re: Why PSU should not be in the playoffs

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PSU has won 9 in a row.

And that 9-3 USC team has won 8 in a row.

Back in the day of the polls, you could lose early when teams were finding themselves.

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I agree with how you're thinking. Penn State shouldn't be penalized much for two losses in September. They became a much better football team in October and have a strong case for being the best team in the Big 10.

Why couldn't we just keep the BCS rankings? If not that, I would have preferred letting computers determine the rankings. The powers that be could have determined the criteria for the ranking algorithms and let the seasons play out. Computers wouldn't have to justify themselves to the public, and computers would allow for consistency as long as the source code remained unmodified.