BCS chief: We’ll try and have a national champ in place by April at the latest

NEW YORK, NY — In a hastily-called press conference, BCS officials made clear today that the public should prepare to wait awhile to know who is the 2008 National Champion.

“There is a very, very good chance that we will not know who is the national champion for some time,” said John Swofford, the BCS Coordinator. “Basically, if Alabama doesn’t run the table, then all hell will break loose.”

The BCS has been under fire since its inception, and this year has faced increased attention after president-elect Barack Obama declared that all serious college football fans advocate a playoff. Several teams have only one loss this year, and there’s a good chance that a handful of teams will end the season with similar records against similar competition.

“I think people are misunderstanding the role of the BCS,” Swofford said. “Is the role of the BCS to choose a national champion? No. Is the purpose of the BCS to create a sitaution in which the best two teams in the country are playing each other in the last game? No. Is the obligation of the BCS to provide and enjoyable and controversy-free bowl season? Again, no. So I don’t really see what the big deal is.”

When informed by SSNN that indeed the role of the BCS is to do all three of those items, Swofford appeared taken-aback, and then responded, “Wait, shit, really? Then we’ve got a problem.”

“I mean, there’s probably five teams that have a legitimate claim to be in that championship game,” Swofford said. “Look at Texas; didn’t they beat Oklahoma straight up this year? And now Oklahoma may get in ahead of them? Isn’t there some team somewhere in the western part of the country that’s even undefeated? Holy hell, can you imagine what will happen if Florida wins this weekend against Alabama? I don’t even want to think about that.”

Swofford said that the BCS is committed to getting the public a national champion, no matter what.

“We have 30 reviewers in place to watch and rewatch the game to see who really won,” Swofford said. “Can I guarantee we will have a champion on January 4th? Absolutely not. But, by the time the champion is certified on May 10th, we will have a champion…even if we have to have the Supreme Court pick one.”

Swofford said he’s also considering two other plans to determine the national champion, including letting Barack Obama just decide, and having Nick Saban and Bob Stoops thumb-wrestle.

“I bet Stoops would actually probably like that,” Swofford said. “I bet he’d like that a lot.”

It’s going to be tough for this sport to sweep any nations, but it’s still pretty frickin’ cool!