Oklahoma State came REALLY close to the BCS title game

[husker_99]

Easy way to determine a playoff system. Only take those who win their conferences. No at large bids. this means it's fair to every team out there. No controversy. Just results.

Easier said than done, you have 11 conferences and 4 independents. Doesn't make good numbers for a fluid post season.

the Independents are now a conference. The one with the best record gets it.

 

[ZRod]

Easy way to determine a playoff system. Only take those who win their conferences. No at large bids. this means it's fair to every team out there. No controversy. Just results.

Easier said than done, you have 11 conferences and 4 independents. Doesn't make good numbers for a fluid post season.

the Independents are now a conference. The one with the best record gets it.

Devil's advocate here; But what if you have similar records or everyone has terrible records. Not to mention BYU and ND, the two most likely to consistently make it, are in different regions and probably won't play the same teams so how would you judge that. If you say bases off ranking, well what if they both have top 10 rankings but different records?

 

[husker_99]

Easy way to determine a playoff system. Only take those who win their conferences. No at large bids. this means it's fair to every team out there. No controversy. Just results.

Easier said than done, you have 11 conferences and 4 independents. Doesn't make good numbers for a fluid post season.

the Independents are now a conference. The one with the best record gets it.

Devil's advocate here; But what if you have similar records or everyone has terrible records. Not to mention BYU and ND, the two most likely to consistently make it, are in different regions and probably won't play the same teams so how would you judge that. If you say bases off ranking, well what if they both have top 10 rankings but different records?

Tell them either they have play each other or get left out all together. Its only 3 games. Notre Dame doesn't have the clout they use to have. Notre Dame is also close with getting into the ACC. Plus Navy is getting ready to head to the Big East. BYU will eventually join the Big 12 once they stabalize and realize without a Conference Championship Game they are going to get screwed like this year. Army will probably join the Big East too with Navy.

 

[Notre Dame Joe]

They still want teams that travel, which must be why the ACC said no to us.

 

[husker_99]

They still want teams that travel, which must be why the ACC said no to us.

Notre Dame needs to humble themselves otherwise be left out in the cold.

 

[3rd and long]

See my post above. And as stated earlier...was it fair for the Seahawks to make the playoffs last year? Really? Did we have the top 6 teams from the NFC? So Auburn wasn't the best team last year? And Alabama the year before that? I mean people act like the BCS NEVER gets it right.

Don't know about that--the year Texas stole its way to the NC game (at the expense of our rightful Big XII title), there were other teams more deserving that would have put up a better fight than the limp-wristed slap Texas gave 'Bama.

'Bama may have been the best team, but they sure didn't earn it in the NC game, which kind of defeats the purpose of having said game in the first place.

The other reasonable options for that game were Florida, Boise and TCU. Texas was the only other undefeated BCS squad. I wouldn't call those 3 more deserving than UT that season.

You're missing the point--Texass wasn't undefeated. And despite their fraudulent one-loss record (when they really had two), a one-loss Florida, an undefeated Boise State, or a one-loss TCU (whose only loss was to Boise State when they were ranked #3) would have given 'Bama a better game and would have been a worthy #2 over the vermin of Austin.

Bottom line, we're supposed to be matching up the two best teams to play for the title, and the two best teams did not play that year. The BCS was created to match the two best teams to play for the title, and it's failed to do that almost as much as it has succeeded.

Didn't McCoy get hurt early in that game which was a huge factor in the final result? I think Texas was a much better choice than TCU or Boise ST, and probably Florida. Much like this year, I think they did in fact get the two best teams in the final game. Would Okie ST be a more entertaing choice than Alabama?, probably, but it's a been an unwritten rule of college football for years....you just can't lose late in the year.