Introducing the BFR: Broadcast Football Rankings

Even though I have the biggest satellite dish allowed by the FCC, it has come to my attention that the only sports left on broadcast television are football and golf. It is my personal opinion that college football is the finest sport out there, but it has been severely compromised by the introduction of the Bowl Championship era, as well as sports betting. Therefore, we here as the Moss Problem have introduced a new ranking system called the Broadcast Football Rankings. (BFR.) This is an anonymous and secret board of sportswriters who will come out with a new ranking after each week of college football, which will then be posted here by Moss Problem reporter, H. Houndstooth, along with a rundown of the recent action.

The BFR ranking will not take into account or be influenced by Las Vegas odds, sports bookies, or organized crime, which we feel has absolutely no business being part of amateur athletics. Furthermore, we will crown a National Champion in the first week of December, following the major conference championship games. We will then consider the college football “bowls” exhibition games, having no bearing on the championship, as they have been corrupted with the big money and gambling influence of cable television and organized crime. It is our sincerest hope that this change, and this new ranking system, will bring the college football fan back to the long past excitement and accessibility of this great sport.

—Anthony Franciosa, Editor, The Moss Problem, September 2017