Posted on 01/09/2012 1:50:51 PM PST by kathsua
For the first time since the BCS held its first "national championship" game after the 1998 season, there won't be any bowl game that can realistically be portrayed as a "national championship" game.
This year's game can only be considered as giving the University of Alabama an opportunity to avenge its loss against Louisiana State University(LSU). The two schools can only play for the championship of the western division of the Southeast Conference(SEC). Alabama cannot even claim the championship of the SEC from a victory because that would require Alabama to defeat eastern division champion , the University of Georgia.
LSU cannot prove it deserves a national championship by defeating a school it has already defeated, particularly a school that mostly defeated the same schools that LSU defeated. LSU needs to defeat the champion of another conference in the championship game to prove it is the best team in the country
An Alabama victory would indicate the two schools are equal rather than that Alabama is the best because they would each have one victory over the other. A third game would be necessary to prove Alabama was the better team. In those sports in which the champion must win multiple games against the other team, the champion must win a majority of the games.
The SEC will be the big loser in the game because it will lose its undefeated record in the game regardless of which team wins. Alabama and LSU are both undefeated in the so-called championship game. One of them will lose that status.
The NCAA does allow a conference runner up to play the conference champion for the national basketball championship, but only after the challenger has defeated the other teams in its bracket to get into the championship game.
The NFL allows the runner up in a division to play the division winner in a conference championship but only after the runner up has defeated two other teams. Two teams in the same division cannot play each other in the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl participants must be from different conferences.
Those who suffer from the delusion that a computer or sports writers, etc can choose the best two teams ignore the fact that it isn't unusual for teams rated by writers or computers to lose to teams that are rated lower.
It's time for people to realize that the claim that a BCS bowl game is for a national championship is just a public relations gimmick. The only valid way to determine a national football champion is for teams to earn their way into a championship game by defeating other teams that aspire to be the national champion.
Determining a legitimate NCAA major college football champion wouldn't necessarily require extending the college football season longer than it is now with the phony BCS championship game. There would need to be a way to get the number of teams playing for the championship down to 8 for a 3-round tournament which could include some of the existing bowl games.
With the ongoing conference changes, the number of conferences could change in the next few years. Champions from smaller conferences could play qualifying games after the end of the season, possibly the same weekend some of the large conferences have their championship games. The extra game would provide money for the schools and their conferences.
The first round of the tournament could come just before Christmas or be part of the New Year's day bowl games. Having the first round on New Year's would be especially attractive for the Big 10 and Pac 12 because it would allow their champions to play in the Rose Bowl and still participate in a championship tournament.
The college bowl games aren't nearly as important as they used to be. Most of them are on cable because they don't attract sufficient advertising to be worth a bidding war among the broadcast networks like there is for the Super Bowl.
A true championship tournament could be as popular as the NCAA basketball tournament is. At the very least the schools participating in the tournament would make money for themselves and their conferences.
I think most people are so tired of bowl games by now that they don't really care about a real or phony national championship game.
I have never been a fan of the BCS system, preferring a playoff.
On the other hand, number 1 is playing number 2. That is about as close as one could get to a national championship game.
The whole system is a contrivance made to create an impression that the last bowl game is a genuine championship. We get it. . .its college. . .we are happy to go along with the fantasy so as to better enjoy the game. . .its just a game after all.
Well there is the SEC.
And then there is .... ummmm... everyone else who is NOT the SEC.
So. Even if there were Conference play-offs - it wouldn’t be any better than Alabama vs. LSU.
The SEC will be the big loser in the game because it will lose its undefeated record in the game regardless of which team wins. Alabama and LSU are both undefeated in the so-called championship game. One of them will lose that status.
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That is about the lamest most pathetic comment I’ve read in a long time.
The problem with this analysis is that Alabama and LSU are easily the two best teams, by any measure. So, having a team other than Alabama in the game would also not be a legitimate national championship game under the current system, which is supposed to pit the two best teams.
The irony of this is a number of years ago, the SEC pushed hard for a 4 school playoff system; where the top 4 teams would play it out for the championship (because an undefeated Auburn had been locked out of the championship game). No other conference would even consider the SEC proposal.
What makes it doubly ironic is the SEC has won every national championship since they made the proposal for a 4 team playoff system.
Lol, talk about about scraping the bottom of the barrel to find something negative to say. Maybe the SEC will be able to recover from being the "big loser" after winning six straight BCS championship and the shame of having SEC teams in both spots in this year's championship game.
That said I wish someone would drive a stake through the heart of the BCS and come up with a workable tournament!
The BSC is nothing but corrupt fantasy FB.
They need to take the top 8 conference champions and find the real champion.
Go Ducks
Well...for a few more hours anyway...
If Bama beats LSU tonight, then what? Since LSU already beat Bama, each could claim the BCS Championship, since each would only have one loss - to each other.
Who do you think should be playing for the national championship?
Call it the BCS Global Championship Game?
The NCAA FCS (Formerly NCAA Division II) just concluded a 20-team playoff... last game was on Jan 7th. The FBS (Formerly Division I) with a 2-team playoff doesn't end until Jan 9th.
The bowl games have shown just how bad the other contenders’ defenses were, Bama or LSU easily scores 30+ on those teams, and easily shuts down their offenses.
Anybody who doesn’t think the best two teams are playing tonight, is crazy.
LSU is #1 and Bama is #2
Well...for a few more hours anyway...
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True. Then it will be LSU as # 1 and # 2. Roll Tide will be third.
(don’t ask how that is possible.)
A four-team playoff is perfect, it solves 90% of all of the problems with the current system. It would just be diminishing returns to include more teams.
If Bama beats LSU tonight, then what?
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Then it will be a matter of percentages. By how many points did Alabama win? Total yards by both teams in both games. First downs, possession times, and stuff like that.
Exactly it solves nothing and makes the ‘every game counts’ mantra of the non playoff crowd seem ridiculous
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