I hate the BCS! I hate it with a passion like everyone else. When you have former coaches and the "experts" saying that this system is beyond flawed and wrong every week, you got to go with the majority sometimes. But for the first time ever, the BCS...actually got it right this time.
And thanks to some good games yesterday, the proof is in more than just the pudding.
#1 Alabama 36, Auburn 0
Alabama needed a statement win to show that they were worthy of their top spot. In recent years, it's not been a good ending for teams who finish the season undefeated. But Alabama has a solution: How does a shutout in the annual Iron Bowl sound?
Though they won the game, the war is not yet over. Though the Tide capped off their perfect season with a slaughtering at Tommy Tuberville's expense, Nick Saban has to still survive the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta. It's clearly official now that someone from the SEC will clinch a berth in the BCS. But for Alabama, the BCS can wait. They know that they still have one more huge challenge ahead of them before Selection Sunday...
#2 Florida 45, #20 Florida State 15
It was a light and stormy night. Most scary and suspenseful stories start out just like that. But for Florida State, the horror was just beginning for them. At the start of the game, the rain put the game in Florida State's favor. They choked. At kickoff, they had to rely on Maryland to win their spot in the ACC Championship Game against Virginia Tech. That didn't happen.
They were hoping to play spoiler to their in-state rivals and keep them out of the BCS Championship picture. That didn't happen. With all those factors, it's clear to say that the Seminoles choked against potential SEC Champion and BCS Contender Florida as the Gators ripped them a new one up one side and down the other.
The win ensures that the #1 and #2 teams in the country will collide for the SEC Championship...and the winner gets to defend their conference's BCS Championship record in Miami. Possibly, that team will face the team that did more than enough to earn a spot in the Big XII Championship last night...
#3 Oklahoma 61, #14 Oklahoma State 41
Lisa Horne told the Sooners to not destroy Oklahoma State too much. She told them that running up the scoreboard would be a bad idea. It's clear that Miss Horne was rooting for an upset as well as for Oklahoma to have troubles against the Cowboys.
Unfortunately for her and Texas, neither happened. Thanks to a high octane second half and some mental mistakes from Oklahoma State, the Sooners crushed the hopes of Texas Tech, Texas and Oklahoma State...in one game...in one night. With a 20-point win over the Cowboys, Oklahoma did enough to win their spot in the Big XII Championship Game.
As for Texas, they have to hope that Mizzou does better in this meeting against the Sooners than last year. If Oklahoma loses the Big XII Championship, it's obvious that the nod for the BCS Championship will go to the next in line: So either Texas or Alabama (if the Tide lose this weekend) will have to hope for the best.
#5 USC 38, Notre Dame 3
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John smith 7 months ago
If the shoe were on the other foot, I am willing to bet OU fans would be screaming bloody murder that Texas went in over OU despite the head to head matchup.
BCS is a joke. Bring in figure skating and gymnastics judges to decide the national championship. That is essentially what happened, except Mike Leach and Mangino voted Texas # 5 which helped swing OU towards the Big 12. Leach and Mangino happened to work for Stoops. Big 12 Crony Championship!
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Burgess Shaw 7 months ago
Quit whinin, that's all I heard from UT fans is that they won the RRR, which is true not taking away that fact. But here is what I have been saying, if OU wouldn't have beaten Tech so bad, then Tech could've been in the conversation of the 3-way tie. OU played a better non-conference SOS and also just plain and simple played better than UT in the final weeks.
Should a playoff be put in...yes. What happened screams for a playoff and I have always been a fan of the BCS.
Also, all that politicing Texas did with the plane and the signs and Mack Brown coming on tv during the Bedlam game backfired on them. That's what I think happened to UT. Also, Texas will get a BCS at-large, so the season is not lost.
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Lou Vozza 7 months ago
Oh please stop whining. If there was ever a year that this thing was settled on the field, it was this year. These three teams all played each other. It's obvious they are all three pretty much equal in ability. Playoffs aren't going to settle anything. If these 3 teams played off against each other ten times, every time you would get a different result. What's the big deal, we already had 3 tremendous playoff atmosphere games played between these three teams. How many time do you want them to play?
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David Arreola 7 months ago
If Oklahoma loses the Big 12 championship, then we will see the college football apocolypse.
The BCS have stated in the past that there will never be a NON-CONFERENCE CHAMPION in the BCS National Championship Game.
So that already rules out Texas and Texas Tech. If Oklahoma loses that rules them out too.
The loser of Alabama and Florida would also be ruled out.
Leaving us with the next eligible team....
USC.
AND if Oregon State had not choked, we would be seeing UTAH play in the championship game.
Should I just kill myself now?
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Crayton 7 months ago
Who said that?
There have been 2 already. If Oklahoma loses then expect Texas to move in, its really that simple.
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David Arreola 7 months ago
They said it before this season. I can't remember who exactly, but it was a BCS representative.
I have to agre with them here, I don't think a non-conference champion should play for a national title. If a team can't even win their conference, why should they be national champions?
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Matt H 7 months ago
I know Notre Dame is not doing well this year, but they could start winning in the next few years. Should they be allowed to play in the National Championship game even though they can't win a conference? And what about conferences that don't have a conference championship games? That is simply not fair to make a team play an extra game to win their conference in order to go to the National Championship Game.
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Jon Altena 7 months ago
The thing I dont like about all of this is style points. I hear over and over the computer doesnt take into affect style points but its all the commentators talk about. I just think Texas beating AM by 40 is just as impressive as Oklahoma this week. There is no fact in denying that Oklahoma didnt beat Ok St as bad as it looks. Im interested to know if Gundy let them score that last TD so that his brother would have a chance to coach in the National Championship. Probably a dumb thing to say Im just frustrated with the whole system. Its not necessarily wrong but is no fun and I dont think it has the best two teams in the title game very often.
