Regarding the BCS, did they ever "get it wrong" on the "best 2 teams"....
And yes, they could have tweaked the "objective" part of it some....
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Regarding the BCS, did they ever "get it wrong" on the "best 2 teams"....
And yes, they could have tweaked the "objective" part of it some....
How would we know?
If the BCS had been in place in 2014, it would have been Alabama vs. Florida State, and people would say "oh, I guess the BCS got it right again!" never realizing that Ohio State was actually the best team as the CFP proved.
Same thing with Alabama in 2017. And even now we'll never know if some year's 5 or 6 seed was actually the best and never got the chance to prove it.
It would have to be something with a public formula so that anyone could theoretically check it.
After all, the only 1 of the 6 BCS computer polls that did that had a mistake in their final rankings (2010 I want to say?) that was only found by people doing that. We'll never know if it happened with the other 5 - those were totally secret.
I get your point...
The BCS was blown up because 2 SEC teams made it in... Peeps got unjustifiably pissed.
So, we expand to a 4 team playoff, to appease the B1G and give non-bluebloods a chance... same dif.
Now, while I agree that the lil guy's chances will increase as the playoff field does, the blueblood's chances will increase exponentially...
Shit, I had this football NC playoff shit solved in '98 and those jackalopes are still tryin' to catch up....
I can?t remember what format was used in 1999, but Marshall with Chad Pennington and Randy Moss was the best mid major team in college football. It?s the only time I?ve ever said a mid major should make the title game
12 teams seems like too much. Heck, they?ve struggled to find 4 legit championship contenders during this phase. Cinderella stories are nice, but can anyone ever recall a Cinderella that won it all vs just making it barely past midnight? They typically ding a better team before reality comes crashing down.