re: Who wins between these split national champions?

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To be perfectly honest if it wasn't for the BCS there wouldn't have even been a split both polls had USC #1

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Which makes the point even stronger.

The Coaches poll couldn't even vote their conscience. They had to completely flip-flop and rubber stamp the winner of the BCS game because they were contractually obligated. In essence...the computers completely decided that BCS title...because the human vote was taken out of it at the end.

Which is why you had headlines at the time...

"Computer Champ vs. People's Champ" - it wasn't fair to LSU at all...they did nothing wrong...but it people felt it bizarre that both human polls were being ignored by this system.

So when everyone says...we agreed upon it...well no, the AP didn't agree. The Coaches Poll agreed to rubber-stamp and "validate" the BCS by giving their title to the system...the AP did not.