re: BCS works __% of the time? 27%

There is another issue with the "you must win your own conference" debate. The BCS can't tell the conferences how to crown a champion. If you make that a rule, then the SEC/Big12, etc. just change their rules to make it more BCS friendly. Hell, The Big12 might still have a "championship game" and then say "our official champion is the team with the highest BCS rating"

In essence, OU had to play by harder rules than USC in 2003 as far as "conference champion was concerned". USC didn't have to worry about a one game counting more than the others (if they had the best record, they were champs). Also, they could have tied with 2 other teams and still been "BCS-eligible" in the conference championship scenario