[Husker] BCS - Am I alone?

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Jon Johnston
http://www.cornnation.com

husker-bounces at tssi.com wrote on 12/05/2006 02:47:57 PM:

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> 
> You must have missed the entire point of my post.  A playoff DOES not 
> automatically result in "knowing" the champion.  First of all, there 
> are still "guesses" and "feelings" involved in picking the teams in 
> the playoffs.  How many "bubble" basketball teams are pissed every 
> year that they didn't make it into the field of 64?  Still plenty of 
> feelings and guesses involved in a playoff, and the entire point of 
> my post was that even with a playoff, the best team can't possibly 
> make it through with any assuredness.  The second, third, fourth, 
> even seventh best team probably will.  Does that mean they are the 
> true "champion"?  Or just a team that got lucky (or stayed healthy) 
> at the end of the year...was playing at the top of their game for a 
> couple games in a row, or maybe had the favorable distance to travel?
> 

I really think that this point would be better served if someone took the 
time to look into how Division II and III select their teams that make it 
into the playoffs. I think everyone would be surprised at that. 

> 
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> 
> Rod W.
> 
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