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Sooner03 7 months ago
Texas beating ATM (not good this year) by 40 at home is not the same as OU beating OSU (#13) at home. OU beat ATM by 40 points on the road. OSU almost knocked UT off on the road in Austin...only a 4 point victory if I recall. The OU/OSU game was a close game until midway through the fourth but again..OU came through in a big game down the stretch.
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Matt H 7 months ago
Style points only work on some voters. That is why Florida did not move ahead even though they demolished Citadel. So what if they demolished Citadel, they were expected to. Beating a ranked team is always more impressive than beating an unranked team. Period. And beating a ranked team by a huge margin of victory is even more impressive than simply beating them.
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Jon Altena 7 months ago
Texas called off the dogs too though they coulda gone 63-9 if Colt stayed in and they kept trying to score like Oklahoma did with less than two minutes left when the game was in hand.
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Sooner03 7 months ago
haha....OU could have done the same to ATM....Sam didnt even play the fourth if I recall. OU did not have the game "in hand" until they had scored 60 IHMO. OSUs offense is scary good at scoring very fast. UT needed the whole game to put the Cowboys away!
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Sooner03 7 months ago
Look, Texas more than closed the gap in the Human polls having a 5 point advantage at the end. In the end it was OU's SOS which proved to be "tie breaker". The Computers are only right ONCE a year and it is not even today...its next Sunday when the finial BCS comes out. Not saying too much will change since the regular season games are done......but emotional voters are not nec the best things at times. Its like they vote reacting to only the games being played that weekend......and to the previous weeks BCS standings to try and "tweek" the system back to what they would call normal...but that is only my gut feeling :)
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Jon Altena 7 months ago
What happens if Oklahoma loses in the Big 12 Championship. Does Texas get in, or does USC jump them. And what if Florida beats Alabama by 1 and Oklahoma loses. Does Alabama get a shot or will it be like Michigan a few years ago. I just feel like a playoff could fix all this crap.
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Robert Matthews 7 months ago
Winner of Florida/Bama and as much as I hate to admit it, odds are it will be Florida. And Oklahoma if it wins the Big 12 which odds are it will. How they put Oklahoma over Texas Im not sure. If Oklahoma should lose Texas will move.
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D G 7 months ago
No way will AL be in the BCS championship if they should lose. First, their computer rankings are to low to jump ahead TX, USC, and Tech. Second, the country will not allow for a rematch of the SEC title game. What good would that do football. If AL loses, they are out for sure.
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C.W. O'Brien 7 months ago
USC is 8th in the computers, Alabama is 3rd. A close Alabama loss combined with an OU loss in the Big XII championship COULD allow Florida Alabama II...just the same was that an OU blowout and a close Florida win could allow for a Texas OU II. USC's cpu rating will probably go DOWN after playing UCLA so they are really fighting an uphill battle. USC has NO leg to stand on to get into the BCS championship unless voters decide to take matters into their own hands and jump USC from #5 to #1 in the polls, negating the computers entirely...that is the only possible way for that to happen. If that were to happen and USC were to get in to the NCG I would refuse to watch it. That would mean that USC would jump 4 of the best teams in the nation from the two best conferences in the country and at most only two of those teams can possibly lose. All of that despite not playing a really quality team (the Ohio State game does not really match-up well compared to the schedules that Alabama, Florida, UT, and OU have played). It won't happen. I would rather see a NCG with the SEC loser and UT than I would any NCG with USC in it this year. The winner would be much more deserving of the NC.
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D G 7 months ago
AL is 3rd without a loss. They will drop below TX, USC, Utah, Penn St, and Tech without a loss. No possible way AL will get the nod over USC, TX, Utah, and Tech should OU lose. AL will have a resume that has one top 25 win over a 16th ranked Georgia team. Utah has a better resume than AL with a win over 11th ranked TCU and 18th ranked BYU. Utah will go before AL. The chances of AL going to the BCS title game this year with a loss to FL is about the same chance as having a playoff next year. None.
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onezuke18 7 months ago
Good article, I completely disagree with it and think this is going to end like the train wreck it normally does, but you made your point and I can respect that.
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Tanner Bowman 7 months ago
I'm sick of all the ut fans whining. If ut was playing for the Big 12 championship, they would have thought it was a good descision. Congrats Bob Stoops. Sorry Mac Brown. Just try again next year.
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Your Mom 7 months ago
Your mom, I hate Oklahoma even MORE now that they have been GIVEN a place in the Big 12 Championship, stupid coaches poll, stupid computers, mabye Barrak Obama will give the NCAA a national playoff system, haha, Oklahoma will win the Big 12 Championship. Then they'll get what they deserve when Florida crushes them after beating Alabama.
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D G 7 months ago
AL is 3rd without a loss. They will drop below TX, USC, Utah, Penn St, and Tech with a loss. No possible way AL will get the nod over USC, TX, Utah, PennSt. and Tech should OU lose. AL will have a resume that has one top 25 win over a 16th ranked Georgia team. Utah has a better resume than AL with a win over 11th ranked TCU and 18th ranked BYU. Utah will go before AL. The chances of AL going to the BCS title game this year with a loss to FL is about the same chance as having a playoff next year. None.
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Bob Warja 7 months ago
They only were right due to the computers. The coaches tried to manipulate the results and actually had Texas slightly ahead of Oklahoma, but the computer got it right and put OK ahead of them.
It will be interesting to see what happens when (not if) the Gators beat Alabama. They should be in the championship game if things are on the up and up.
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