SEC = WAC. Huh?

Gene Wojciechowski has some gripes about the BCS in his most recent column.

The BCS works so well that the only undefeated team in the country, Hawaii, could finish the regular season 12-0 and still get squeezed out of a BCS bowl game.

Saying they're undefeated and saying they could win one more game to be 12-0 is redundant.

For fun, Hawaii's 2007 schedule is as follows:

vs. Northern Colorado (1-11)
at Louisiana Tech (5-6)
at UNLV (2-10)
vs. Charleston Southern (5-6)
at Idaho (1-11)
vs. Utah State (2-10)
at San Jose St (5-7)
vs. New Mexico St (4-8)
vs. Fresno St (7-4)
at Nevada (5-6)
vs Boise St (10-2)

They've won all eleven games this year against opponents who have a combined record of 47 -81 or .364 winning percentage (or .398 if you exclude losses to Hawaii). They played only ONE team that was ranked, Boise State, who by the way, have yet to beat a ranked team. What's more, outside of Boise State, Hawaii played ONE team with a winning record, Fresno State.

Hawaii hasn't been tested. If they had beaten someone who was A) Good and B) Not in the WAC, then maybe we should take them more seriously. But they haven't. Their out of conference schedule is as follows: Northern Colorado, UNLV, and Charleston Southern. North Colorado is last in the Big Sky Conference, UNLV is last in the MWC, and Charleston Southern is second to last in the Big South Conference. Their combined record is 8-24 (.250) excluding losses to Hawaii. See my point?

We can't consider Hawaii a serious BCS bowl candidate if they continue to play a cake schedule.

Here's when Wojciechowski starts comparing Apples to Oranginas.

Meanwhile, two-loss Georgia, which didn't even win its conference division or qualify for its league championship game, could conceivably play in a national title game. Huh?

Huh.

In order to play in the SEC championship game, which is arguably the best league in the country mind you, Georgia needed to win its division. Once again, you're being redundant.

Georgia plays in the SEC, a conference that boasts five BCS ranked teams with Arkansas and Kentucky barely on the outside looking in. The SEC is arguably the best conference in the nation-- worlds better than the WAC. Moreover, their only losses are to two good SEC teams: Tennessee (who went on to win the SEC division) and South Carolina (a team that was ranked as high as #6 this season).

Georgia IS one of the best teams in the country who have survived a really really tough conference. Hawaii hasn't proven they deserve to be in the BCS bowl game simply because they haven't beaten anyone near the quality of Georgia's opponents this year. It's not even close.

Granted, the BCS is may have its flaws. However, it is inadequate to argue that Hawaii deserves a BCS bowl game more than Georgia deserves to play in the BCS Championship in the unlikely event that Mizzou and West Virginia lose.

Don't forget, Hawaii could lose to Washington next week. The Huskies would be Hawaii's only opponent in the PAC-10, SEC, Big 12, Big Ten, or ACC.

Welcome to the big-leagues, Hawaii.