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[Tom Maycock]

> Leaving Texas out of the Big 10 title game because of their
> BCS ranking will probably doom the BCS.

You may be right, but to be fair, that situation doesn't really have anything to do with the BCS itself. It's an issue of the Big 12's tiebreaker rules. You'd have the same debate with using any sort of poll--coaches, media, computers, or BCS, to make that determination. 

Mack Brown's point of contention is probably a good one: The SEC has basically the same process, but their "BCS poll" step includes a caveat that reverts to head-to-head if the top 2 teams in a 3-way tie are closely ranked:

"The tied team with the highest ranking in the Bowl Championship Series Standings following the last weekend of regular-season games shall be the divisional representative in the SEC Championship Game, unless the second of the tied teams is ranked within five-or-fewer places of the highest ranked tied team. In this case, the head-to-head results of the top two ranked tied teams shall determine the representative in the SEC Championship Game. "

See: 

http://secsports.com/index.php?s=&change_well_id=2&url_article_id=46

and

http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=1546006&DB_OEM_ID=10410

Tom