I guess the fact that no one beat Oklahoma is besides the point? Otherwise, your point goes against playoffs in general because all they do is give us more of the Team A beat Team B scenarios, by putting more teams into the pool and as such more losses. I understand that my view, which is that only #1 matters is easy enough to disagree with though, so I can't blame your not going along with it...But again, this is a circular argument that there's no reason to accept. In essence, we're saying this:
Oklahoma beat Florida State head-to-head, therefore, it counts
Miami beat Florida State head-to-head, but it DOES NOT count
Washington beat Miami head-to-head, but it DOES NOT count
There is simply no rational reason for subscribing to that argument.
We do have the luxury of using those games to judge the accuracy of the BCS process, and it's stood up remarkably well. Nothing though, is perfect, but who really thought TCU or Cincinnati was the best prior to their bowl games? I made posts (not sure if you saw them, otherwise I'm guessing you remember) saying how I was desperately cheering for Nebraska, I wanted Alabama to have an easier championship game.But you can't use the result of a game that hasn't even been played to make the decision, either But you're arguing in circles again and assuming the legitimacy of the ranking. Again - you can't use a game that has not even been played to determine the teams that will make the playoff.
As I said before, I don't really want to argue with you, and I think we are largely in agreement, I guess we're both detail oriented and we can't overlook certain salient points from our perspectives. I respect your point of view. The polls are flawed, the BCS was flawed, the new playoff will be flawed, I guess I just feel like the BCS will probably be the least flawed process and I will probably remember it fondly. I hope I'm wrong, and I'll try to leave it at that for now.I think I'm done at this point. You and I agree on what we want - a relevant, meaningful college regular season capped with a deserving and undisputed champion. Heck, I even agree with you on keeping the BCS but simply expanding it. All the years of complaint always had to do with teams in the top four (except that lone "we believe in Boise" crap from ESPN in 2010).
But you and I both oppose this interloping of a committee.
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