In fact, most have come to realize it's terribly flawed and more often than not, one or more teams are going to get the BCS shaft. Along with Utah, this year you could add the Fiesta Bowl and Rose Bowl winners, 12-1 Texas and 12-1 USC (for a second time), to the growing list.

One thing we do know about the Sooners and Gators is that they're beatable. They've proven that. Oklahoma lost 45-35 to Texas on a neutral field, and Florida lost to Mississippi, 31-30, at home.

And one of them is going to end up with two more losses than Utah and, in all probability, with a lower ranking in the polls.

Ironically, the very argument used to defend the BCS system can also be used to declare the Utes national champions: If the regular season is the playoff and you take care of business week in and week out, and if your body of work justifies it, in the end, you will be the undisputed champions of college football.

In that vein, for what it's worth, The Unbalanced Line declares Utah the 2008-09 national champion.

Hopefully, the Associated Press poll will give Utah its just dessert as well. Shame on any of the sportswriters in the AP poll — which no longer is tied to the BCS — that don't cast their No. 1 votes for the Utes.

There's absolutely no harm, no foul in a split championship, especially this season. At the very least, Utah deserves a share of the championship.

As for the BCS title game, The Unbalanced Line picked the Oklahoma-Florida matchup at the start of the season. But unlike last season, when it reneged on its preseason pick of LSU and went with Ohio State to win it all, The Line has no intention of making a similar mistake this time around. The call: Oklahoma 34, Florida 31.

Some college football bigwigs — university presidents and conference commissioners — are bound to continue peddling their poisonous propaganda. But it's killed enough spirits to wise up most people.

Fortunately, there won't be any bailout for the BCS. Its collapse is imminent; it's just not happening quick enough.