worked this year, you have to admit it.All 4 games were exciting to watch and entertaining. Oregon didn't get in, and they lost to Oklahoma anyway. I know people will still say there should be a playoff, but for what we currently have, it didn't do half bad.
1/5/2006 7:01:32 PM
the bcs people got lucky....this was the first year in a while where an undefeated team wasn't left out of the N.C. no?
1/5/2006 8:06:52 PM
define "a while"...there was one undefeated team left out last year...there were no undefeated teams the year before...those are actually the reasons the BCS exists, this year had nothing to do with the BCS... the BCS exists to make the hard decision between 3 seemingly equal teams...
1/5/2006 8:08:09 PM
Correct me if Im wrong, but USC and Texas were the only undefeateds in the country unlike last year I believe there were 5. USC, Oklahoma, Auburn, Utah, and Boise State were all undefeated going into the bowls.
1/5/2006 8:08:36 PM
oh, nm.but wasn't there a dispute two years ago? like a "shared" national title? when was that?
1/5/2006 8:09:05 PM
was Boise undefeated?either way, only Auburn was left out, Utah and Boise wouldn't have a reasonable chance at a national title game^ all three teams had 1 loss... same situation, but not undefeated... either way, the "shared national title" stuff is bullshit, the only people that give the AP the right to declare their own champion are the people at the AP... they have as much right to declare a NCAA champion as i do, which means zero right...[Edited on January 5, 2006 at 8:11 PM. Reason : .]
1/5/2006 8:09:44 PM
Im fairly sure Boise was undefeated but lost to Louisville in the bowl like 44-38 or something. It was one of the best games.
1/5/2006 8:15:10 PM
1/5/2006 10:05:21 PM
What would you have done differently?I mean the main gripes are:This year heading in:ND over Oregon -- Oregon lost and ND played tOSU wellBig East retaining their bid -- WVU smacked around UGa, the SEC champion, and then held onOverall:Split Champions -- the 2 best teams (far and away) played and it was CLEAR they were the bestso.... what was the problem???
1/5/2006 10:08:21 PM
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1/5/2006 10:58:08 PM
well both teams played in conferences with notoriously bad defenses...I actually think the big 12 D looked worse than the Pac10's from the games I watched, but I dont know if the stats will back that up. It would be nice to see some teams from the tougher, more deep conferences get a chance to win it all though, and the only way to do that is a playoff. The way it is right now, a team from the ACC, Big 10+1, or SEC is not going to win the NC any time soon...unless nobody goes undefeated, and then someone from another conference will feel like they got screwed. Any way they do it is going to be unfair to someone, but the playoff is the best idea...even if the BCS worked THIS year.
1/5/2006 11:10:20 PM
Have you looked at SOS? Its not like Texas and USC had cakewalks. THe SEC was amazingly weak this year, its just their perceived superiority that keep them from being called out like the Pac10 and Big East. Its not like the rest of the BCS teams just abrely lost to premiere competition. They lost to teams they should have beaten. Every other team in the BCS has 2 or 3 losses, a far cry from undefeated.
1/5/2006 11:54:46 PM
a broken clock is right twice a day, even if it is flashing 12:00
1/6/2006 12:01:56 AM
1/6/2006 12:04:22 AM
^^bingo[Edited on January 6, 2006 at 12:05 AM. Reason : ]
1/6/2006 12:04:36 AM
^^^ actually if i lose electricity my alarm clock goes to 12 and begins flashing but counts time from there so like 2 hours after it regained power it would say 2:00 while flashing so it would never be right.[Edited on January 6, 2006 at 12:06 AM. Reason : -]
1/6/2006 12:06:23 AM
i need a link
1/6/2006 12:08:33 AM
The reason the BCS worked this year is because it's the only scenario that has no controversy happened this year: two A-class teams went undefeated and there were no more. It's when the season ends in different ways that the BCS is exposed. What are they in terms of having a universally recognized #1 and #2 in the title game, 2 years out of 9?
1/6/2006 7:20:09 AM
1/6/2006 8:32:05 AM
if that's the goal, then it's accomplished that goal and created a single national title, nobody can complain anymore...and don't tell me about the split national title 2 years ago, nobody sohuld still recognize the AP's title since the NCAA gives one out
1/6/2006 9:01:16 AM
k, so both of us are right...It has failed because making a decision between 3 teams that are seemingly equal will never be fair no matter the objectivity of a computer. The only way you can do it is to settle it on the field. Period.
1/6/2006 9:41:30 AM
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1/6/2006 4:05:46 PM
just because people shouldn't do something doesn't mean they aren't going to do it anyway...people unfortunately follow what is said to them in the paper and on tv... well those people are sportswriters and guess what, sportswriters have an interest in keeping the ability to name their own national champion...it's really not that hard to figure out
1/6/2006 4:34:13 PM