Inequity of the BCS

Share the wealth. BCS is a coalition, or better yet a cartel.

I agree that the Big East needs to be stripped of its AQ status, but each conference will ALWAYS have one bid, no matter what. The schools and their presidents support this system because of the money it provides them, and the rest of their conference through various revenue sharing schemes. There is no way in hell they the ACC, Big East, and Big 12 will go along with this. They would lose tens of millions of expected revenue if a team didn't get in one year.

No one complains when a scenario like this year's NFC North plays out in the NFL. Chicago and Detroit are better than plenty of teams, but one of them is likely going to get left out because the Packers are rolling. 3 teams in the top of the conference in one division. Sound familiar. However, the division winners of the other divisions will get preference, no matter what. That's how the BCS is SUPPOSED to be set up, but there are too many damn outs and exceptions to get around scenarios.

I totally agree. The Big East has been ruining bcs bowls since rich rod left WVU.

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The BCS usually does a good job at getting the top two teams, but beyond that..not so great.

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+1

The truth IS, none of us really know for SURE that LSU or Bama are better than OK State until they actually meet on a football field.

We can speculate, deduce, extrapolate, measure, analyze, etc. but football games are decided in the trenches.

As long as computers and voters decide championships, inequities will exist.

Also remember the clamoring for Michigan/OSU rematch a few years ago? "Clearly the two best teams in college football"

Excellent point and post, this year will cost the best teams millions of dollars in their conferences because of this stupid system. Maybe they should pay out based on the final polls after all bowl games have been played

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well if this is true huston needs to go to n.o and not bama

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Exactly, if LSu wins out and Houston wins out, then I have no problem with Houston getting its chance to have its arse handed to them in New Orleans. There is a built-in disadvantage that has already been overcome by everyone else losing at least once, and quite frankly, no other team really deserves the chance. Also, it irks me to no end that we can't have a playoff because "every game counts" when it is blatantly obvious that, for 85% of the FBS, no games actually count. Yes, Houston has played no one. However, they have taken care of their business, and only one other team can say that right now. I am also irked by the fact that who a team has played is based on a poll that is again blatantly biased towards historic reputations over on the field play this season. But that is just poor little wanting to see a damn DI playoff .

You didn't mention their loss to an unranked 5 loss team they were favored to beat by 27. Iowa State will finish as a six loss team. OSU finishes as a 2 loss team, with the 105th ranked defense.

OSU doesn't beat Arky, not with the 105th rated defense. They sure as hell don't beat LSU. OSU likely goes no better than 10-2 with our schedule. We on other hand go 12-0 playing their schedule. No way we lose to Iowa State. OSU finishes 4th in SEC west.

No one in the East on our schedule was very good. FL and TN both sucked, VDY ok. Penn State had decent defense, crappy offense.

What's even more laughable than the Big East situation is the fact that if (a huge IF, i know) UCLA upsets Oregon, they would go to the rose bowl with a 7-6 record.