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Barring a surprise, the BCS will announce later today that Oklahoma and Florida will play for the National Championship on January 8th in Miami. Florida punched its ticket by beating previously undefeated Alabama while Oklahoma won the Big 12 Championship by beating Missouri. Both teams are worthy of playing for the title, but then so are a number of other teams and that is why we need a playoff system in college football.
Consider Texas, which beat Oklahoma when the two teams played on a neutral field. The only loss on their schedule came to Texas Tech in Lubbock on a last-second touchdown. Or USC, which lost to Oregon State on September 25th, but has been perfect since. Penn State’s only loss of the season was a 24-23 defeat in Iowa. What about Utah and Boise State, neither of whom has lost this season?
You can make an argument for nine different teams being worthy of a shot to win the title, but the BCS mandates that only two get the honor. College Presidents have been resistant of allowing a playoff system because of the disruption to the school year, but a “plus-one” system would alleviate those concerns. Under that plan the top four teams in the BCS standings would be seeded and then take part in a two-round tournament. It isn’t a perfect solution and you would still leave some deserving teams out of the picture, but it is a much better system than what we have today.
Photo, left, of Quentin Chaney with Morris Madu by AP/Charlie Riedel; Photo, right, of Tim Tebow by AP/Stephen Morton
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I have to be honest with you: America's so-called "need" for a college playoff system is ridiculous, kind of like we need some specific procedure to determine what vegetable is the best of all time.
Why can't we develop a time machine so that Pete Rose and Ty Cobb play during the same season and the same league!?!
We need clarity and closure in all sorts of areas, but this isn't one of them. Talking about the teams is a lot more fun than having certainty.
(Disclosure: I'm a UF alum, and I was always content with the Times' computer rankings.)
Wait, what's the best vegetable of all time? Spinach or broccoli? Or is it another undefeated veggie?!?
Who cares?
Here here Nanny,
Isn't football one of those things we move to New York to get away from?
Even the teams that call themselves "New York" have been exiled to East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Now lets get back to that important and exciting vegetable debate.
Go Gators!
BCS DECLARES GERMANY WINNER OF WORLD WAR II
US Ranked 4th!!!!
After determining the Big-12 championship game participants the BCS computers were put to work on other major contests and today the BCS declared Germany to be the winner of World War II.
"Germany put together an incredible number of victories beginning with the annexation of Austria and the Sudetenland and continuing on into conference play with defeats of Poland, France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands. Their only losses came against the US and Russia; however considering their entire body of work--including an incredibly tough Strength of Schedule--our computers deemed them worthy of the #1 ranking."
Questioned about the #4 ranking of the United States the BCS commissioner stated "The US only had two major victories--Japan and Germany. The computer models, unlike humans, aren't influenced by head-to-head contests--they consider each contest to be only a single, equally-weighted event."
German Chancellor Adolph Hiter said "Yes, we lost to the US; but we defeated #2 ranked France in only 6 weeks." Herr Hitler has been criticized for seeking dramatic victories to earn 'style points' to enhance Germany's rankings. Hitler protested "Our contest with Poland was in doubt until the final day and the conditions in Norway were incredibly challenging and demanded the application of additional forces."
The French ranking has also come under scrutiny. The BCS commented " France had a single loss against Germany and following a preseason #1 ranking they only fell to #2."
Japan was ranked #3 with victories including Manchuria, Borneo and the Philippines.