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What the BCS should do

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TideTiger2005

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The BCS needs to make it plain and simple: USC vs Oklahoma in the BCS Championship.

What should it tell Auburn? "Next year, if you want to play in the big game, earn it by playing better non-conference opponents. You can't play for it all if you ain't got the guts to schedule a real non-conference team."

USC played Virginia Tech and has Notre Dame coming up.

Oklahoma played Oregon and Bowling Green.

Auburn played...La Monroe? La Tech? The Citadel?!?

I'd be willing to be that, if the BCS were to make it very clear you can't play if you don't play hard...the rest of the teams in the country would work very hard to upgrade their schedules...and we, as fans, would have much more fun watching the game we love in September.

For those of you who aren't fans of the computers or that just don't understand them, this very fact is the reason why Oklahoma is #1, USC is #2, and Auburn is a firm #3 in the computers...because the computers take into account who you've played and where you played them.

The voters in the Polls do not.
 
I think they should take the top 8 teams in the BCS at the end of the year and stick 'em in a bracket.

Top 4 get home field in the first round.

But, we don't have that. So, I agree with you that AU needs to beef up their schedule. Their non-conference was a joke.
 
Can someone tell me

what was LSU's non-conf schedule last year to leap them over USC or was it the strength of their Conf Schedule and winning the SECCG that the PAC-10 does not have.

I feel the greatest injustice to ranking at this time of the season is the pre-season ranking. Let's face it, USC nor Okla have moved all year from the 1 and 2 spot given before the first game was ever played. I've heard some sport's "talking heads" suggest that the first rankings in the 2 polls used with the computers should come no earlier than after the first Oct game. This makes sense but the media eats up the rankings. Think back to 92 and how difficult it was for BAMA to struggle it's way to #2.

"I continue to Believe"
 
LSUs non conf was

Louisiana Monroe (1-11)
Arizona (2-10)
Western Ill (non 1a)
La Tech (5-7)
They also played 3 more teams (Bama,South Carolina, MS St) with losing records.
 
It sucks to have a team go undefeated and untied and not make it to the NC game, but that's the price you pay when you pad your schedule.

Another huge injustice is that the toothless Big Least gets a BCS berth. Too bad they can't just bump them and substitute Utah, who looks like a dang good team to me. Certainly better than anyone from the Big Least, or the Big-12 North. Just imagine if the Big-12 North representative happened to pull off a miracle and upset the Sooners, you could have a team with four losses in a BCS bowl.
 
Herei s the solution to this whole mess.You keep the bowls and and have a tournament.You take the top 16 teams and top 15 bowls.You do it like the NCAA basketball tourny. Higer ranked teams play as close to home as possible.You make the smaller bowls like peach,indy,or liberty bowl and make those 1st round games and so on.This would help attendence at some of these bowl games which means more money for the bowls and the teams.
You take the 13 bowls left and give them to teams bowl eligible and not on the top 16.You play the NC game the Saturday before the Super Bowl.

This brings more attetion and MONEY to some of the bowls that dont sell out regular that are in the tournament.The 13 bowls left would have no bowl tie ins to a conference which would help the smaller programs.The way the smaller Bowls could help theirselves is take a game like UTEP,Troy or UAB vs. Alabama,Bowling green vs. Ohio State,Norte Dame vs. Northern Illinois. A smaller program with a good record agasint a team with a huge fan base to bring in the crowds.Play these games durning the week when the top 16 playing on saturday.

For those small schools that get left out of the bowls, who need the money they get from a team in their conference going bowling, If this is what they need to stay afloat in Divison 1 football they dont need to be here.The NCAA has made rules the last couple of year to make it harder for this Division I-AA schools to move up and some of these programs other programs to stay there.

The way I see it this is perfect.The bowls are happy the fans are happy the networks are happy and the NCAA is happy for all the cash a tourny would make.Just think how much cash a tourny would generate.
 
"Here is the solution to this whole mess.You keep the bowls and and have a tournament.You take the top 16 teams..."

ihate, I would love to see a play-off just as you described but it would be difficult with the 11 and 12 game schedule, with 2 teams possibly playing 15 to 16 games. There's the thought of going back to mandantory 10 game seasons, no Conf Champ game. But none-the-less you and I both know we'll never see a 16 team play-off, I'd settle for 8, this year 4 teams would clear the air between USC, OK, Utah and Ca. Oh did I leave out Aub, well I don't think the'd be invited after losing their last reg season game, now do you?

"I continue to Believe"
 
The BCS removed Strength of Schedule from their formula this year because of what it did last year. To argue that strength of schedule resulted in the choice of one school over another this year would be contradictory, don't you think?
 
NYBamaFan said:
The BCS removed Strength of Schedule from their formula this year because of what it did last year. To argue that strength of schedule resulted in the choice of one school over another this year would be contradictory, don't you think?
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Strength of Schedule has been removed from the computer equation but not from the 2 human equations.
 
The main reason why Auburn plays schools like
La Tech, Louisiana Monroe and The Citadel is because
it makes them look good.

The main reason why they are so afraid of the guys from
USC,Oklahoma and Notre Dame is because they know that
they will get their a-- kicked all over the field and it will
make them look bad.

Florida State was on their schedule a few years ago and
they payed them $350,000 to stop the series and the reason why is because they were getting sick and tired of
getting their a-- kicked every year.

Need I say more no I don't think so.
 
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Strength of Schedule

NYBamaFan said:
The BCS removed Strength of Schedule from their formula this year because of what it did last year.
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Part of the reason is that the computer polls account for strength of schedule. Also the AP and Coaches polls can account for it too but sometimes don't.
 
I think that you have no clue TT05!

TideTiger2005 said:
The BCS doesn't have a separate strength of schedule, but the computers do take into account strength of schedule...per this article from Dennis Dodd of CBS Sportsline:

Latest BCS a feel-good for Cal, upset stomach for Utah
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The issue surrounding Auburn has nothing to do with their non-conference schedule because SOS is an extremely minor part of the process today and it ONLY affects the computer polls. The problem for Auburn was due to their beginning the year at #18 or so. The polls should not be started until the 5th week like the BCS because pre-season rankings are total and utter hog wash!
 
The problem for Auburn was due to their beginning the year at #18 or so. The polls should not be started until the 5th week like the BCS because pre-season rankings are total and utter hog wash!
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I doubt that Auburn would be rated higher than OU or USC, even if the rankings started right now. Those programs have been so strong over the past few years that they are being given the benefit of the doubt. I hope that we beat the Barn and/or Notre Dame beats USC, clearing the way for another OU championship...

Boomer Sooner and Roll Tide!!!
 
NYBamaFan said:
The BCS removed Strength of Schedule from their formula this year because of what it did last year. To argue that strength of schedule resulted in the choice of one school over another this year would be contradictory, don't you think?
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The BCS removed SOS from their equation this year because of all the whining by USC last year. At least the SOS was somewhat of a true indication of who a team played. This year the AP voters make up 1/3 of the equation. 60+ sportswriters around the country give their opinion about who they think should be No. 1. If it comes down to two teams with the same record it becomes just a popularity contest. Who do you think would have the most voting power, a team from LA, or a team from Alabama. Besides we are all in awe of the vast knowledge of college football by sportswriters. :biggrin2:
 
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