 'mid majors', number four TCU and sixth ranked Boise State will be playing in the proverbial 'F-Off Bowl.' Actually it is called the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. Congratulations on sponsoring the corrupt college football ' Bowl Championship Series' Tostitos.

ESPN will spend the entire college football season talking about what top ten team could sneak into the championship game. But if a 'mid major' like Boise State or TCU make a run, they just run into the BCS bouncer at the door and are left outside the club, looking in at the windows of the party, the 'Citi BCS (paper) National Championship.' Congratulations to Citi for sponsoring blatant corruption as well.

From day one, the BCS never passed the sniff test. It was obvious that it was not fully inclusive and that it was a money system designed to prop up 'big conferences' and relegate 'mid majors' to obscurity. Furthermore, the millions of dollars going to outside controlling interests when a championship system could have been elementary and essentially free was more than upsetting to all fans and just about all of the participants.

Last season, Alabama was an SEC Championship Game away from a 'National Championship Game.' They lost and then lost to one of those pesky 'party crashers,' the undefeated Utah. Why was Alabama potentially worthy of a play-in for a championship and Utah relegated to no chance? Corruption, pure and simple.

This year we have two more 'mid majors' that held their own, Boise State and Texas Christian University which is located in Fort Worth, Texas. Boise and Fort Worth have larger populations than than some of the cities that host the 'major conference' teams. The 'mid majors' want to be a part of the championship system.

In 2009, the Mountain West begrudgingly renewed their participation in the BCS, or else they would have had valuable money withheld from them. But these teams are not scared of a little competish. They are not waiting for the next 1984, the year that undefeated 'mid major,' BYU won the National Championship when all other teams did not go undefeated. The 2006 Boise States, 2008 Utahs, 2009 Boise States, 2009 TCUs of the world are ready to put all their chips in.

This season TCU crushed their top 25 competition, beating BYU by 31 and Utah by 27. Boise State put on similar clinics against weaker competition. Shots Heard is not saying those teams would have won the championships and is not saying they would not have won championships. But they deserve a chance.

Shots Heard does not support corrupt systems. So once again this year, we will not watch one play of the paper championship. Nor will Shots Heard glorify the result in any way. We will only cast the due shame upon it.

Picture: The BCS paper championship is not even for the dogs.