You know how at Super Bowl parties you often have to endure the painful commentary of non-football fans who feel the need to pontificate about various aspects of the game? Well, at least those fans aren’t usually U.S. senators, and they aren’t usually intent on making their peculiar views the basis of a Justice Department investigation. But sometimes they are. Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah recently wrote to President Obama, asking him to have the Justice Department investigate the allegedly sinister workings of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). Hatch wrote, “I have long believed that our antitrust laws play an essential role in ensuring our nation’s long-term prosperity.” Highlighting a key part of maintaining that prosperity, he continued, “I believe there is a strong case that the BCS violates the Sherman Act.”