re: LSU is in a win win situation

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The rematch was the reason the BCS got the ax. The rest of the conferences will shite a brick if the SEC gets two in the playoff.

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Partially correct. The BCS got the ax because the title game was one of the least watched in the history of college football. Outside of those two states, the numbers were abysmal. I know it's public knowledge to just Google the Nielsen rankings for that 2012 Bama/LSU game. I think Canadian Curling got a better viewership in the states. Less eyeballs, less dollars for ESPN. It didn't necessarily matter that it was played between two division rivals, but that was the byproduct of a system that needed to go. When you only include about 6 or 7 states with any interest in the game, it fails to be a "national" championship. It was a regional championship.