re: 2011 Alternative Scenario

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FIFY

It would have been bad enough to have to face a non champion from another conference that had not even made it to it's own conference championship game...but to have to face a team from within it's own DIVISION after beating that same team in their own damn yard when everyone assumed that game meant everything?

Come on...

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With sentiments like these, why do you even care about the title game? 21-0 >>> 42-14. Notre Dame backed their way to a #1 ranking because several other teams dropped a game. The ranking system is flawed beyond simple voter bias. It wasn't hard to tell that Notre Dame wasn't great. They struggled with several average and bad teams. Their one good win was Oklahoma, whom despite being given several weeks to prepare, lost even worse to Texas A&M.

Systems prior to the BCS allowed for rematches and made mistakes too. There were some odd rules in place that would allow #1 and #2 to play in different bowl games. Additionally, overtime did not exist and titles could be split.

1996 Florida lost to Florida State but blew them out in the rematch. Was this unfair to Florida State? Would you back up everyone that was "robbed" by the system? You learn a lot of things after the bowl games are played.

You weren't the first screwed over by uncontrollable factors, and you won't be the last.