Marvin Mallard,The Swampland Gazette's Sports Guru.

If you think I smell, get a whiff of the BCS Computer Rankings, they stink
to High Heaven. Of course there is no bias here, just ask them. Down here
in Swampland, many of the animals are Gator fans. When the Gators beat
Alabama for the SEC championship, everyone was celebrating that the Gators
would be in the BCS championship game. I warned them not to celebrate
until the BCS ratings came in. I warned them that the unbiased Computer
System would probably have the Gators number three and I was right.
They tried bless their hearts but they didn't succeed. Fortunately
the coaches saw fit to rate the Gators second by .0001 point.

I did a little research and came up with the following for these infallible
Computer Ratings:

1. Anderson and Hester.

This computer rating is conducted by two individuals who reside in Washington
State and are alumni of the University of Washington. Their final regular season
top ten rankings are as follows:

Oklahoma - one; Utah - two; Texas - three; Florida - four; Texas Tech - five;
Alabama - six; Boise State -seven; Penn State - eight; (USC - nine); Ohio State - ten

To me this indicates their pro PAC-10, Minus USC, and pro-west coast teams
biases. Of all of the computer rankings they ranked USC the lowest?

2. Peter Wolfe.

Dr. Wolfe is employed by the English Department at UCLA. His top 10 picks
are as follows:

Oklahoma - one; Texas - two; Texas Tech - three; Florida - four; Utah - five;
Boise State - six; Alabama - seven; (USC - eight); Penn State - nine; Ohio State - ten.

Notice his first three teams are from the Big-12 and the two other west coast teams
are ranked above UCLA's #l rival. Yep! no bias here. Gotta keep out those rotten
SEC teams, They've been in the BCS too many times.

3. Richard Billingsly.

He has been a long time contributor to the Sporting News and ESPN. He was
instrumental in the creation of ESPNs College Football Encyclopedia. His top ten
picks are as follows:

Oklahoma - one; Florida - two; USC - three; Texas - four; Alabama - five; Texas Tech -
six; Utah - seven; Boise State - eight; Penn State - nine; Ohio State - ten.

Mr. Billingsly has been doing this for a long time and his picks is the only one that
I put any faith in.

4. Colley Matrix. Mr. Colley was born in Tennessee and went to college at
Virginia Tech. He's currently a Research Scientist at the University of Alabama
at Huntsville, Ala. His brother played football at the University of Georgia. His top
ten picks are as follows:

Oklahoma - one; Texas - two; Florida three; Utah - four; Alabama - five; Texas Tech -
six; USC - seven; Boise State - eight; Ohio State - nine; Penn State - 10.

He has a propensity to rate teams in the ACC higher than other teams. I leave it
to your opinion where his loyalties lie.

5. Kenneth Massey is a graduate of Virginia Tech and lives in Roanoke, Va. His
College was Bluefield College in south western Virginia. He was envited by
Roy Kramer (former SEC Commissioner, Head football coach at Central Michigan, and
Athletic Director at Vanderbilt) to become a member of the computer rankings for
the BCS. Roy Kramer is the father of the BCS system. His top 10 picks:

Oklahoma - one; Texas Tech - two; Texas - three; Utah - four; Florida - five;
Alabama - six; USC - seven; Boise State - eight; TCU - nine; Penn State ten.

He too, in my opinion, is for any team but one from SEC conference and he also
rates ACC teams higher than other teams in simular circumstances.

5. Ken Sagarin. He is an MIT and University of Indiana graduate. He is
Associated with USA Today. His top 10 picks:

Oklahoma - one; Texas Tech - two; Texas - three; Florida - four; Utah - five;
Alabama - six; USC - seven; Boise State - eight; TCU - nine; Penn State - ten.

With the exception of Billingsly you can see how those running the Computers
tried to manipulate the BCS and the Bowl games.

Is there any doubt in anyone's mind that we definitely need a playoff system?

Marvin Mallard.