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I swore that I wasn’t going to go there but since I have bought my ticket, I might as well. This is my final comment on the subject. LSU is the National Champion. LSU is not the co-Champion but THE Champion. Period. Why? Well, let me tell you. USC did not win or even play in the Championship game. Stop trying to claim something that is not yours.

In 1998, six conferences, including the PAC 10, and Notre Dame along with Sugar, Orange, Rose and Fiesta Bowls formed the BCS. It was agreed upon by all involved that the team that won the designated bowl game would be the National Champion. The 2003 Season National Championship game was played in the Sugar Bowl. LSU and Oklahoma played in the Sugar Bowl. LSU won the Sugar Bowl; therefore, LSU is the National Champion.

Is the BCS perfect system? No but it is the system in place now and these are the results. People like Keith Jackson and Terry Bowden who kept repeating incessantly during the Rose Bowl that “this is the REAL Championship game” need to get a clue and map. They talked about “computer error” well let’s talk about media bias. How can they or any journalist print or talk about USC being the national champion before the last bowl game had been played? Yet, it was done. Several AP writers proclaimed that they had already cast their vote for USC long before the Sugar Bowl game clock even started. That’s certainly fairer then a computer program, right?

As they and several others have prattled on about things just not being right, I am reminded of the 2000 election. Zealous Democrats bemoaned that GW isn’t the real president and that he stole the election. I am a Democrat and I voted for Al Gore but I know that the presidency is not won by popular vote and neither is the national championship. GW is in the White House and LSU has the crystal football.