This is Going to be a Disaster
by TB on Dec 1, 2007 10:46 PM CST
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PrintI realize I'm moving beyond the merely obvious into the totally obvious, but the BCS is going to be an absolute mess this year. It looks right now like Mizzou is going to lose (by the time I get done typing this, it may be over), meaning both of the BCS top 2 will have lost.
Because of the insanely stupid way we do things in college football, that automatically means that the No. 3 team in the BCS, an Ohio State University, will move up and play in the title game. Georgia will likely follow them up, because, well, they're No. 4 right now.
After my finals are over, I'm going to get deeper into something that's really been bothering me. No, it's not the BCS. As flawed as it is, and as much as I want a playoff, there's something worse...
Recruiting rankings.
In a sport that's all about perception--at least in the human polls and "popular" opinion--a random and completely subjective ranking of unproven high school players decides which teams "should" be the best. Actual performance on the field be damned.
This BCS disaster should show us that we need a serious reevaluation of how we decide who plays for the national title. In basketball, we look at resumes. In football, we choose the teams with the fewest losses...unless they play in the WAC.
Now a disclaimer before I do what I'm about to do: I am NOT advocating that KU make the national title game. I cheered for Mizzou last week, as I will for any team that can keep KU from accomplishing anything of significance, because I can't stand that school down the river and never want them to succeed in anything.
However...
Let's do a little rundown comparing the 'beaks and an Ohio State University.
Here is a ranking of KU's wins, from best to worst, along with its loss:
Oklahoma State
Colorado
K-State (look at when the game was played, and where it was played)
Texas A&M
Iowa State
Nebraska
Baylor
Central Michigan
Toledo
Florida International
Southeastern Louisiana
Loss: Mizzou
Same thing now, for an Ohio State University:
Michigan
Wisconsin
Penn State
Michigan State
Purdue
Northwestern
Minnesota
Washington
Akron
Kent State
Youngstown State
Loss: Illinois
So Washington is soo much better than Florida International, and that's the resume difference between KU and that state university in Ohio. Well, yeah. That, and the fact that aOSU has a higher "Rivals Stars" ranking.
Spare me all the arguments about who did or didn't win their division or their conference. The best two teams, by performance, should play for the national title.
So, who should be in the national title game? My votes would go to Georgia and LSU. Two SEC teams in the title game? Dammit. The absurdity continues.
Update: Forgot to mention...the fact that KU will now almost certainly make a BCS bowl and Mizzou will not ought to be proof enough what a joke the BCS is. I thought we got rid of the system based solely on human polls to get rid of politics...and that leaves us with an OU-KU matchup in the Fiesta while Mizzou gets to play at 10 a.m. in the city of $30,000 millionaires (Dallas, for those of you who don't know). Congrats Mizzou!
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Yet another mess....
I think I have a viable solution for all of this BCS controversy we seem to have every single year. Don't go to a playoff system - Bob Stoops said it right when he stated that it would be harder on the fans - traveling to multiple game sites every weekend.
So instead.....
Quit allowing EVERY team, not that I'm directly pointing at teams like OSU and KU, to play inferior non-conference opponents. Since the BCS conference schools already dominate the "postseason," why not make BCS schools only play BCS schools? Even if the traditional powerhouses had to play against the bottom rung of BCS conferences, it still would allow at least some comparison between conferences to see which teams deserve to go to the National Championship. Even if teams like OSU beat the piss out of teams like Baylor, Duke, Syracuse, Minnesota, Washington, or Mississippi - at least it's better than Youngstown State and SE Louisiana.
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Another thing that would improve the BCS system would be requiring every BCS conference to hold a championship. One week ago, Missouri was heading to the National Title game, and because they had to go the Big 12 Championship and face a very tough opponent - they now have to settle for the Cotton Bowl. Not saying that if Ohio State had been forced to play in a title game it would have made a difference, but it makes it more equal.
When voting on the teams, do the BSC voters look at anything other than wins and losses? Maybe they should evaluate a team's resume a little more closely. In the NCAA Basketball Tournament, even a team with a good record could be left out if their resume doesn't speak as highly as someone else's. Why doesn't the BCS opperate similarly?
It's not really KU's fault they're going to the Orange Bowl - but, I'm not going to let that stop me from disliking them more because of it. Go Hokies!
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I'm not arguing that the best two teams aren't in the national championship. It's some of the other games the BCS games that are a complete disaster.
Missouri deserves a BCS game before KU does. Missouri deserves a BCS game before Illinois does. The Fighting Illini had some good wins, but they also had three losses, one of which came from Missouri.
Tell me why West Virginia losing their conference title game gets the Fiesta Bowl and kicks Missouri out. Their losses came to then No. 18 South Florida and unranked Pittsburgh. Neither of those teams, in my opinion, are as good as OU.
I heard some argument that no more than 2 teams per conference could go to a BCS bowl. Then why is KU in and Missouri is out? Stupid! Missouri has 2 losses and KU only has one. However, both of Missouri's losses came to the same team. And - KU's loss came to Missouri. Missouri beat Illinois. We can go off ifs and buts... but we all know if KU had to play OU this year, they would have been dead. Missouri got the shaft! (And, I'm not even a Missouri fan in the least)
W.Va
West Virginia didn't lose its title game. The Big East doesn't even have a title game, they just lost to Pitt in the last regular season game. The 'eers were the Big East champions, just like an Ohio State was the Big 11 champs.
by TB on Dec 3, 2007 11:28 AM CST up reply actions
Stupid girls
Girls don't know anything and their commenting privileges should be revoked. : )
Oops, I thought that was there title game. Either way - why do they deserve the BCS over Missouri?
Honest mistake
The only real reason W.Va. gets to go is because the BCS decided automatic bids would be given to the champions of each major conference. Never mind the fact that the champion of a major conference won't be as good as a 2nd-place team in another conference in some years.
by TB on Dec 3, 2007 3:17 PM CST up reply actions
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