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Old January 9th, 2009, 09:47 PM   #42 (permalink)
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Re: Coaches poll next to split from BCS??
By the way CA, I never indicated that all human votes are devoid of "popularity" considerations. I simply indicated that the BCS rankings cannot totally be a popularity contest because the computer polls provide some measure of objectivity. But to pivot off your point, let's consider the selection process for the NCAA Basketball Tournament. The at-large teams are selected by a human committee of 10 athletic directors and conference commissioners. Surely, you'd agree that favoritism, coalition-building, vote-swapping and other forms of human bias impact who's selected and who's not. Let's get real and realize that every human selection process will be some form of popularity contest, playoff or no playoff.
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