[Husker] The fed bringing the heat on the BCS

[David Strong]

> From: Steve Kauf <kaufsss at aol.com>

> What do you do in a year that - say -  the Big 12
> Champ goes into this "playoff" undefeated and gets upset by
> a 
> 
> 9-3 ACC team (seeding you know- some how someone needs to
> pick the final 2, 4, 6, 8, 16 teams...) and that allows a
> 10-2 SEC team get into the final and play a 9-3 ACC
> team.  The 10-2 SEC team is the champ but their losses
> were to the 12 -0 Big 12 champ and another  team the
> 12-0 team beat earlier in the year.  Just because the
> 'playoff' game is later in the year - Big 12 Champ gets
> screwed.  

In your scenario, the 10-2 SEC team wins he national championship.  They won the tournament.  The Big 12 team didn't get screwed, they lost.  Lower seeds beat higher seeds all the time.  Win and advance, lose and go home.  The Big 12 team had a great year, made the tournament, but didn't win it.  In my earlier example, Gerogetown did not win the NC because they lost in the tournament to a team they had already beaten 3 times.  They didn't get screwed, they lost.  The winner is the champion.  That is what a championship tournament is.  You would rather name a champion based on an election.  If that's your preference, that's ok.

Dave