Here's to the bowls

The three weeks from Dec. 19 to Jan. 4 feature three holidays, fun in the sun for some, endless gifts and no school work, but is outdone, over-matched and only remembered by something most of you want to destroy. \nShame on you for wanting a playoff system to substitute for college football's entire bowl season. \nWhat is our society's fetish with ending a season with only one winner? Why can't 56 teams be rewarded for a great season, when a miniature playoff would virtually benefit the same eight teams each year? \nI admit, the BCS is not the final solution and seems more confusing then the Packers' defense on fourth and 26. \nBut you try and convince school athletic directors to turn down $14 to $17 million just for making a BCS bowl. Face it, a college football playoff is as much of a fantasy as my making a cameo in the next Paris Hilton video. \nSo, get over it.\nBesides, what else would North Texas fans (New Orleans Bowl) have to look forward to after thanksgiving dinner. \nHow great was it that Kansas fans (Tangerine Bowl) got to cheer for their team in December and even though they were pummeled, did not worry if the loss would hurt their March madness dreams. Or at least it bought us time having to listen to Jayhawk fans ramble about how this year will actually be their year. \nWhat other day except for New Years can you be so hung over on the couch, but be in total bliss knowing football will be on from breakfast to bedtime. \nWhat other day at home can your mom not bother you at 10:00 o'clock in the morning because a game is on and still not bother you at 11 that night for the same reason.\nWhy should we give eight teams the chance to win the crown when we know only two deserve it? O.k. I admit, a USC-LSU game would have been great. But, I'm sorry, USC (Rose Bowl) try beating California (Insight.com Bowl) before ripping apart the BCS. \nAnd for those of you screaming at my mug that a playoff allows for upsets and unthinkable champions -- ask Miami fans how much better they were then OSU last year. \nLet's face it -- playoff fans want a new system -- not a better system. Our country loves change, but you want to eliminate the only reason tourists would head to Detroit in the dead of winter (Motor City Bowl) -- or anytime at all. \nWhat other discussion of a Rose an Orange and Sugar could get people in a heated argument. \nAnd stop comparing college basketball's final four to a possible playoff system for football. After all, a trip to a bowl game is a minimal 4 weeks of gloating, while the excitement of the final four lasts as long as the other break for the bowl games does. \nAlthough, its relieving to walk past my Ohio State friends (Fiesta Bowl) saying, "We're going to smoke them in the bowl," and not fear the police appearing at my front door. \nInstead, the police were needed to break up a post game melee between Hawaii and Houston in the (Hawaii Bowl). The fight included Houston players using their helmets as spears. Don't you think the Hawaii Warriors would know how to defend such an attack? \nBeginning Dec. 30, a stretch of 18 bowls games had been played in five days concluding with the BCS National Championship game Jan. 4 in New Orleans. (Sugar Bowl) \nThis year's 28 bowl games showcased three of the nation's top three quarterbacks, ( Eli Manning -- Cotton Bowl, Ben Roethlisberger -- GMAC Bowl and Phillip Rivers Tangerine Bowl) top wide receiver, (Larry Fitzgerald- Tire Bowl) and one school Navy (Houston Bowl) which deserves everyone's respect regardless of their impressive 8-4 record. But none of these players or teams would have participated in any sort of compact playoff format. \nSo, while a playoff format would bring new excitement and a change from tradition, money will never let it happen. \nSo, stop the playoff banter and accept bowl-mania because it is here to stay. So now, can you please get your foot off my bowls?