I am writing this in response to my good friend and fellow Iowan David Strittmatter's Dec. 6 column, "March Madness in January." David, since in your article you claim I am, as a playoff supporter, a, "blithering idiot. imprudent imbecile. feeble-minded swine. fool. babbling nincompoop.etc," I am declaring you fair game in my response.

I think everyone knows who the main supporters of the Bowl Championship Series are: institutions that are getting rich off the system, schools picked to participate when they don't belong (Nebraska 2001, Oklahoma 2003, LSU 2007?) and for some reason David Strittmatter, who doesn't actually say why he supports the system.

Now to list a few teams with legitimate beef against the BCS: USC (2003), Auburn (2004), Boise State (2006), Virginia Tech (2007), Oklahoma (2007), Georgia (2007), Missouri (2007), USC (2007) and Hawaii (2007).

The BCS was created under the pretense of pitting the top two teams against each other to battle for the national title, when in reality it systematically picks the top five matchups that will create the most revenue for the system.

The BCS achieves its real goal with unmatched perfection. Each team from a BCS conference will receive $1.5 million this year—$2 million if two teams from the conference are playing in the series. Notre Dame, David's love child, will get a check for $1.3 million this year simply for not using its stature to call for a playoff.

Note: Notre Dame isn't even playing in a BCS game. Each team from the mid-majors will receive a check for $200,000, I have no idea why. Hawaii and Boise State must really appreciate their checks. The BCS even pays off I-AA to the amount of $2 million, I assume for no reason other than to not have them point out that they run the playoff system to perfection.

It's easy to see why so few institutions are not fighting for a playoff system. They are making too much money now. David, in America this is almost justified, but where is your commission?

So why not the BCS? Because there is something inherently wrong with subjectively eliminating all but two championship contenders.

"But the BCS is an objective computer system," you say. Not true. The BCS rankings average the Harris, Coaches and computer rankings to come up with its own list.

People claim with a playoff system teams would still complain about not getting in the field. This is a bunch of Mullarkey. The first team out in a 16-team field, which would be 10-2 BYU this year, doesn't have nearly as legitimate of an argument as Auburn did in 2004 when it went undefeated in the SEC and weren't considered contenders.

Let the teams determine their own destiny. If almost every other sport in the world has figured this out, surely major college football should too.

David, I know you love golf. You've taken it to me a few times on the course. Even your beloved golf has instituted a playoff. If it's good for golf, it's got to be good for football.