Sports - May 12, 2009
Congress should leave college football, BCS alone
The only thing worse than having sports columnists, talk-radio hosts and fans argue about whether college football needs a playoff system is allowing politicians to weigh in on the debate. Congress is actually spending time, money and brainpower figuring out how it can force college football mucky-mucks to have a playoff system. One congressman from Texas, Joe Barton, has introduced legislation that would make it illegal for the NCAA to call a game a national championship unless it was the result of a playoff.
Tags: bcs championship, playoffs, college football, congress, barack obama

Sports - Jan. 7, 2008
The BCS trophy is at stake. Will the winner earn it?
After a thrilling regular season in college football, the combatants in the BCS title game are under pressure to prove they belong at the top.
Tags: bcs championship, playoff, tressel, miles, boeckman, flynn