<p>Seriously, or unseriously, it is football after all! Has the admission competitiveness of the UCs affected the football programs? Numerically, they should field several BCS teams, but all I can think of are Cal and UCLA. SJ State and SD State have had some success, but on a lower level.</p>
<p>In our state, the general population supports the BCS teams, and the most rabid fans are those who never set foot on campus, and could never attend a game - so if a few spots are held for players, or the overall stats of the university are extremely low so that the players can be admitted, the general pop doesn't care. If I lived in CA, and my kid got bumped for a football player, I might be a little miffed.</p>