re: Give me the BCS back

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There's no question who the best team in the NFL was that year, and it wasn't the Giants.

Playoffs aren't the end all/be all. The eye test is real.

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So you didn't answer the question directly as to what a "true champion" is. The inference I get from your argument is that the "true champion" is the team deemed best throughout the season rather than a team that wins a playoff game or tournament. By that logic we should not only eliminate the CFP but also not revert not the BCS but instead revert to the pre bowl game national championship voting so the "true champion" can be established via the eye test of the season.

By your logic, gymnastics and figure skating, generally considered the most subjective in determining winners, are the truest forms of athletics, in terms of selecting a champion because that is wholly decided by the eye test.

Personally, I prefer the champion to be determined on the field. Who is the best team will be debated by talking heads and fans regardless of the outcome of the game.

In 1980, the best hockey team in the Olympics was undoubtedly the USSR team but the gold medalist of the Olympics in Hockey was the USA team. But I guess they weren't "true champions".

Burrow wouldn't have a chance to beat the NCAA Single Season Passing TD record if not for the extra playoff game.

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Under the BCS an undefeated team would have been left out. Probably the defending Champs. This is the type of season the playoff was meant for and shows why 4, is the prefect #.

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Depends on which iteration of the bcs we are talking about. Pre 2003 yes. Post 2003 where they upped the poll percentage and devalued computers-no.

IMO with this season the press wouldn’t let Clemson (defending champions, 29 straight etc.) get left out so they would manipulate at the end to get them where they needed i.e. flip them to 1 to make sure they at least end up (in post 2003 bcs) at 2. Between osu or Lsu for the other spot then it’s a toss up. The computers liked osu more

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IMO with this season the press wouldn’t let Clemson

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The the AP had Clemson at #4 before the playoff rankings came out and #3 after the LSU-Alabama game. In the final poll they had only 3 first place votes. However, The AP was not part of the later BCS, the coaches poll had them at 3 after LSU-Auburn, Ohio St moved ahead of them but not until after the playoff rankings came out. I suppose we can’t know for sure, but i see no reason to think Clemson would have been higher than 3 in the traditional polls.

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The computers liked osu more

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Yes they did, that’s one reason why I find it so funny so many (angry)LSU fans are clamoring for a return to the old, pre 2004 BCS and computers over the committee

In any event a major undefeated team would have been let out the last 2 years, this year either the defending champs, or LSU/OSU who won the 2 best conferences and looked dominant most of the year. There is no way thats better. People like the OP are just saying that probably because they just hate the idea of the committee (never mind that all other college sports fill out their playoff by a committee) and lash out.

This year we definitely needed the playoff. You can't leave out any of the top 3

They had Big Ben