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To: sean327

How does AP "Pull out" of the BCS? They publish their poll, why can't the BCS still use it in their formula? Anyway, the whole thing is silly. There is no reason why the bowl games couldn't have been held two weeks ago, with the winners then playing each other through early January.


2 posted on 12/22/2004 10:36:52 AM PST by Rodney King (No, we can't all just get along.)
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To: Rodney King

Read the article. The AP served the BCS a cease and decist order. The AP owns their poll, they have the final say if they want it used by the BCS clowns or not. Ain't free enterprise great?!


3 posted on 12/22/2004 10:39:42 AM PST by sean327 (All men are created equal, then some become Marines!)
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To: Rodney King

Damn, right! If there's a NCAA Football playoff, it'll be bigger and better than March Madness. Its gotten so screwed, I thought it was bad when Nebraska and Michigan got Co-National Champs the year before the BCS, but, leave it to the NCAA to make it worse.


4 posted on 12/22/2004 10:41:40 AM PST by MahaMarty (This'll probably get me suspended...AGAIN!)
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To: Rodney King

I totaly agree with you about using the existing Bowls as the tournament structure. Last nights game should have been a first round game.


5 posted on 12/22/2004 10:41:42 AM PST by sean327 (All men are created equal, then some become Marines!)
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To: Rodney King
"why can't the BCS still use it in their formula?"

I agree, the BCS can just use an 'anonymous' ranking (so what if it happens to match the AP exactly) and continue on...

With that said, it is ridiculous to not determine the champ on the field with a 4 or 8 team playoff system.
6 posted on 12/22/2004 10:45:33 AM PST by YouPosting2Me
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To: Rodney King

"There is no reason why the bowl games couldn't have been held two weeks ago"

That would have interfered with the "student-athletes" studying for finals. /s


17 posted on 12/22/2004 11:17:40 AM PST by Veritas et equitas ad Votum (If the Constitution "lives and breathes", it dies.)
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