Comments on: Making Sense (Sort of) Out Of The BCS http://howtowatchsports.com/2009/12/making-sense-sort-of-out-of-the-bcs/ Unnecessarily in-depth sports analysis Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:36:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jason Clarke http://howtowatchsports.com/2009/12/making-sense-sort-of-out-of-the-bcs/comment-page-1/#comment-535 Jason Clarke Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:01:54 +0000 http://howtowatchsports.com/?p=1703#comment-535 College Football really needs playoffs to let the teams determine their own fates on the field. The BCS system simply doesn't work. The Harris poll and USA today poll are popularity contests. The computer portion is the equivalent of having 6 robots vote for teams based on statistical numbers mixed with black magic. Mixing three flawed systems together, doesn't make a system that works. It makes a system that is three times more flawed. College Football really needs playoffs to let the teams determine their own fates on the field. The BCS system simply doesn’t work.

The Harris poll and USA today poll are popularity contests. The computer portion is the equivalent of having 6 robots vote for teams based on statistical numbers mixed with black magic.

Mixing three flawed systems together, doesn’t make a system that works. It makes a system that is three times more flawed.

]]> By: Roger Pimentel http://howtowatchsports.com/2009/12/making-sense-sort-of-out-of-the-bcs/comment-page-1/#comment-526 Roger Pimentel Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:14:06 +0000 http://howtowatchsports.com/?p=1703#comment-526 Interesting note: The BCS Championship is not an NCAA championship, and in fact isn't sanctioned by the NCAA. From Wikipedia: "Division I FBS (formerly Division I-A) football is the only NCAA sport in which a yearly champion is not determined by an NCAA sanctioned championship event. "Because the championship team is not determined by an NCAA championship or tournament event, it has often been unofficially referred to as a 'mythical national championship'." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FBS_National_Football_Championship Couldn't have said it better myself. Interesting note: The BCS Championship is not an NCAA championship, and in fact isn’t sanctioned by the NCAA.

From Wikipedia: “Division I FBS (formerly Division I-A) football is the only NCAA sport in which a yearly champion is not determined by an NCAA sanctioned championship event.

“Because the championship team is not determined by an NCAA championship or tournament event, it has often been unofficially referred to as a ‘mythical national championship’.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FBS_National_Football_Championship

Couldn’t have said it better myself.

]]> By: Ben C http://howtowatchsports.com/2009/12/making-sense-sort-of-out-of-the-bcs/comment-page-1/#comment-522 Ben C Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:14:02 +0000 http://howtowatchsports.com/?p=1703#comment-522 You left out the part where they examine a dead bird's entrails. You left out the part where they examine a dead bird’s entrails.

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