I don't get the hate for the BCS.

2004
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I still don't think y'all should have been in that game. Oklahoma started #2 and went undefeated. SEC was weak that year as well.

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Oklahoma started #2 and went undefeated.

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That's part of the BCS's problem. It relies heavily on polls that start in the preseason.

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It relies heavily on polls that start in the preseason.

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This is true.

Not all contraversy lies in who plays in the Championship game (though, that's most of it and rightfully so). It also has to do with the AQs and tie-in bullshite.
What is the justification for having lower ranked teams be in a BCS bowl over a higher ranked team? In what other sport would that be acceptable? The teams are already ranked at the end of the year so just take the top 10 teams and match them up. 1 vs 2 in the championship, 3 vs 4, 5 vs 6, etc. Avoid intraconference games and rematches if at all possible.
Take South Carolina (or Mizzou) this year for instance. We're #10 I beleive? How is it fair to punish us just because of the conference we play in? We play in the nation's best conference so of course 2 teams are getting into the BCS. But South Carolina beat 2 teams headed to BCS bowls, UCF and Clemson, and are ranked higher than both.

I get that they want to award teams for winning their conference but there are times (like this year) where the 3rd best team in conference A is better than the best team in conference B and 2nd best team in conference C.

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You seriously think USC would've blew out AU like that?

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Maybe not, yet they still would have won.

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Not all contraversy lies in who plays in the Championship game (though, that's most of it and rightfully so). It also has to do with the AQs and tie-in bullshite.

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I agree. I have serious doubts that its going to "fix" a damn thing, but there is no doubt that the new rules regarding the "access bowls" or whatever they are calling them is going to lead to 5 really compelling match ups ever january, plus a championship game. They've got one guaranteed spot for the group of 5, but have gotten rid of this 2 bids per league crap.

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Polls aren't going anywhere.

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As long as money can be made off of them, they'll be around. My point is that the BCS formula is flawed because it uses a poll that's set by preseason predictions.

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As long as money can be made off of them, they'll be around. My point is that the BCS formula is flawed because it uses a poll that's set by preseason predictions.

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It uses one poll set by preseason standards. It also uses a poll that isn't. Said second poll is a copy and paste job of the first poll.

They can say the CFP poll doesn't come out until week whatever it is, but the poll that matters in CFB is still the AP and it comes out in the preseason.