[Tider n LA]

	Quote:	Tide1986
	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.

That is a great point about the AD's and Commissioners but the ncaa basketball tournament is the greatest playoff of them all IMO. The NFL playoff system seems to work well. You win your division and your in. The two wild card teams in each conference have the next best records and they are in. The best part about it is there is no POLL or COMPUTER rankings so you take the bias out of it. I know there are a lot more college teams than pro but come on , they could come up with something that is better than what we have. Everybody knows Texas got screwed with the current system.