Congratulations to the Utes of Utah. They may not have won the BCS National Championship but I believe they’ve won something equally important, the LJP National Championship. Note, my initials are LJP.

I am one of the firm believers that until there is a playoff system, it will be more times than less where there is dispute on who is the national champion. And it lowers the value and meaning of the trophy to the right. The BCS system is arbitrary. In fact, we’d be better off using the electoral college to vote on the national champion and let the people decide. What is even more shocking: this is not an innovative idea either. Do a quick Google search on the topic, there is plenty of reading.

But in the meantime I’ve decided to hand out my own national title. And I’m handing it to the Utah Utes, the only undefeated team in the nation and the team that handed Alabama (who was #1 in the country for at least a month) a pretty convincing defeat. For those interested in statistics, the Utes received one first place vote to win the LJP National Championship title unanimously. Oklahoma received one second place vote and Texas received one third place vote.

Back to the national championship. The solution, in my mind, is quite simple: develop a 16-team playoff system and use the actual bowls to fill out the brackets. The bowls and their respective cities get their games (and profits) the nation gets one team at the end of the process that can say “we are champions”.

Quick prediction: Oklahoma defeats Florida.