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Yesterday was proof the BCS was a fraud

HoustonHuskyHoustonHusky Member Posts: 5,954
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If the BCS was still around does anyone think the championship game wouldn't have been an undefeated FSU vs a 1 loss 'Bama team? ESPN pushed that sham of a system for WAY too long.
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    MeekMeek Member Posts: 7,031
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    does the Pac12 Network still even exist? Asking for a friend.
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    RavennaDawgRavennaDawg Member Posts: 846
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    Saying the ACC is a Power 5 conference is like saying the CFL is a Power 2 professional league.

    Take the champs of the Pac 12, B1G, SEC!!!, and Big 12, and 4 at large teams.
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    dncdnc Member Posts: 56,614
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    RavennaDawg said:

    Saying the ACC is a Power 5 conference is like saying the CFL is a Power 2 professional league.

    Take the champs of the Pac 12, B1G, SEC!!!, and Big 12, and 4 at large teams.

    Someone's still butthurt his Tiggers lost the title to an ACC school last year.
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    RavennaDawgRavennaDawg Member Posts: 846
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    dnc said:

    RavennaDawg said:

    Saying the ACC is a Power 5 conference is like saying the CFL is a Power 2 professional league.

    Take the champs of the Pac 12, B1G, SEC!!!, and Big 12, and 4 at large teams.

    Someone's still butthurt his Tiggers lost the title to an ACC school last year.
    That did make rooting for Oregon easier yesterday.
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    TierbsHsotBoobsTierbsHsotBoobs Member Posts: 39,680
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    Following this logic, the four team playoff is also a fraud. TCU might be better than Oregon and Ohio State.
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    TierbsHsotBoobsTierbsHsotBoobs Member Posts: 39,680
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    RavennaDawg said:

    Saying the ACC is a Power 5 conference is like saying the CFL is a Power 2 professional league.

    Take the champs of the Pac 12, B1G, SEC!!!, and Big 12, and 4 at large teams.

    The ACC has more playoff championships than everyone but the SEC and whichever team wins on the 12th.

    Of course, the SEC has nine playoff titles while everyone else combined will have 8 after the 12th.
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    HoustonHuskyHoustonHusky Member Posts: 5,954
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    The BCS was about consolidating college football under the ABC/ESPN umbrella...had nothing to do with finding a true "champion". Don't think they predicted (or cared) about the SEC bias that built itself into the system.
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    TierbsHsotBoobsTierbsHsotBoobs Member Posts: 39,680
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    HoustonHusky said:

    The BCS was about consolidating college football under the ABC/ESPN umbrella...had nothing to do with finding a true "champion". Don't think they predicted (or cared) about the SEC bias that built itself into the system.

    Yep, the system was clearly biased in favor of SEC teams:
    http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/2004_archive_bcs.html
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    RaceBannonRaceBannon Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 101,424
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    HoustonHusky said:

    The BCS was about consolidating college football under the ABC/ESPN umbrella...had nothing to do with finding a true "champion". Don't think they predicted (or cared) about the SEC bias that built itself into the system.

    And the new playoffs are under the same umbrella with better numbers which means more money for ESPN. There was no bias built into the system. Doogman shit here. Close the gates
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    HoustonHuskyHoustonHusky Member Posts: 5,954
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    Lotta butt-hurt here about the SEC west being exposed once they weren't magically gifted into the final game. They didn't win shit the years before the BCS and (shockingly) they aren't winning shit now it's gone.
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    TierbsHsotBoobsTierbsHsotBoobs Member Posts: 39,680
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    HoustonHusky said:

    Lotta butt-hurt here about the SEC west being exposed once they weren't magically gifted into the final game. They didn't win shit the years before the BCS and (shockingly) they aren't winning shit now it's gone.

    Whole lot of overreaction to one 42-35 game. It's not like Bama played like defending champion FSU did yesterday.
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    HoustonHuskyHoustonHusky Member Posts: 5,954
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    TierbsHsotBoobs said:

    HoustonHusky said:

    Lotta butt-hurt here about the SEC west being exposed once they weren't magically gifted into the final game. They didn't win shit the years before the BCS and (shockingly) they aren't winning shit now it's gone.

