Saturday, November 15, 2008

BCS Nightmare

This is the worst case scenario for BCS pollsters.
Mon, Jan 7 BCS Championship Texas VS Alabama
Thu, Jan 3 Orange Maryland VS Rutgers
Wed, Jan 2 Fiesta Missouri VS Boise St
Tue, Jan 1 Sugar Florida VS Utah
Tue, Jan 1 Rose Oregon St VS Penn St

SEC
Florida loses to Florida St, and then beats Alabama in the SEC Championship. Alabama is unimpressive against Auburn, but one loss in SEC Championship game to a 11-2 Florida team means they feel like a legitimate top 2 team.
BIG XII
Texas Tech loses to Oklahoma, who loses to Oklahoma St. Texas Tech plays Missouri in the BIG XII Championship and loses. Texas is impressive against Texas A&M, finishing 11-1 and in 2nd place in Big XII South.
PAC-10
Oregon St wins out, and is outright Pac-10 Championship. USC wins their games in impressive fashion and is finishes a strong 11-1, but 2nd place in the Pac-10.
ACC
Florida St loses to Boston College and Maryland, and finishes 3rd in its division. Everybody in ACC has four loses, and Maryland ends up beating Georgia Tech in the ACC final.
Big 10
Michigan St beats Penn St. Ohio St, Penn St, and Michigan St are co-Big 10 champs.
Big East
Pittsburgh beats Cincinnati, but loses to West Virginia and Connecticut. West Virginia loses to South Florida, and Cincinnati loses to Syracuse. Rutgers Wins out and wins the Big East.
Non-BCS
Ball St, Utah and Boise St are all undefeated
Outcome
There is no way that a one-loss SEC team can be passed over for a Pac-10 team with the same record. Even though Florida beats Alabama, Alabama stays at #2. Texas becomes #1, while Missouri plays in the Fiesta Bowl. The BCS must take Boise and Utah because Rutgers is so low, but Ball St is slighted and upset-MAC presidents demand a play-off system be implemented in the future. USC is also passed over, despite being considered the best team by many people. They play Oklahoma in the Holiday Bowl, which is seen as the better match up than any BCS bowl. Orange Bowl gets beat in the ratings by a ESPN College Basketball and the NHL on Versus.

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