The more unbeatens, the merrier for the BCS

Memo to the enemies of the Bowl Championship Series state, saboteurs, seekers of subterfuge, plotters, pamphleteers, "Hatch's Hecklers," lobbyists, fomenters, "Barack's Bracket Brigade," and mercenaries for the MAC:

Be careful what you wish for.

The usual rules of anti-BCS engagement -- hoping a worst-case scenario leads to an overthrow that leads to a college football playoff -- may not apply.

What you think might be best for your cause -- six undefeated teams at the end of the year -- may be manna for the "bad" guys.

Those inglorious BCS . . . well, just fill in the last word from that movie title.

How does chaos play into their hands?

Let's say six teams finish undefeated and the final BCS standings order is Florida, Texas, Iowa, Cincinnati, Texas Christian and Boise State.

The BCS championship game is Florida-Texas, the teams ranked first and second heading into the season.

Anyone have a problem with that?

"No one is going to challenge that Texas and Florida don't belong in the game," said Karl Benson, commissioner of the Western Athletic Conference who has fought the BCS establishment for more than a decade.

Iowa is the 12-0 champion of the Big Ten but has to play in the Rose Bowl against the Pac-10 champion, let's say Oregon.

Not only is that a terrific game before the BCS title match in the Rose Bowl, the Big Ten can't say a word about getting cheated out of a title chance because Jim Delany has been the Big Ten poster commissioner against any kind of playoff.

"That controversy is out of there," Benson agreed. "And even if Iowa complained, their own coach said if the computers saw us play they wouldn't vote us No. 1."

Cincinnati might have a gripe, but it joined the club when it left Conference USA and entered the Big East, a BCS conference.

Besides, how about an Orange Bowl in which undefeated Cincinnati plays one-loss Georgia Tech? Think anyone will watch that?

What about the two undefeated "non-BCS" schools, Boise State and Texas Christian?

They both get BCS bids.

TCU earns the automatic spot by finishing in the top 12 and Boise State gets an at-large because it deserves it. This is an easy decision, especially if the Big 12 and Notre Dame don't qualify for an at-large selection.

You could put Texas Christian in the Fiesta Bowl to play 11-1 Penn State and send Boise State to the Sugar Bowl to play Alabama.