re: Was the '96 FSU/Florida national title rematch as controversial as '11 Bama/LSU?

Listen fellows,,, All the chips fell just right for bama! Alabama just got lucky. Every contender besides LSU had one loss. Most of those that were in the discussion lost after the Alabama loss to LSU on 11/5. If OSU had their one loss 3 or 4 weeks prior or lost to Texas instead of ISU, we would not be having this conversation. As it turned out, there was no clear cut #2. The computers were mixed just enough to leave the ultimate decision up to the human polls! And of course, every one in the country (besides OSU) thought that Alabama was the only team in the country that could beat LSU. After the Nationl Title game, even Boone Pickens changed his tune about who should have been in the game...

The uproar to make the change to a 4 team playoff should have been made back in the early 2000's when Oklahoma got to play for it all after getting killed in the big 12 championship game.. But why did it not? Oklahoma lost the n'nal title game as well...