How? Why!?

What does a guy have to do to get noticed in the NCAA? Is it rushing for 2448 yards and 29 TDs through 13 games while carrying your team to their first ever conference championship? Apparently not. Is it being the second all-time single-season rusher, behind only Barry Sanders, with a chance to eclipse that mark in your final game of the season? Nope. Is it rushing for more yards than Marcus Allen (Heisman winner), Ladainian Tomlinson (Doak Walker Award winner), and any other running back in the history of the state of Florida. Damn it, no! None of those things seem to matter because UCF running back, Kevin Smith, has been shafted. Hard.

He leads the entire NCAA in yards, TDs, and yards per game. He tops a list that includes Mike Hart, Darren McFadden and Ray Rice - all three of which are Walker Award finalists. How the hell does the dude with MORE yards and MORE touchdowns get slighted? In 2000, LT ran for TCU, yet got the Walker Award. In fact, during that season, LT only rushed for slightly over 2000 yards. What is going on? TCU's schedule back then was just as cake-esque as UCF's. And, Kevin Smith got his team their first conference championship ever. EVER.

I'm hot on this point. It doesn't make sense to me. It is bad enough that the BCS screwed the pooch big time this year and we have an 11-2 team in the national championship game. It's bad enough that Ohio State, who has a strength of schedule ranking in the second half of the NCAA is playing for the national title. It's bad enough that a Missouri team who was number one just a week ago, is suspiciously absent in the BCS bowls, replaced by a team they beat (Kansas)! Ridicularo, I say! Ridiculee. I can't even get the correct words out of my fingertips.

The BCS and college football as a whole are too damn frustrating. I don't even know if a playoff would save my brain. Hell, at least teams like UCF and Hawai'i would have chances at the title. That'd be nice, considering they won their conference titles. Unlike a Georgia team, playing in a BCS bowl when they aren't even the bon-a-fide third best team in the SEC.

I love football, ladies and gentlemen (well, probably only one lady or gentleman, but still), but I am losing it when it comes to college football. I'll still watch, I suppose, but if a guy who broke records (Tim Tebow) and another who is making rushing history (24K Smith) can't get their respective awards, I may have to write a letter. That's right! A letter.

Shit...