Everybody bashes the BCS. Everybody bashed the polls. No one has come up with a solution that is do-able for the universities. There are revenues (far fewer teams would see TV rev), expenses and a TON of other issues that have to be worked-out... who's stopping the play-off system from happening? The UNIVERSITIES. The smaller programs will suffer. The big programs will get bigger and wealthier. As it is, even smaller programs at the bottom of the pile can get a Bowl Invitation and the big fat CHECK that comes with it for not only them but some for their conference as well. Maybe somebody will figure it all out. Until then, they use the BCS, get over it.
Good thing you have the keys Pred! But who's gonna drive ya? :p
Psst...Pred... the BCS decides the champs, not the polls, remember? That's the system that's agreed to and used. Since taking on this system, why are polls still here? The polls are nothing more than one of many factors used to determine the #1 and #2. Those are the rules everyone is playing by.
And if the Writer's and Coach's polls didn't jive? It was because of that and the "Hypothetical National Champion" that the BCS came to be. We ended up with Dual National Champions without it. Say what? The BCS isn't perfect, but IMHO, it's at least based on math.
The problem? A loss no one believed would happen. When you look at the schedules, how badly OU dismantled everyone, all year, #1 offense, #1 defense, the loss, when compared to the other top 2 team's losses.. (ie; USC losing to a high school team called Cal), the numbers still came out with OU ahead. The BSC is there to consider THE WHOLE YEAR. If USC had a schedule that was even close to LSU or OU, it would be different. At the very least, it's based on crunching the numbers rather than opinion.
Another negative to all of this; it was reported all week (prior to the game) that OU didn't even "need" to win the K-State game to stay in the Sugar Bowl! Since when in college ball do have a throw-away game? The play-off scenario could bring the same situation and it seems to me that's what some don't like... it could end-up like the NFL, ie; you've got a play-off spot secured before the last game, so you hold-out all your starters and just go thru the motions. Even with no play-off, that's what just happened to OU in a way. Sad.
Do I like the BCS? Nope. Do I like the polls? Nope. Give us play-off's. As it is, three teams "could" be up for the title game, but only two can play. The good thing about all of this is, it may effect a change.
We all sound like moto dad's anyway. Too bad for the PLAYERS. All they did was hang it out all year and becuase the media, the fans and the powers that be can't come-up with a system that makes THEM happy, the players suffer.