We Need More Of These Boise St. - Va. Tech Type Games

We've all been in the situation where we get together with a group of friends we haven't seen in a while. Maybe you were a bit apprehensive at first, but after hanging out for a while, you start to remember old times and really enjoy each other's company.
There's the one friend, who on average has consumed two more drinks than everyone, and on average has ten less friends.  Then towards the end of the night, he breaks the silence by saying, "Guys, this is so much fun. Why don't we do this more often?"
This is the type of feeling I had while watching Boise State defeat Virginia Tech 33-30 on Monday night. Except I was by myself, and the party was hosted by the NCAA. No, I was not paid to attend.
I got to thinking, and realized that there's no reason why two top 10 nationally ranked teams shouldn't face off on Labor Day every year. This almost makes too much sense.
First, let's take a look at the last five Labor Day night games:
2005: (14) Florida State vs. (9) Miami (FL)
2006: (11) Florida State vs. (12) Miami (FL)
2007: Clemson vs. (19) Florida State
2008: UCLA vs. (18) Tennessee
2009: Miami (FL) vs. (18) Florida State
Here's the first two things I notice about this list: Too much Florida, and the lack of a match up that pits two national championship contenders against each other.
Florida State and Miami are great. Both programs are on the rise and close to recreating the dominance they once exhibited in the late 90s into the early 2000s. However, there's no reason they should have been playing on this big of a stage for the last five years.
Sure, it's a rivalry game. A rivalry game that no one outside the state of Florida cares about. Their rivalry doesn't transcend sports, and therefore, shouldn't be the slotted in week one's marquee spot.
What made the Boise State - Virginia Tech game great is the fact that both teams were in the preseason national championship discussion. A loss in the first week would likely eliminate either of them from that discussion immediately. Couple that with the added bonus of Boise State being the highest ranked non-BCS school ever and we had ourselves a potential classic.
This game and games like it are good for college football. It would make sense for the BCS to get involved and schedule a top 10 match up the first week of every season. I realize there's more that goes into it than that.
Schools make their own schedules, typically scheduling easier games to start the year in order to pad their record before conference play. And for Big 12 and SEC teams who face a grueling conference game every week, it's hard to fault them for doing this.

There's also the issue of the small schools who depend on a pay day from the bigger schools. They don't travel to national powerhouse's stadiums and get thrown around the field for 60 minutes for nothing. The revenue they make from playing that game is important towards their school's athletic program that doesn't make much money. It would also be unfair to strip them of a chance at that pay day.
There's also the problem of schedule's being set a few years in advance. As well as the issue of not knowing which teams will be in the preseason top 10.
But think of the benefits college football would reap. A top ten match up every Labor Day would generate major interest for the upcoming season. Many football fans think of the first week of college football as an appetizer for the start of the NFL season.
Watching the powerhouses in the first week of the season run over players half their size, updating their Twitter accounts as they catch touchdown passes isn't going to keep the casual fans coming back for more.
Here's a few solutions towards fixing the aforementioned problems of small school scheduling and predetermined games:
1) Let each national power continue to schedule their games in advance. However, there's a possibility that they will have to reschedule their first week game.
2) After the preseason top 25 polls are released, randomly select two teams from the top 10 and have them face off at a neutral stadium on Labor Day.
3) Both teams that were selected the previous year will not be eligible for the Labor Day game the next year. And the team they originally had on their schedule for last year will be played a year later. 
I know, this will never happen. But it would create an enormous amount of suspense and be great for the fans. Fans would be clamoring for their teams to be selected preseason top 10 in order to gain eligibility to the Labor Day game.
Let me put it this way. Monday's Boise State - Virginia Tech game felt like a Bowl Game. New shiny uniforms, neutral stadium, 80 thousand people screaming their asses off. You know what it also felt like? A typical NFL prime time game.
College football has a long way to go before it catches the NFL. A shake up to the first week of the season could provide a platform for growth.
Now that's a party I'd attend every year.