What a joke. The Big East will use this year's #10 BCS final ranking for Louisville in the 4-year calculation that determines if they retain their automatic BCS bid. If they're counting teams that weren't in the league, but will be next year, shouldn't they drop the #1 ranking that Miami had in 2002, since they're no longer in the league?
For Pete's sake, either only count teams that are in the league when the ranking was earned, or only count teams that are in your league if they're still in your league.
Obviously, the politics ($$$) have enough influence to make the Big Least keep it's automatic bid as long as the BCS exists. This is why Cal got screwed out of a BCS bid this year. From the New York Post:
http://www.nypost.com/sports/36730.htm
December 19, 2004 -- <!--start bodytext-->While the rest of the college football world may have been questioning the Big East's status as a major player, league commissioner Mike Tranghese wasn't. Turns out he had an ace in the hole.
Tranghese told The Post last week that he'd cut a deal with the BCS to allow the conference to count the ratings of incoming schools — Cincinnati, Louisville and South Florida — in its BCS standings, just as departing Boston College counts toward the ACC.
Louisville (10-1) is ranked No. 10, and that should solidify the Big East's standing.
"We've had that agreement almost from the beginning of the season," Tranghese said. That's good news, considering a rule had been adopted that could have a league's automatic bid stripped if its champion failed to average a top-12 finish over a four-year span. It was widely referred to as the Big East rule and assumed to pose the biggest threat to that league. December 19, 2004 -- <!--start bodytext-->While the rest of the college football world may have been questioning the Big East's status as a major player, league commissioner Mike Tranghese wasn't. Turns out he had an ace in the hole.
Tranghese told The Post last week that he'd cut a deal with the BCS to allow the conference to count the ratings of incoming schools — Cincinnati, Louisville and South Florida — in its BCS standings, just as departing Boston College counts toward the ACC.
Louisville (10-1) is ranked No. 10, and that should solidify the Big East's standing.
"We've had that agreement almost from the beginning of the season," Tranghese said. That's good news, considering a rule had been adopted that could have a league's automatic bid stripped if its champion failed to average a top-12 finish over a four-year span. It was widely referred to as the Big East rule and assumed to pose the biggest threat to that league.
For Pete's sake, either only count teams that are in the league when the ranking was earned, or only count teams that are in your league if they're still in your league.
Obviously, the politics ($$$) have enough influence to make the Big Least keep it's automatic bid as long as the BCS exists. This is why Cal got screwed out of a BCS bid this year. From the New York Post:
http://www.nypost.com/sports/36730.htm
December 19, 2004 -- <!--start bodytext-->While the rest of the college football world may have been questioning the Big East's status as a major player, league commissioner Mike Tranghese wasn't. Turns out he had an ace in the hole.
Tranghese told The Post last week that he'd cut a deal with the BCS to allow the conference to count the ratings of incoming schools — Cincinnati, Louisville and South Florida — in its BCS standings, just as departing Boston College counts toward the ACC.
Louisville (10-1) is ranked No. 10, and that should solidify the Big East's standing.
"We've had that agreement almost from the beginning of the season," Tranghese said. That's good news, considering a rule had been adopted that could have a league's automatic bid stripped if its champion failed to average a top-12 finish over a four-year span. It was widely referred to as the Big East rule and assumed to pose the biggest threat to that league. December 19, 2004 -- <!--start bodytext-->While the rest of the college football world may have been questioning the Big East's status as a major player, league commissioner Mike Tranghese wasn't. Turns out he had an ace in the hole.
Tranghese told The Post last week that he'd cut a deal with the BCS to allow the conference to count the ratings of incoming schools — Cincinnati, Louisville and South Florida — in its BCS standings, just as departing Boston College counts toward the ACC.
Louisville (10-1) is ranked No. 10, and that should solidify the Big East's standing.
"We've had that agreement almost from the beginning of the season," Tranghese said. That's good news, considering a rule had been adopted that could have a league's automatic bid stripped if its champion failed to average a top-12 finish over a four-year span. It was widely referred to as the Big East rule and assumed to pose the biggest threat to that league.
