Once upon a time, New Year's Day was filled with the biggest bowl games and essentially signaled the end of the college football season. In 1998, after years of debate about the need to decide a consensus national champion on the field, the Bowl Championship Series was instituted and the college football season ended with a matchup between two teams chosen by a complex formula as the best teams in the nation. The system has drawn more controversy than consensus, however, and has left football fans and pundits hollering for a playoff system.
Tonight, Ohio State and LSU will meet in New Orleans at 7:30 on KTTV Channel 11 to determine which is the best team in the nation. To get prepared for the game, check out www.bcsfootball.org/bcsfootball for background on this year's match-up and for the history of BCS.
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