re: Les Miles > Phil Fulmer

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There never was any rule that "you don't have to beat the same team twice." Totally made up. Didn't apply in the BCS.

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You're not wrong, but keep in mind that the BCS people were dismissing the need for a full playoff system, "because under the BCS every regular season game acts as a playoff game." By that rationale, LSU had already eliminated Bama from those pseudo-"playoffs" by winning the regular season game. The BCS ended up caving in to ESPN's demands and let the rematch happen, but in the process that also contributed to finally killing off the BCS itself, since it was obvious that only having real playoffs could prevent that situation from happening again.