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U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch is a longtime critic of the BCS, in large part because his state has two college football programs, BYU and Utah, that have been snubbed by the system. But Hatch doesn't just stand up for college football teams from his own state.
This season it was Boise State that went undefeated and yet had no shot at playing for the national championship, and so Hatch is suggesting that even if the powers that be didn't recognize Boise State, President Obama should.
Hatch has written a letter to Obama in which he urges the president to invite Boise State -- in addition to national champion Alabama -- to a White House ceremony honoring the year's best in college football.
"Inviting both Alabama and Boise State to the White House this year will not erase the unfairness of the past," Hatch wrote in the letter, which he has posted on his Web site. But inviting Boise State would, in Hatch's words, "send a clear message that champions should be chosen on the field and not in prearranged agreements."
Hatch also reminded Obama that he's on the record favoring a college football playoff, and that he promised to "throw my weight around a little bit" in an effort to change the way college football crowns its national champion.
I like Hatch's thinking on this subject. I'm sure some folks in Alabama would be disappointed if their team isn't the only one honored at the White House, but tough: Boise State had a season worthy of recognition, and I hope Obama listens to Hatch's wise suggestion.
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