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Beauty Contest Series (BCS) SUCKS!@

December 2, 2008

Over the past few weeks, people have been complaining about the BCS polls and there is a real lack of understanding as to why the BCS sucks so much.  Let me clue  you in on a few details of this years situation.

  • No more than two teams from any conference can play in BCS Bowl games (unless two are in the national championship) and if a team is ranked in the top 4 they are guarenteed a spot in a BCS bowl game.  Here is the problem in the Big 12 right now:  Texas will end up ranked in the top 4 which means they are guarenteed a spot in a BCS bowl game (more than likely the Fiesta Bowl), Oklahoma will more than likely be in the national championship (with a win over Missouri this weekend), and Texas Tech, the number 7 ranked team in the nation, is left holding the clipboard with me on the sideline.  They will more than likely play Ole Miss in the Cotton Bowl or someone else in the Holiday Bowl.  Sorry Red Raider fans, you are having the best season in school history and Graham Harrell, Michael Crabtree, and quite possibly Mike Leach will all be gone next year and this was your one shot at glory and you are going to end up in a toilet bowl (although the Cotton Bowl would be a great accomplishment for your school).  I guess you guys should get some fans that are willing to travel and stop playing those 1-AA schools in your non-conference regular season schedule.
  • This next point isn’t necessarily all the BCS and much more just the Big 12 in general.  Texas is going to end up watching the Big 12 championship game on TV at home featuring two teams they beat down on in Oklahoma and Missouri.  Its sad, but very true and you can be sure that this rule will be changed by next season.  You will never see this problem again.  Too bad Texas got screwed.
  • Boise State (12-0) vs. Ohio State (10-2) who do you go with?  Most would say Ohio State because of the fans, but can you really tell me that you expect Ohio State to do better than Boise in a bowl game?  Boise State beat Oregon on the road at the beginning of the season and have not lost since.  I hate to say it but I think Boise is going to have to sit this one out as much as I would love to see them against Utah or USC or something.

The BCS Standings Looking like this (Top 10)

  1. Alabama
  2. Oklahoma
  3. Texas
  4. Florida
  5. USC
  6. Utah
  7. Texas Tech
  8. Penn State
  9. Boise State
  10. Ohio State

Now thats the official standings.  Its made up of the Harris Poll, Coaches Poll, and Computer Rankings.  Now, look how jacked up the three different polls are.

Harris Poll Rankings

  1. Alabama
  2. Florida
  3. Texas
  4. Oklahoma
  5. USC
  6. Penn State
  7. Utah
  8. Texas Tech
  9. Boise State
  10. Ohio State

Coaches Poll

  1. Alabama
  2. Oklahoma
  3. Texas
  4. Florida
  5. USC
  6. Penn State
  7. Utah
  8. Texas Tech
  9. Boise State
  10. Ohio State

Now this is where it gets kind of scary lol Computer Rankings:

  1. Oklahoma
  2. Texas
  3. Alabama
  4. Texas Tech
  5. Utah
  6. Florida
  7. Boise State
  8. USC
  9. Penn State
  10. TCU
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Written by #1 Sportsfan · Filed Under Bowls, FBS, News 

Comments

4 Responses to “Beauty Contest Series (BCS) SUCKS!@”

  1. buddy on December 8th, 2008 1:35 am

    Do away with the idiotatic bcs bowl it is unfair to Texas and Texas Tech have a playoff and do away with polls

  2. #1 Sportsfan on December 8th, 2008 1:00 pm

    Agreed….BCS sucks.

  3. mike boren on December 14th, 2008 12:59 pm

    Bradford had 70 total rushing yards???? 45-35 hookem

  4. Scott on January 2nd, 2009 2:33 am

    The BCS system as it is sucks! It’s not going away because of the college presidents mostly fear losing their mediocre team going and getting millions from the bowl games that few watch. OK here’s my idea to satisfy both. Top 8 BCS teams meet in 1/4 final bowl games between Christmas and New Years. The 8 quarter final sites will be (4 one year and 4 the next) San Diego, Phoenix, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Orlando, Jacksonville and Tampa. The 4 games that are not quarter finals are New Year’s Day Games for BCS teams 9-16 or other 6 major conference title winners. The semi-finals are held a few days after new years and for 2010 will be played in the Orange Bowl and the Sugar Bowl. A week after the semis the title game will be played in the Rose Bowl. These 3 traditional bowls will rotate the semis and the title game. I don’t consider the Fiesta Bowl one of the traditional bowl games. New years day back to 2nd weekend of December you can have as many other bowl games as you want for the other teams. Hawaii, Boise, Albequruqe, Mobile, Shreveport, etc. knock your socks off and rearrange which conference you want to invite the 6th place winner in. That’s my idea. I think it would work and can’t find much to complain about although some college president will. Let me know what you think!
    Thanks

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