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re: THE BCS WORKS!!!
Posted on 1/28/09 at 11:57 am to Buckeye Fan 19
Posted on 1/28/09 at 11:57 am to Buckeye Fan 19
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Whether you think there should be a playoff or not, there's no way you can argue the two most deserving teams didn't play in the NCG.
I can think of a pretty strong one, actually. Its called a head to head matchup. Texas was better than OU. Period. 10 point victory on a neutral field (same as Florida did to them). OU had no shot to win in the end. It wasn't a fluke. Texas destroyed them in the second half.
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Posted on 1/28/09 at 11:59 am to Buckeye Fan 19
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Had weaker schedules and didn't perform as well in wins (yes, "style points").
So this is more important to you than head-to-head?
You do realize that if the Big XII followed SEC rules, Texas would have gone, right?
You do realize that if Kansas hadn't beat Mizzou, Texas would have gone, right?
Posted on 1/28/09 at 12:14 pm to LSUgrasshopper
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the BCS means college football is the only major sport with a every game of the regular season meaningful.
obviously not.
texas beat oklahoma by 10 on a neutral field and lost to a top 5 team at the time on the road on the last play of the game. lsu lost its last regular season game in 2007 to a 7-4 team at home. etc.
Posted on 1/28/09 at 12:14 pm to TxTiger82
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So this is more important to you than head-to-head?
Head-to-head would have been nice. OSU would actually have a BCS win, after beating TTU.
It's not a two-team-tie... if it was, then you'd go with Texas. But out of the three teams, OU had a more legitimate claim than Texas Tech and Texas.
Posted on 1/28/09 at 12:15 pm to LSUgrasshopper
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The Arizona cardinals were 3-7 outside of their division and they're playing for the championship.
3-7 = potential champions
oklahoma didt even win their conference in 2003, and they were potential champions.
nebraska didnt even win their division in 2001, and they were potential champions.
Posted on 1/28/09 at 12:25 pm to Bigmonkeylsu
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1. College fans WILL NOT travel twice over the holidays for playoff games. Some teams do not travel well for bowls;
Works just fine for NCAA basketball (also it's easier to travel during the holidays than other times during the year). There would be plenty of fans that traveled not to mention local interest. Selling games out would not be a problem (unlike the Orange Bowl this year).
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2. The Bowl system provides revenue for MANY American towns EVERY YEAR, and for many athletic programs!
The NIT draws as much or more interest than many of the lower tier bowls. A playoff would do no more damage to lower tier bowls than the BCS already has.
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3. Like it or not College Football is BIGGER than it has EVER been, and it is BECAUSE of the controversy CAUSED by the BCS system.
No - football in general is bigger than ever. The most popular sport in the US is NFL football, which has a playoff. It has nothing to do with the BCS.
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4. The BCS PICKS THE TWO BEST TEAMS. Does anyone think that UTAH beats FLORIDA or OKLAHOMA in a CHAMPIONSHIP GAME?!?!
Maybe, but why didn't you include USC or Texas as an example?
Posted on 1/28/09 at 1:42 pm to TxTiger82
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So this is more important to you than head-to-head?
You do realize that if the Big XII followed SEC rules, Texas would have gone, right?
You do realize it was a three way tie. Texas tech beat Texas.
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The SEC tiebreaker
B. THREE (OR MORE) TEAM TIE
(Once the tie has been reduced to two teams, go to the two-team tie-breaker format.)
Combined head-to-head record among the tied teams.
Record of the tied teams within the division.
Head-to-head competition vs. the team within the division with the best overall (divisional and non-divisional) Conference record and proceeding through the division. Multiple ties within the division will be broken from first to last.
Overall record vs. non-division teams.
Combined record vs. all common non-divisional teams.
Record vs. common non-divisional team with the best overall Conference (divisional and non-divisional) record and proceeding through other common non-divisional teams based on their order of finish within their division.
The tied team with the highest ranking in the Bowl Championship Series Standings following the last weekend of regular-season games shall be the divisional representative in the SEC Championship Game, unless the second of the tied teams is ranked within five-or-fewer places of the highest ranked tied team. In this case, the head-to-head results of the top two ranked tied teams shall determine the representative in the SEC Championship Game.
The SEC has a system, the Big XII has theirs. It's not like one is infinitely better because of an unless clause that actually keeps the highest rated team in a three way tie out of the championship game.
Posted on 1/28/09 at 1:52 pm to LSUgrasshopper
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You do realize it was a three way tie. Texas tech beat Texas.
It blows my mind that people still don't get this. Rock beat scissors beat paper beat rock.
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