Flush with cash, Gary Patterson and the BCS book the Honeymoon Suite at the W

After signing a contract extension through 2016 (4 years after the end of the world), TCU Head Coach Gary Patterson took an opportunity to dote on the evil empire- the BCS.

Here’s Patterson on the BCS (and imagine him holding a fistful of cash in one hand and a chili dog in the other):

Is it easier to win one game for a championship? Or to have to win four?” Patterson asked. “If you have a playoff, you practice and get on a plane and play. And if you lose, it’s over. If you go to a bowl game, you’re there seven days and the kids can enjoy a place and get rewarded.

Patterson spews part of the BCS fight song- the false notion that it’s an either/or proposition with the bowls and a championship game. To refute his noise, I’ll set the record straight:

*8-team playoff with the lower-seeded team playing at the home stadium of the higher-seeded team
*Losers of round one still go to a bowl game as a consolation prize
*4 winners move on and play in one of two National Semifinals that make use of two of the existing BCS bowls on a rotating basis. All four teams get still get the “bowl” experience with the SWAG, the pomp and circumstance, and the trim.
*Winners play in the D-I National Championship two weeks after semifinals.

What went unsaid from Coach Patterson was that he’s perfectly happy to collect a fat BCS payday for his conference with the potential of back-dooring into the national championship and he knows damn well his team, as good as it is, would be a severe longshot to make it through a playoff.

Cash and a fear of change are the cold hard reality of the BCS. As close as Patterson came to a real moment of honesty, he stopped short and cowardly hid behind the company line. I’d love to hear from TCU’s players to see if they share his same sentiments.

You’re welcome.