3 * please note, despite the professional-looking dateline, this article is a column. WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP)--The federal government, while the angst of many Americans for various and sundry reasons, may finally be able to get something productive accomplished. Next week, on Capitol Hill, heroes of the common man, such as Utah senator Orrin Hatch and Texas senator Joe Barton will preside over hearings concerning whether the BCS is an illegal cartel that violates anti-trust laws of the United States. This is the second hearing on the matter with the first taking place this past May. In the first hearing, Alamo Bowl executive director, Derrick Fox, looked like a complete horse's posterior (this is a family site and I'm LDS, so I chose lesser terms to articulate my point) when he said the BCS could not be discontinued because "bowls donate half of their earnings to charity." If you thought something was fishy about this, be assured you weren't the only one. In fact, surely enough, two illustrious reporters from yahoo.com, Dan Wetzel and Josh Peter, who are modern-day Martin Luthers in my opinion, published an article which confirmed Fox was full of more trash than Oscar the Grouch's can on Sesame Street. In other words, only about 1/20th of funds from these bowls go toward charities. I'm no mathematician, but I know that's a bold faced lie. If Fox were Peter Cottontail, his left ear would droop to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Furthermore, because Fox had a brain cramp at the worst possible time, on Capitol Hill, he is guilty of perjury because in Barton's words perjury occurs if a lie is confirmed in testimony. My uncle, the distinguished Hayven W. Dunn, currently of Annabella, said no one ever gets away with perjury. Perhaps alleged Mormon E. Gordon Gee (a nerdy guy that looks like Orville Redenbacher before he hit puberty ERRR excuse me the president of THE Ohio State University) who has long loved the BCS more than his God (ye shall know them by their fruits, Christ said) should look at the tragedy of Roger Clemens. Clemens once ruled Major League Baseball with an iron fist and even had more adulation than Brett Favre (well, perhaps that's a stretch, just a tiny one...). That is until he was found guilty of perjury on Capitol Hill. Before the weather got good enough to enjoy, I scoured message boards on the BCS and many arrogant fools believe the BCS is untouchable. If I may remind these people who seek to suppress freedom from all college football teams who prove themselves worthy of some vital facts, here's one to munch on. The proud citizens of Rome thought they would never fall. Of course, thanks to wise historians such as Flavius Josephus, we know Nero fiddled while Rome burned. For those of us Latter-Day Saints (or Moslems, Jews) who study the scriptures there is a pattern that greed or pride always come before the fall. I, myself, liken the BCS power brokers to the Gadianton robbers who were successful with their deceit and corruptible combinations until their greed overruled their common sense. Obviously, this has happened here. This is perfect timing as two of the strongest nations in the world, Canada and the United States, celebrate their national holidays within the course of the next few days. Now, in addition to the freedoms we already enjoy, I am confident that we will also be liberated from the most oppressive of prisons, Division I football as it is currently constituted. 2009-06-30T21:56:37Z Senate To Hold Hearings on BCS 4567 2009-06-30T17:36:00Z false 2009-06-30T17:36:00Z sports 2009-06-30T21:56:37Z