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I'm doing an investigative report for class over the current BCS state of affairs.

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Should winning your conference be necessary to play in the BCS Championship Game?

  • Yes

    Votes: 94 82.5%

  • No

    Votes: 20 17.5%
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3) (In my opinion) an ideal playoff would seed all the 6 BCS conference winners, and 2 non BCS conference winners and/or independents, etc. And YES I know choosing which 2 non BCS conference champions and/or independents for the playoff may be subjective (i.e rankings); however, I see no other easy way to do it.
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So, if Georgia pulls the upset your 8 teams include West Virginia (or similar ilk) and only two of the following:

Alabama, LSU, Arkansas, Stanford, Boise ST, Houston, Oklahoma.

The "conference champion" solution to playoffs includes an assumption about conference balance that simply does not exist.

Of course, if UCLA pulls a stunner it becomes downright comical.
 
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Oh8ch;2053240; said:
Absolutely. That way if Georgia pulls the upset we can set aside the top two teams in CFB and watch a total cluster[censored].
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Haha...

I really don't see this as much of an argument. "No" seems pretty clear to me given scenarios like that laid out by Oh8ch.

I would love for this to be a rule though so we could see the championship game this year be something like Okla St. vs. Virginia Tech :slappy:
 
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I vote yes. Unless a playoff is instituted, you should get one shot at a team and at most two if a CCG is involved. As it stands, a team could technically have two tries to beat a team and still be eligible for the NC game.... Crazy.

A playoff, IMO fixes it because a team would certainly have to earn a rematch after two or three games.

Until then, the BCS should not involved rematches. We have never had (to my knowledge), an intra-conference bowl game, and I don't think its a good time to start.
 
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Oh8ch;2053322; said:
So, if Georgia pulls the upset your 8 teams include West Virginia (or similar ilk) and only two of the following:

Alabama, LSU, Arkansas, Stanford, Boise ST, Houston, Oklahoma.

The "conference champion" solution to playoffs includes an assumption about conference balance that simply does not exist.

Of course, if UCLA pulls a stunner it becomes downright comical.
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Nobody said that the conferences were all balanced. However, it is impossible to arbitrarily rank them and get everyone to agree on the exact rankings. I'm just saying that the conference winner is the best team in that conference. The 2nd place team is not the best overall team and was eliminated from National Championship consideration based on conference competition.

If you look at the conference championshp game the start (i.e. buy in game) of the playoff, I don't see any problem (i.e. UCLA stunner). Example: It would be no different than conference winner Houston (or any other non BCS conference winner) knocking off conference winner LSU in a quarter final game. Upsets happen all the time and would happen in football playoff games too.
 
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I vote no.

The two best teams deserve to be in it, regardless of conference affiliation, conference championship or anything else.

You can argue about how to go about picking out the two best teams - a fair thing to debate - but the two best teams should be in it. Period. Otherwise it's meaningless.

And this year, that's Alabama and LSU. And the #3 team is not really even that close.


Even Mike Gundy (a man, 40) said the other day he'd vote Alabama as #2, mystifying sports writers and osu fans alike.

Personally, I think he's being smart.

He knows good and damn well that he wants no part of LSU in the BCS-CG.

The Tigers would buttsecks the Cowboys with extreme velocity.

He'd much rather go to a bowl he has a reasonable chance of winning.
 
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SmoovP;2053577; said:
I vote no.

The two best teams deserve to be in it, regardless of conference affiliation, conference championship or anything else.

You can argue about how to go about picking out the two best teams - a fair thing to debate - but the two best teams should be in it. Period. Otherwise it's meaningless.

And this year, that's Alabama and LSU. And the #3 team is not really even that close.


Even Mike Gundy (a man, 40) said the other day he'd vote Alabama as #2, mystifying sports writers and osu fans alike.

Personally, I think he's being smart.

He knows good and damn well that he wants no part of LSU in the BCS-CG.

The Tigers would buttsecks the Cowboys with extreme velocity.

He'd much rather go to a bowl he has a reasonable chance of winning.
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How do you know? In 06 everyone thought OSU and the shit stains were far and away the best teams in the country. How'd that turn out?
 
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SmoovP;2053577; said:
You can argue about how to go about picking out the two best teams - a fair thing to debate - but the two best teams should be in it. Period. Otherwise it's meaningless.
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Alabama were the most talented team in the country last year. They'll be claiming that NC any day now kthx.

Seriously, they play the games for a reason. This isn't gymnastics. SEC teams get the benefit of the doubt in the polls every year for being in the NFL Lite Conference. I won't be shedding any tears for Alabama if it bites them in the ass and Oklahoma State gets in.
 
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Buckeye doc;2053613; said:
That's pretty interesting - everyone should take a look and vote; it's a statistical comparison of all the potential BCS #2 teams with the names hidden until you vote who should be #2.
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I voted for Oklahoma State. Of course, I knew which team they were. :wink2:
 
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