College Football and Korea

I have successfully been able to teach a few Koreans I know the rules of American football. Though they found the game strange at first they soon actually enjoyed watching football with me and I have in fact successfully converted three people to be Denver Broncos fans. However, watching college football today has really taught me the limits of my ability to teach American football.

Try to explain the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) formula to a Korean. Many Americans much less Koreans can’t figure this thing out. After a long explanation my Korean friend was still confused about the whole thing and wondered why we don’t just have a playoff system? I ended the conversation there because trying to explain the politics and rationale for not having a playoff system would be more difficult then explaining the system itself.