Coaches still aren't paying attention

Boston College coach Frank Spaziani doesn't vote in the USA Today Coaches poll. As the new kid on the block, no one asked the rookie Eagle coach to take part in the voting process.

Spaziani says that if asked, he would decline, contending that just dealing with BC and their next opponent is all he has time to focus on during the regular season.

Good point, Spaz. Yet the BCS system--which means no playoffs and two human polls (coaches and The Harris Poll) and the computers decide who will play in the BCS title.

No problem, you say. Maybe. But if you check out the latest results from the two human polls deciding the BCS rankings, you will see some curious results.

Item 1: Oregon 42, California 3 (last Saturday)
Item 2: Latest coaches poll: California No. 19, Oregon No. 25
Item 3: First Harris poll: Cal No. 21, Oregon No. 23

Both teams each had a loss.

Both polls also still have Oklahoma State ahead of Houston, even though Houston is unbeaten and beat Oklahoma State in Stillwater and just beat another Big 12 team Texas Tech last week.

The voters will argue that the top of the polls are what count and they have that right: Florida, Texas., Alabama.

Fine. But the point is this: this season, does anyone really know who the best two teams are, which is reason No. 10,000 why there needs to be a playoff in college football.

We will now step off our soap box and watch the rest of the regular season, which each week produces highlight after highlight. Why not continue that into a post season?