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The computers are a large part of the BCS problem. I'd rather not have a bunch of computer geek programmers who never played the game having any input whatsoever.
Conferences, championships, bowl traditions and the opinions of coaches and sportswriters are all far more important in determining a playoff bracket.
USC is now #10 in the Associated Press!!!! They are not even in the top 25 of the BCS or USA Today poll. http://espn.go.com/college-football/rankings
Michigan State is #11 in the AP even thought they were blown out by an unranked Notre Dame team (yeah, 3 loss ND has squeaked back up to 22, but were not ranked when they trounced Michigan State)
They computers are not perfect, but they do a lot better job than the bias North East, Mid-West and West coast sports writers who don't know anything about modern college football. i.e. the South East!
Oh, and btw, the BCS is irrelevant this year.
All the real 2011 national championship battles will have been played by the end of December 3rd.
Alabama vs. LSU
LSU vs. Arkansas
LSU vs. Georia (maybe Arkansas)
anything else is just month old left over Turkey.