ACC bid up for review?

[FCollinsBuckeye]

The conferences whose champions have a guaranteed
annual berth in one of the BCS bowls are subject to review
and possible loss of that guaranteed annual berth should the
conference champion not have an average ranking of 12 or
higher over a four-year period.

subject to review =/= guaranteed berth revokation

While I think some sort if BCS 'review' of the quality of the ACCs conference champions would be amusing, there's no way in hell they revoke the ACC from the BCS. I'm with Sloops here.

 

[exhawg]

http://www.bcsfootball.org/index2.cfm?page=timeline

I don't know if this has any meaning as far at this thread goes, but I went to the trouble of looking it up so I'm going to post it.

Over the past 8 years of the BCS in it's current 4 game setup this is what the bowl breakdown has looked like for the BCS conferences:

Big 10- 13
SEC- 11
Pac 10- 10
Big 12- 10
ACC- 8
Big East- 8
Other- 3 (ND twice, and Utah last year)

Notes:
-5 of the 8 Big East Champs are now in the ACC (5 of 6 before Miami and VT left for the ACC)
-The Big East and ACC have never had more than one team in the BCS
-The Big 10 gets one of the 2 at large bids over 60% of the time
-The 2 years before the BCS included the Rose Bowl OSU went to one of the BCS games.

 

[Sloopy45]

Buckinghorse: "Just making things a little more clear."

Considering the fact that the only thing that could keep the ACC out of the BCS is a nuclear holocaust or maybe the next Ice Age, I'd say that postage would be the least of our worries.

And the bottom line is (as ex eluded to), this is technically only the 2nd year for the ACC. Are we going to flip flop the Big East teams that are now in the ACC for this review?

If so, Miami was the # 1 team in the country entering the Fiesta Bowl in 2002. How does this impact the rankings/review?

 

[crazybuckfan40]

I just wish they would do away with conference champions and take the top 8 teams.

Who is to say that Auburn wouldnt have won the BCS. I would also say Auburn played a very tough schedule and I am sure 90% of people would agree with me that AU would beat FSU.

 

[BB73]

Over the past 8 years of the BCS in it's current 4 game setup this is what the bowl breakdown has looked like for the BCS conferences:

Big 10- 13
SEC- 11
Pac 10- 10
Big 12- 10
ACC- 8
Big East- 8
Other- 3 (ND twice, and Utah last year)

hawg, the Big-12 has had 11, like the SEC.

The 3 extra teams were Neb. in 2001 (after 62-36 pasting in last game), Oklahoma in 2003 (after 35-7 pasting in CCG), and Texas last year.

 

[WaitingforKickoff]

With the recent conference realignment and the fact that three of the ACC's heavy weights, Miami, BC and VaTech have just joined over the past two years, there is no way that past FSU rankings are going to be counted against this current group.

 

[Dryden]

I submitted this topic to Ivan Maisel yesterday in his ESPN chat. I thought it interesting that this problem for the ACC hasn't been brought up by anyone in the media, so I figured I'd try and get Maisel's take. Either I submitted the question too close to the end of the chat or Maisel didn't know what to think of it, but he obviously received it since he researched it yesterday evening.

From today's 3-Point Stance:

A conference must have its champions average a final BCS standing of 12th over four years to secure its automatic bid. What I didn't know is that the BCS leagues decided to throw out the standings before the ACC raided the Big East. The four-year average begins with the 2004 season. Nothing before that season counts.

Why bring that up? With Florida State finishing this season at No. 22, the ACC's four year average from 2002-2005 is 12.75. The ACC has been saved from embarrassment by a technicality. With Virginia Tech at No. 8 in 2004, The next two champs' final ranking can't add up to more than 18.

 

[exhawg]

I submitted this topic to Ivan Maisel yesterday in his ESPN chat. I thought it interesting that this problem for the ACC hasn't been brought up by anyone in the media, so I figured I'd try and get Maisel's take. Either I submitted the question too close to the end of the chat or Maisel didn't know what to think of it, but he obviously received it since he researched it yesterday evening.

From today's 3-Point Stance:

A conference must have its champions average a final BCS standing of 12th over four years to secure its automatic bid. What I didn't know is that the BCS leagues decided to throw out the standings before the ACC raided the Big East. The four-year average begins with the 2004 season. Nothing before that season counts.

Why bring that up? With Florida State finishing this season at No. 22, the ACC's four year average from 2002-2005 is 12.75. The ACC has been saved from embarrassment by a technicality. With Virginia Tech at No. 8 in 2004, The next two champs' final ranking can't add up to more than 18.

The ACC would be fine if the best team in the conference would be able to win the title game. VT shouldn't have choked against FSU.