[NU Sports] PIGSKIN PICKS - Final Results

[Eric West]

Mike Nolan wrote:
> BCS is beginning to stand for 'Bowl Choke Stoops'. 
>   
This looks to be an unintended effect of the BCS: in the "old system" 
Oklahoma would be in the Orange Bowl five out of the last seven years, 
unable to play USC or LSU or Florida and probably not playing Boise 
State, either. (Maybe they would have played West Virginia in 2008, 
maybe not.) It's possible that Stoops would have a much higher bowl 
winning percentage despite being the exact same coach; only the 
perception would have changed.

I'm trying to decide if that's a good or bad thing overall, which 
perception of Stoops would be closer to reality, and how many other 
"great coaches" of the past would be thought of as chokers if #1 had 
always played #2 in a bowl game.


Eric West
e-west at northwestern.edu