Last week, the BCS shocked the world by rejecting the Mountain West's plan for an eight-team playoff to decide the national champion. You know, the simple, logical solution to the complaints of the entire nation.

Well, Air Force coach Troy Calhoun wasn't too happy about it::

"We basically have a system for college football that too closely resembles the old Soviet Presidium," Calhoun said, referring to the policymaking and governing body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. "You have a seven-member politburo that's decided if you aren't one of those party members, then you're unable to participate."

For those that don't know what he's talking about.

... OK, now that we have a Wikipedia history lesson, Calhoun continues:

"You think back to the old Soviet Presidium, and what happened was you told every person, 'Hey, you aren't going to be able to grow a whole lot. We're going to tell you all you can earn.' That was the approach. ... There's a very, very strong resemblance that unfortunately is a part of college football."

And Calhoun isn't the only one tired of the BCS leaders telling him how much corn and wheat he can grow.

Sen. Orrin Hatch from nearby Utah is continuing his efforts to change the system.

But as important as I may think football is at times, Oregon president David Frohnmayer has the right idea when he says:

"Tinkering legislatively with a football playoff system as a national priority is a huge waste of my taxpayer dollars," said University of Oregon president David Frohnmayer, the chairman of the BCS Presidential Oversight Committee. "I think taxpayers would look at it in real anger. To tinker around because you don't like the outcome of a football season is a classic misuse of priorities."

Everyone may hate the BCS, but we don't need to waste time having congressional hearings on the matter. Sports hearings have sure worked well in the past.

Then again, if the Senate wants to investigate Frohnmayer's football team's uniforms, well, I think we can make an exception.

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Quick hits:
-A new rule at Arizona is forcing athletes to make their Facebook pages private.

Punishment for failing to "reflect the high standards of honor and dignity" of a UA athlete "could result in punishment, up to and including reduction or non-renewal of your athletic scholarship," according to the new rule.

-Reason No. 578 not to text while driving: you might crash into an apartment building in Austin, Texas.

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Link/video of the day:
Boise State infiltrating the Presidium:

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-Matt Brown