The REAL Politicking begins

Now that we've elected our 44th president, we can turn our attention to the real political landscape. The '08 BCS Championship campaign is officially underway.

The most recent successful campaign dates back to 2006, when Flordia's Urban Meyer excessively whined.. I mean lobbied.. his way into the championship game, throttled Ohio State and took home the ultimate prize.

The current battlegrounds are taking shape. In Pennsylvania, things aren't so happy in Happy Valley where Penn State coach Joe Paterno was quick to question the wacky BCS formula.

"Is it the BCS or the BSC? I don't know," Paterno said in a recent press conference. JoePa is launching a sarcastic campaign, but the 81-year-old is probably harboring some resentment from being left out of the championship picture during four undefeated seasons (1968, 1969, 1973 and 1994).

Then yesterday, USC coach Pete Carroll launched his BCS Championship campaign from the perpetually 'blue' LA area. During his weekly press conference Carroll insisted he doesn't understand the BCS system. But then went a little further.

"I think it stinks. I don't think it's the way it should be," Carroll said.

What stinks is USC's performance during games they're heavily favored to win. There's a litany of haunting losses from Oregon State (in '06 & '08) to Stanford last year to UCLA in 2006. What really stinks though is the Trojans' aura in the post-(Reggie) Bush years. Just take care of business Pete.

Concern is growing with how college football crowns its champion, especially with a glut of elite teams in the Top 10. But even if college football had a playoff, coaches would still politic jockeying for position.

There's no cure-all for college football, so lets just tee-it-up and play some games. The dust will settle, just like the real political season that ended this morning.