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[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

I was merely pointing out the ridiculousness (hence the LOL thread I added to) of the computer rankings. You can throw those off by what you include and don't include, and it's been pretty clear that the formula Sagarin uses is about as unfavorable to the Big Ten as possible.
And the original point missed was how Ohio State would be at #15 behind a 2-loss Cal or 2-loss Oregon State team. It's much easier to explain how a 1-loss Alabama team who just beat Florida and Arkansas and is coming off a title can be a couple spots ahead of a USC team they just lost to on the road than the OSU situation.
It may seem like a trivial issue now, but if we get to the end of the season and OSU's computer rankings keep them from the title game, you can bet there will be an uproar. And TCU and Boise sure aren't going to lose, so it will be interesting to see how those spots could be made up with half the season left.
But the overall point is the absurdity of the B(C)S itself. And while some may prefer to just continue to watch their favorite sport go from awesome entertainment to laughing stock every December as the B(C)S pairings are announced, some actually prefer to point out where a great product can improve and where it NEEDS to improve.
It won't take 20 years. The plus-one format is coming pretty soon - a 12-0 Ohio State left out of the title game by computers or a 12-1 SEC team like Alabama passed over might speed that up.
The system is on life support. Thousands of seats are empty. They have contingency plans for 5-win teams to fill the glut of bowl games. And fan uproar is increasing and you can see the collision coming this year ... unbeaten Boise or 12-1 Alabama? 12-0 TCU or 12-0 OSU? Oregon or Oklahoma?
We could wait for it all to collapse and keep getting that kick to the groin every bowl season ... or we could think more than five minutes ahead and try and make college football better. And what better way to do that than mocking the absurdity of the present!
The bowl system nostalgia is nice but not realistic - the bowl system days of old have gone the way of baseball relevancy in mid markets. Cling to those memories of both, because that's all there is left. The current system is truly the "worst of both worlds" for college football - no tradition of the bowls and no sensible playoff system (and yes, the NFL did get that right!). Change won't come from acceptance but from the fans/viewers demanding it! So you can keep your B(C)S bliss ... I want something better from the best sport around and will continue to voice my opinion. Ditto for how much computer rankings suck! :)
GO CATS!!!-SjT