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
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?
Roll Tide
At the end of the regular season each super-conference should have the leaders of each of the divisions compete in a four team playoff to determine the super-conference champion.
After that the super-conference champions can have a four team playoff to determine the national champion.
Bowl games can be played around the same time as the super-conference and national playoffs among the teams with better records and/or higher popularity.
The team that wins the national championship could play as many as four more games as the worst teams that don't get into any playoffs or bowl games.
Because of this there may be some profit sharing recommended within super-conferences, or throughout the NCAA.
What do you think?
Heck, even our 3rd place SEC West division Arkansas Razorbacks won the Cotton Bowl and finished the season 11-2 and could likely end up in the top 5 at season's end.
I love all these drones mindlessly claiming that LSU and Ala are obviously the number 1 and number 2. Says who? I guess that the Steelers should go on to play the Pats rather than the Broncos, and the Canucks should be given the Stanley Cup by virtue of their regular season, since they finished with 14 points more than Boston. Oh, and forget about those pretenders VCU and Butler. Duke should have been crowned the champ last year.
Let me guess: You are a fan of a team from another conference.....?
Six quarters, still no touchdowns.
What a huge pile of horse crap! I’ve watched high schools raises money with “cow pasture bingo” that were of more significance than this game. Where was the LSU that beat Oregon at the beginning of the season? My end-season Ducks would have gone through either one of the jokes that were at the top of the BCS and ended with 100 points. When will the idiots that call themselves administrators and athletic directors realize that the BCS is a sham?