The BCS shouldn't overshadow a team's achievements.

So, here we are again, as the weeks of the college season winds down we find ourselves looking at pretty much everything being set. The Top 3 teams have been the same for weeks, and there is always the BCS buster, except this year there are 2. TCU and Boise State. Both are exceptional teams that are overshadowed by one thing, the BCS system. The way the BCS runs things is overshadowing the great play of these two teams and making the system the story, not the teams themselves.

There has been plenty of coverage about these teams, their records, and their schedule, and almost all of it is about how they will never get a shot at a BCS Title. Maybe that is the story, maybe it isn't, but it shouldn't overshadow how great their seasons have been. Remember, this is the same TCU that has never been in a BCS Bowl game and is often overshadowed by teams in their own state in Texas and Texas Tech. Remember last year when both Texas and Texas Tech were having those great seasons? Well, TCU was having a pretty good season itself at 11-2, but were never once talked about until the end of the season, after Texas hadn't gotten into the National Championship and Texas Tech had lost their bowl game. This is a great story about a team that is overshadowed all the time, in their own state, in their own conference with Utah last year going undefeated.

The fact is, no matter what this team does, it is overshadowed by something, and this year it is the BCS System. I've seen several stories about both TCU and Boise, but the stories aren't the teams themselves, they are how these teams aren't getting a shot at the title, or how the BCS is destroying their chances. Look, I don't like the way the BCS handles the end of the season, but the story shouldn't all be about the BCS, it should be about the achievements both of these teams already have. 11-0 is impressive, and let the kids of those teams be excited about that. Don't tell them how they are getting screwed out of a title, because they aren't worried about that, and they shouldn't be. Let them live in the moment, they will have their time in the spotlight. Whether it end in a National Championship game or not, an undefeated season is still special, and the achievements of these players should be the story.