re: The way the voters should view the Alabama rematch situation

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They are not supposed to consider previous years' performances, teams' reputations or other criteria such as conference alignment.

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I haven't suggested anything about previous years or reputations. And I haven't mentioned "conference alignment", alghough the BCS clearly takes that into consideration for many of its "rules" . . .e.g., automatic qualifiers, limits on conference representation, etc.

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So based on that, whether a ranking puts a team in or outside an NC game, whether or not they won their conference, or whether it results in a rematch should not be considered because none of that is an honest reflection of a teams performance

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A team's performance. In head to head competition for example? Like LSU at Alabama?

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Alabama only had 1 close game and that was LSU. OSU struggled with Texas A&M (a team Arkansas beat). OSU clearly lacks the defense needed to win a national championship. Otherwise, they would have stopped Iowa State, off game or not. Bama would have - off game or not.

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So now you're drifting into the truly subjective.