BCS Computers Set to Explode!

It will definitely be OSU vs LSU or Georgia. My money would be on LSU jumping Georgia as a result of winning the SEC Championship.

I think Hawaii really has a legit beef since they started the year 23 and are only at number 12 now. But, this is just stupid...OSU v LSU doesn't even put the best two teams in the country. There needs to be a playoff.

The computer will crash and fall like a cake in the oven when someone slams the oven door! I really think that Ohio State and Southern California should go to Pasadena, case closed.

I don't want the Bucks to play USC because they play each other in the regular season the next two years anyway. I think it would be hilarious (and a good case for a playoff system) if Kansas ends up going to the National Championship because they lost the play-in to the Big 12 Championship game.

hasnt this happened only like once in the history of college football where 1 and 2 lost on the same day and that was earlier this year

as much as we all want to wish otherwise it will be OSU vs LSU its common sense when LSU won they unofficially leapfrogged Georgia and became #4 and with WVU and Mizzou losing every team moves up 2 places so OSU #1 LSU #2 Georgia #3 Va Tech #4....its not as complicated as people make it seem

It is tough to go undefeated, but being #12 and nearly getting beaten by lowly Washington at home in such an important game is probably enough to keep the Warriors from moving up too many notches. They should get a nice BCS game though. I think that LSU will likely get it because they beat VTech earlier this year, but I hope Georgia does. I'm not a Bulldog fan, but LSU has controlled their BCS fate twice this year and lost both times. Georgia has two losses as well, but both were earlier in the season- they have since won six straight, and spanked Auburn there in that time, and I think they are playing the best football of anyone in the league. Ohio State vs. Georgia would be a great game.

I want to hear no crying from those 2 loss schools. Going into the season every Div-1a team assumes that you have to go undefeated to have a chance, and if you are lucky you get a second chance with one loss. So don't lose to unranked opponents and we wouldn't have this issue. Except VaTech who did not lose to an unranked opponent, to them I say play those last 5 minutes against BC and we don't have this "problem" So I don't care what 2 loss team gets a 3rd chance because none of them can complain they all had their fate in their own hands. They all blew their chanceS (plural!) ON THE FIELD, so they cannot complain. Don't say you deserve a chance against Ohio State when you can't beat: South Carolina, Kentucky, Pitt, Staford, or Colorado. Sorry that BS does not fly. Hawaii I almost feel bad for but if the BCS schools won't play you then that blows. Pay them more, or complain about this, because you have a valid complaint against Michigan, Michigan St, and USC. Yell and scream about this valid issue. Make sure everyone knows that these schools are cowards and that you aren't getting your chance to show the world what you can do on the field.

Hawaii would be blown away by any of the schools discussed to be in the BCS Title Game. And Trizz, it does seem rather simple to me too. Only reason this has juice is because LSU would have to jump over three teams to get into the two spot. Va Tech, Kansas, and Georgia.

I think this year is the perfect example of why a tournament is a terrible, terrible idea.

If you have an 8 team tourney, who do you take? Clearly the six major conference champs, but then ... Georgia and Kansas? So you leave out *undefeated* Hawaii? And what about two-loss Arizona State? Or two-loss Missouri -- a team which basically was unlucky enough to face an OU team it matched up poorly against, twice.

Fine, you say, let's move to 16 teams. In that case, we either have 10 at-larges (no way, no how) all five "minor" conference teams getting in with 5 at larges. The five at larges? Georgia, Kansas, ASU, Missouri and... uh... you could make the case for about ten different teams.

That's a big, big problem, because this year especially, that last team (Florida? Illinois? etc.) could very easily win the tournament -- as could the sixth team that was left out. This isn't like March Madness, where an 19-14 team who is given a #1 seed in the NIT instead of an 11 seed in the big show is, at best, going to flame out in the E-8. Here, a team that is a marginal inclusion has a very real chance of "winning" the championship -- and that's just BS.

