re: Nick Saban is bad for college football - Agree or disagree?

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Too bad the BCS looks for the best teams and not the "most deserving" ones.

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No they don't. They look for brand names.

If Mississippi State had Alabama's resume in 2011 or 2012 they would have been in the Sugar Bowl. If Oklahoma in 2011/Southern Cal in 2012 had exactly the same resume as Okie Lite/Oregon, they would have been in the title game.

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The BCS is infinitely better than what we had previous

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Disagree. The only years it remotely worked were 2002, 2005, and 2010, because the matchups of undefeateds wouldn't have happened in the old system. Even then, it could have just been a split title which the B(C)S failed to prevent anyway (2003).

Look at the history:

1998 - Tennessee vs. FSU. The old system could have given us the same matchup. Only difference is the game would have been the Sugar Bowl.

1999 - FSU vs. Virginia Tech. Old system could have given us the same thing.

2000 - Oklahoma vs. Florida State. Could have happened in the Cotton/Fiesta under the old system.

2001 - Miami vs. Nebraska. Could have happened under the old system.

2002 - Ohio State vs. Miami - Old system would have locked Sloopy into the Rose Bowl. B(C)S gets credit here for matching up the two undefeateds.

2003 - LSU vs. Oklahoma. Oklahoma was an at large and would have been in the Sugar anyway. AP voted a different champion which would have happened in the old system anyway. Not only an epic fail, but caused changes which shifted from objective evaluation to assclown pollsters making arbitrary decisions.

2004 - Oklahoma vs. Southern Cal. Matchup couldn't have happened in the old system, but it's also an epic fail because undefeated Auburn got left out.

2005 - USC vs. Texas, addressed earlier.

2006 - Florida vs. tOSU. Matchup couldn't happen under the old system, but FU had one loss. Would have been more interesting if the teams went to their respective tie-ins and there were multiple teams with a chance to win.

2007 - LSU vs. tOSU. Matchup wouldn't have happened, but the B(C)S didn't really add any value. The voters would have had to sort out the Charlie Foxtrot after the bowls instead of before.

2008 - Florida vs. Oklahoma - Same thing as 2006.

2009 - Bama vs. Texas. Another matchup that wouldn't have happened, but the B(C)S still gets an F because Cincy was undefeated and locked out. The BCS said the Big East was worthy of an autobid, so why isn't their champion allowed to prove itself on the field? Under the old system, UC gets invited to play Bama or Texas allowing it to put up or shut up. With a national title on the line, their coach doesn't leave.

2010 - The third and final time the B(C)S worked.

2011 - Gumps get an undeserved mulligan based on their brand name. Oklahoma State should have been the ones making JJ look like a chump.

2012 - See 2011 (although the mulligan isn't as disputable this time).

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You have got to be kidding me

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Sadly, I agree.

Gumps would win the battle in the trenches and pull away in the fourth quarter.

04 = only season it didn't work. DWI

This is some pussy shite

You like a system like 2003 where AP decided that Southern Cal was National Champion.

If the rest of the country hates him and his greatness...then its simple.. STOP HIM! He is the greatest coach in history...much better than Bear ever was since Saban has had to deal with insane parity across the country, recruiting and scholarship restrictions that Bear never had to worry about. I mean this man..if it was him rather than Bear in those 25 years at Alabama...holy freakin God..Saban would have won 14 national titles easy. Saban's success is uncomparable.. he is the greatest bar-none. INCLUDING 2013, he wins it all..AGAIN, he will have won FIVE national titles in his last 9 years as a college coach... I mean....WOW!

Agree


Signed,

LSU fan

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This is why you're an idiot. Before the Bowl Coalition formed in 1992, allowing a 1 vs. 2 matchup to happen in the post-season almost every year, there had only been a 1 vs. 2 match-up in the post-season FOUR previous times.

1963 Rose Bowl - #1 USC vs. #2 Wisconsin
1972 Orange Bowl - #1 Nebraska vs. #2 Alabama
1979 Sugar Bowl - #1 Penn State vs. #2 Alabama
1987 Fiesta Bowl - #1 Miami vs. #2 Penn State

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While I agree with your sentiment (that mainly because of conference bowl tie-ins, No. 1 and No. 2 rarely met in postseason), you left off Texas-Navy in the 1964 Cotton Bowl.

I agree. BCS will be better than the playoff system IMO