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

[Rod Wellman]

On Dec 5, 2006, at 10:26 PM, j j wrote:

> So does that mean that they should have been denied a chance at a  
> championship because they had one bad game?

Darn right it does.  Stub your toe once and you're out.  Maybe.   
Depends on the season.  That's what makes it exciting.  The entire  
season.  Every weekend, every game.

> Does that mean they weren't one of the best two teams in college  
> football that year because they lost to ISU?

They might have been one of the top 5 teams.  Fact is, they lost to  
ISU.  Championship-caliber teams don't lose to that caliber of an ISU  
team. Ever.

> Even the greatest of any sport can have a bad day and lose.
> When the 82' NU team lost to Penn St on a very bad call, did that  
> mean PSU was the better team. Was NU really not one of the best two  
> teams in college football that year? Should that call and game have  
> cost them a chance at the championship?

The travesty of that season and that game was that we didn't have  
instant replay review, not that we have meaningful games every  
weekend that count.  A blown call by a ref does not warrant scrapping  
what we have now for a playoff system.

Rod W.