    Whole lot of overreaction to one 42-35 game. It's not like Bama played like defending champion FSU did yesterday.
    2-4

    Sorry...2-5
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    TierbsHsotBoobsTierbsHsotBoobs Member Posts: 39,680
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    HoustonHusky said:

    TierbsHsotBoobs said:

    HoustonHusky said:

    Lotta butt-hurt here about the SEC west being exposed once they weren't magically gifted into the final game. They didn't win shit the years before the BCS and (shockingly) they aren't winning shit now it's gone.

    Whole lot of overreaction to one 42-35 game. It's not like Bama played like defending champion FSU did yesterday.
    2-4
    Yep, the SEC West sucks this year just like everyone else.

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    dncdnc Member Posts: 56,614
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    HoustonHusky said:

    Lotta butt-hurt here about the SEC west being exposed once they weren't magically gifted into the final game. They didn't win shit the years before the BCS and (shockingly) they aren't winning shit now it's gone.

    I don't understand the argument. If in fact the SEC West was "magically gifted" into the title game all those years, how the fuck did they keep on winning them? Shouldn't they have been exposed in the championship games, if there was some exposing to actually be done? Everyone else beat those clearly overrated SEC West teams in the championship game one freaking time.

    You don't get to invalidate a decade of championships because of one 42-35 playoff game.

    The SEC was down this year. That's the only thing last night proved. Of course we knew that long before the game was played.
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    RoadDawg55RoadDawg55 Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 30,123
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    RaceBannon said:

    You don't think ESPN is happier than you with a playoff? 15 rating for both games. Ohio and the West Coast for the final. Collin made a good point - no network wants the south as its base of viewership. Ohio State Michigan was one of the highest rated games of the year.

    ESPN wants eyeballs. The whole ESPN SEC thing is fucking stupid.

    Larry Scott chose a third rate partner and isn't on major providers. That isn't the SEC's fault.

    I'm not sure about that. For every other sport, that is true, but the South rules college football. That is where most the fans are, hence where the money is. The East Coast doesn't give a shit about college sports, especially football. The same is mostly true for the West Coast.

    The pro sports teams are East Coast and LA centric and that's where the focus is. College Football is different.
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    RaceBannonRaceBannon Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 101,424
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    HoustonHusky said:

    Lotta butt-hurt here about the SEC west being exposed once they weren't magically gifted into the final game. They didn't win shit the years before the BCS and (shockingly) they aren't winning shit now it's gone.

    That seems to be the go to post when facts get in the way of feelings about the SEC

    The SEC as we know it came about in 92. The BCS in 96. Saying the SEC didn't win before the BCS is not correct to begin with and disingenuous since the SEC expanding and having a championship game is what got them TV money galore first and made them the force they are.

    Bama has always won titles including one in 92 under Stallings.

    The PAC 12 has chosen to be the Conference of Champions in sports no one gives a shit about on a back water network you can't get. Deal with it

    The PAC 12 should be far and away the best football conference but they aren't. Because the SEC is smarter and the PAC 12 is a bunch of Emmerts and Turners other than Oregon who shows what trying can do

    The country thinks only USC can win a natty out here because so far that's true. Oregon may join Washington in getting one but perception won't change over night
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    TierbsHsotBoobsTierbsHsotBoobs Member Posts: 39,680
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    RaceBannon said:

    HoustonHusky said:

    Lotta butt-hurt here about the SEC west being exposed once they weren't magically gifted into the final game. They didn't win shit the years before the BCS and (shockingly) they aren't winning shit now it's gone.

    That seems to be the go to post when facts get in the way of feelings about the SEC

    The SEC as we know it came about in 92. The BCS in 96. Saying the SEC didn't win before the BCS is not correct to begin with and disingenuous since the SEC expanding and having a championship game is what got them TV money galore first and made them the force they are.

    Bama has always won titles including one in 92 under Stallings.

    The PAC 12 has chosen to be the Conference of Champions in sports no one gives a shit about on a back water network you can't get. Deal with it

    The PAC 12 should be far and away the best football conference but they aren't. Because the SEC is smarter and the PAC 12 is a bunch of Emmerts and Turners other than Oregon who shows what trying can do

    The country thinks only USC can win a natty out here because so far that's true. Oregon may join Washington in getting one but perception won't change over night
    The BCS actually started in 1998 but still.
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