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To: Joe_October
You call the AP sports writers "corrupt." That word has a very specific meaning--that the writers cast their votes in exchange for a payoff of some kind. But you provide no evidence to support your claim, other than ludicrous non-sequiturs.

For example, you state "it against their interest to vote with the BCS." Even if this is true, it hardly establishes "corruption."

But I am aware of little to no evidence that it is true. Historically, the two systems have tended to produce a single winner. They typically produce a split decision only in years (like this one) in which there are two teams with identical loss records and very similar levels of accomplishment. In other words, when there are good and legitimate (i.e., non-"corrupt") grounds for splitting the title of "national champion."

You also argue that the AP sportswriter's poll is flawed because the AP's political reporting is flawed. ("Are you defending the AP writers? They picked Gore, Dean, Hussein, Bin Laden, Abortion on Demand, more taxes, universal health care. I can't think of an issue they got right."). But the one rather obviously has nothing to do with the other.

You also claim that the AP surpresses the results of sportswriters' polls "they" disagree with. ("[T]hey show their bias in the polls they REVEAL. Imagine, the ones you can't see."). In the absence of hard evidence that the AP has ever surpressed any poll results, that is tinfoil-hat-ism of the most paranoid kind. If you have evidence, I would be interested in seeing it.

Ultimately, in the absence of a head to head matchup, the issue of which team is "national champion" is simply a matter of opinion. As a conservative, I will stick with the long-established and accepted "two poll system" for that determination.

Congratulations to LSU, the BCS national champion. And congratulations to USC, the AP national champion.

66 posted on 01/05/2004 6:10:31 AM PST by TheConservator (Proud UW Husky fan!)
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To: TheConservator
Again, no one can defend the AP. Your point is I didn't prove it.

I abused the AP with the most clear, offensive, and blatant language I could and challenged anyone to defend them, to take their side based on their performance.

No one did. Not even the California fans who depend on the AP to make their case. (It would be one thing to lose to their nemesis Cal in a season or to have to hold your nose and say the AP was right when it really is 50-50 but to do both, must certainly gaul them.)

Best I heard was the loophole that I didn't prove it in a court of law. Or, they were right in this case.

How come no one can defend the AP?

Yea, I know.
129 posted on 01/06/2004 5:55:58 PM PST by Joe_October (Saddam supported Terrorists. Al Qaeda are Terrorists. I can't find the link.)
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