I disagree, DNL-- the problem you mention is the exact same problem with picking who goes to the National Championship game, except we are just going to make that decision. Also, a tournament could involve the top 4 teams and become a 2 game playoff system.

In this case, I think LSU clearly deserves to be #2. I really don't understand how you can compare their two losses, both in triple overtime to teams with winning records, to Georgia's losses, and also ignore the fact that LSU won the SEC by saying "Georgia hasn't lost in a month!"

It really is just illogical. Triple overtime is the closest you can come to a tie and still lose-- I think the overtime system in college is kind of stupid. Just look at the Arkansas game-- they scored the tying touchdown, but they didn't get the 2 point conversion. Is that reason enough to say they don't deserve to play in the National Championship game??

DNL, you've gotta have a cutoff at some point. Team #9 being left out is just the way of sports. Even in college basketball you get teams 66, 67, 68 griping. There is nothing you can do to stop it. But that is just the way it is. Team #3 has a LEGIT right to gripe, especially in Auburn's case three years ago when they went undefeated in the SEC.

And DNL... That's some system. I don't think the college presidents could understand it though, haha. But I think it is rather simple. Make it a 12-team tournament (6 major conference champs, 6 at-larges), and give the top 4 BCS teams byes. Similar to the NFL playoff system. If you have a team like Hawaii this year or Boise State last year, that team must be included in the system. Keep the ND rule, if they go 9-2 or better they are in. Home games for the better seed in the first two rounds, then have the four major bowls be the semifinals, final and 3rd place game. Semis on Jan 1st, Final on Jan 8th. Very simple.

In baseball, team #9 could win the World Series, but they didn't qualify for the playoffs. Can't disgard the regular season altogether.

The other college divisions handle playoffs just fine, even with finals and all that junk. It can be done.

Everyone knows BCS stands for Big Crock of Shit, anyone posting on this article could come up with a better system in less time than it took to write it. That said, though, it is what it is.

As is the case with basketball, the top teams schedule lesser opponents so as to prepare themselves for their in-conference games. Problem is, football plays, at most, 8-10 in conference and maybe 12 games all season, basketball three times that amount. So a loss to Marshmallow State or Cupcake U has more of a negative impact on their BCS rating.

I think USC and Cal should be penalized in some form for not playing Hawaii, they're avoiding a game they know they could easily lose.

On the other hand, should West Virginia be penalized for playing a bad game? WV puts 66 on the board against UConn, at the time a top 20 team. UConn blows out Pitt by 20 something. Pitt beats WV. Hollywood writers couldn't make this shit up, yet here we are talking about reality.

Every other school has lost a game they should have won, so if I had a BCS vote I would put less emphasis on their losses than I would have in the past. And I agree 100% with Dan, Hawaii should not be screwed over because no one would play them (that tells me right there they are legit) or because they weren't a preseason favorite for anything. They're undefeated, they beat good teams on the road, so what's the problem. Same thing with Colt Brennan and the Heisman. The kid put up numbers, period.

I'm discounting Tech's loss yesterday as a fluke, although they did lose to LSU, who has not played well themselves. USC hasn't exactly impressed anyone lately, the only team who has stepped up and won when they were supposed to is Oklahoma.

So my BCS title game is Oklahoma and Hawaii, and I'll take Hawaii and the points.

Not always the case. Teams do keep open dates so as to schedule games with teams they can get a gate boost from or a BCS boost.

Kels, Tech loss?

Hawaii is basically a Kansas team that didn't have to play Missouri. You can't tell me you think Hawaii would beat Missouri on a neutral field. It sucks that teams backed out of playing them, but you can't give them credit for something they didn't do - beat someone good.

Teams make commitments dealing with their schedule years in advance. I don't think anyone backed out of playing Hawaii. It just didn't happen. LSU #2 in the coaches poll. So 1/3rd of the BCS is out with LSU looking good.

All this arguing over who should play for the National Championship? Doesn't that validate the argument that deciding who is the best should be determined on the field and not by a bunch of computers or scribes?