97,731 People Can't Be Wrong
According to a BCS poll on ESPN.com, 52.5% of people who voted said Notre Dame was the worst team playing in a BCS game this year. Less than half as many people picked Wake, and a third as many picked Boise State. The handful remaining picked Oklahoma. Also of note, 89.5% of the 186,154 respondents said college football needed a playoff system. Seriously, if more people think that a national championship should be decided on the field than can fit into the largest college stadium in the country (which, incidentally, belongs to Michigan), that ought to tell you something.
posted by Rev. Adam at
5:48 PM
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Despite all of our bitching about the BCS, what kind of bowl matchups would we have back in the old system? Pretty good examination of it: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=jones/061205&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab6pos1
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Anonymous, at 12/06/2006 9:38 AM
I saw that yesterday. I like the +1 idea the best now. It's short and simple. It would take care of situations like undefeated Auburn a few years ago or Michigan this year. I sympathize with teams that get shut out of the #2 slot like that.
On the other hand, teams that get shut out of the #4 slot can be told to go to hell. A Louisville, LSU, USC, or Wisconsin certainly could win it all, but they don't have a "claim" to the national championship given their performance all year, strength of schedule, etc. It would preserve the "playoff atmosphere" of regular season college football, but avoid a system like college basketball where even a George Mason could win it all. Certainly exciting in its own way, but not for college football.
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Anonymous, at 12/06/2006 5:16 PM
You could even retool the rankings and voting a bit to trigger the +1 game if the #3 team's composite score is within a certain range of the top team's score. Kind of hokey, but then you don't have to let a couple of 10-2 teams compete for the championship if #1 and #2 are the obvious choices for the NCG.
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Anonymous, at 12/06/2006 5:23 PM
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