[personal] Re: [Husker] BCS - Am I alone?

[Skylar Dodds]

Hello Husker Fans,

SD> Even 1 game doesn't determine which team is better.  Do you really
SD> think KSU is better than UT?  Do you really think UCLA is better than
SD> USC?  How about ISU when they beat NU in

Sorry forgot to finish this sentence before I sent it.

What it should have said, "How about ISU when they beat NU in 1992?"
NU was ranked #7 and ISU was something like 2-6 coming into the game
(sorry I can't remember exactly.)"

Sorry to reply to my own post.

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 Skylar                            mailto:Sklarbodds at cox.net

SD> Hello Husker Fans,

ML>> Problem is, define "best". What criteria can you use to determine who
ML>> is "best", unless it's whether or not one team would beat another if
ML>> they played? And how can you know if one team would beat another,
ML>> unless you actually play the game? If your position is that a person
ML>> can determine if team A is better than team B without an actual game
ML>> involved, then we should just skip ALL the games, not just the bowls.

SD> That's still a pretty flawed argument for a playoff though. You claim
SD> that a playoff is the only way to determine who is the best team, well
SD> IMHO, the ONLY way to determine who the best team would be over 14
SD> games, not 2 or 3 in a playoff. That just determines who the 'hottest'
SD> team is at the end of the year.

SD> Take Pittsburgh last year. They didn't have a very good season, but
SD> they squeaked into the playoffs and had a great final 4 games.
SD> Especially after the way they've started this year I don't think
SD> anyone in their right minds would call them the 'best' team last year.
SD> They simply got hot at the end (and were helped by some phantom calls
SD> I might add).

SD> So adding a playoff DOES NOT get you the best team, it just gives you
SD> a champion.  I would argue that the BCS does a better job figuring out
SD> who the BEST team is, (even though again we're still looking at
SD> crowning a 'champion').



SD> The best way to determine who is the best is to see who plays the best
SD> over a long stretch of times because you can only get lucky so much.
SD> That's one thing I love about baseball.  NOBODY makes the playoffs in
SD> baseball by a fluke.  There's no such thing.  Even then, they still
SD> play 5-7 times just to make sure that the better team moves on.

SD> Since the sport doesn't allow a best-of-series, IMHO, this is the next
SD> best thing.