Two sides of BCS coin: Obama and Big Ten commish

"It's very hard to be disagreeable with a popular president, that's my first thought," Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany said. "The reality is that he has a pulpit and people listen. I think his strength is probably basketball brackets."

That was Delany giving his opinion this week about President Barack Obama's repeated stance that major-college football should have a playoff system.

In this USAtoday.com story, Delany makes it clear neither he nor the other power-brokers who control the BCS are going to do any bending.

"He probably has an interest as a fan," Delany said. "He's a scholar and a lawyer and a great politician, but I don't think he really understands the complexity of the issue."

Of course not. It's way too complicated compared to the little details Obama deals with on a daily basis in the Oval Office. Way to condescend, Commish.

"The people I work for are the presidents, the coaches, the faculty and the athletic directors," Delany said. "It's not unanimous, but there's a super majority in each of one of those groups that support what we're doing."

Those would be the presidents, the coaches, the faculty and the athletic directors of BCS conference schools and Notre Dame ... and no one else

I didn't think Obama should spend more than 15 seconds a year concerning himself with this. But the fact he's keeping a little heat on the powerful and pompous BCS string-pullers is making me change my mind.