topspeed
11-17-2003, 12:10 PM
Someone explain this to me:
How does 'SC wax UA 45-0 (it could have been much worse but the starters were yanked in the middle of the 3rd) and OSU squeak by Purdue and yet get displaced in the rankings for the title? The NY Times computer actually dropped SC 3 spots behind two 2 loss teams while 2 other computers dropped them 2 spots!
Seriously, since when does a COMPUTER know more about football than coaches and beat writers? Both have SC at 2 and OSU at 4. Consider this finding from the LA times, if the 7 computers that impact the BCS standing were removed from the get go:
"In 2000, Oklahoma and Miami were No. 1 and No. 2 in both polls but Florida State nipped Miami for the No. 2 BCS spot by 0.32 even though Miami had beaten Florida State.
The 2000 BCS standings, without computers, would have justly rendered Oklahoma (1.44), Miami (3.12) and Florida State (4.08)
A year later, Nebraska nosed out Colorado for the second BCS spot by 0.05, even though many believed Oregon, No. 2 in both polls but No. 4 in the BCS, should have played No. 1 Miami in the Rose Bowl.
If you recalculate the 2001 standings and take out the computers, the finish would have been Miami (1.72), Oregon (4.24), Colorado (5.08) and Nebraska (5.56)."
Until the lunacy of these computers are removed, will we ever get a true championship game without a playoff? I say no.
Fight On! and GO BLUE!
How does 'SC wax UA 45-0 (it could have been much worse but the starters were yanked in the middle of the 3rd) and OSU squeak by Purdue and yet get displaced in the rankings for the title? The NY Times computer actually dropped SC 3 spots behind two 2 loss teams while 2 other computers dropped them 2 spots!
Seriously, since when does a COMPUTER know more about football than coaches and beat writers? Both have SC at 2 and OSU at 4. Consider this finding from the LA times, if the 7 computers that impact the BCS standing were removed from the get go:
"In 2000, Oklahoma and Miami were No. 1 and No. 2 in both polls but Florida State nipped Miami for the No. 2 BCS spot by 0.32 even though Miami had beaten Florida State.
The 2000 BCS standings, without computers, would have justly rendered Oklahoma (1.44), Miami (3.12) and Florida State (4.08)
A year later, Nebraska nosed out Colorado for the second BCS spot by 0.05, even though many believed Oregon, No. 2 in both polls but No. 4 in the BCS, should have played No. 1 Miami in the Rose Bowl.
If you recalculate the 2001 standings and take out the computers, the finish would have been Miami (1.72), Oregon (4.24), Colorado (5.08) and Nebraska (5.56)."
Until the lunacy of these computers are removed, will we ever get a true championship game without a playoff? I say no.
Fight On! and GO BLUE!