You think the BCS is over now? Wrong!
So Alabama beat Texas last night. They’re national champions. Or is Boise the national champion? Well, Boise didn’t play anyone all year, so there’s no way they’re as good as Alabama. But you know, they may be as good as Alabama. I guess we’ll just never know for sure. What’s that? Why don’t we just let Alabama and Boise play to figure out who’s better? Exactly. That, ladies and gentlemen, is your college football BCS. It sucks and we don’t need it. But I know of a different BCS. One that dispenses with the politics and posturing and, quite frankly, is pretty damn great. It’s The Thirsty Beagle’s Beer Championship Series. The Beer Championship Series rocks, because we let the beers settle it on the field, if you will.
Back in November, we completed the second annual Beer Championship Series. A lot of fun was had and a ton of people voted. One common theme I heard from several beer fans, however, went something like 
this: “Why don’t you have such-and-such beer in the bracket?” Or, “So-and-so beer is OK, but I would have put Beer X in the contest.”
The truth is, there are a ton of beers out there, and coming up with a 64-beer bracket that’s one-quarter filled with Oklahoma beers means some will be left out. But what if, just like in college basketball, everyone had a chance to make the bracket. What if beers had a chance to earn their way into the bracket by winning their own beer conference? What if every beer had a chance for its one shining moment? Beer fans everywhere: I give you the 2010 Beer Championship Series!
I’m going to unveil a series of beer conferences — the Germany Conference, the Canada Conference, the Organic Conference, a pair of Oklahoma conferences, to name a few – and the conference winners, as voted by beer fans, will earn a spot in the 64-beer bracket. Once all the conferences are settled, a panel of judges — the Beer Selection Committee — will fill in at-large beers. Then head-to-head voting similar to last year’s BCS bracket will commence.
So stay tuned, bookmark it, whatever, just remember to check back soon for competition to begin!
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