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1 posted on 01/13/2009 12:08:20 PM PST by HaplessToad
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What? What is the BCS?


2 posted on 01/13/2009 12:14:17 PM PST by Cheesel (The Ark was built by amateurs, the Titanic by professionals.)
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Tell that to Hitler.


4 posted on 01/13/2009 12:18:52 PM PST by texas_mrs
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LOL this is hilarious.

Even worse is some NFL commentators want a BCS system in place because the Cards made the playoffs while the Pats are left in the cold.


5 posted on 01/13/2009 12:18:58 PM PST by Unlikely Hero ("Time is a wonderful teacher; unfortunately, it kills all its pupils." --Berlioz)
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Perhaps I'm biased as a Utah partisan, but seems about right to me ....

I suspect Mountain West conference teams have to go undefeated for at least 2 or 3 consecutive seasons to have a chance at even being considered for a national title. It's just the way it is in far and away worst system in major sports, pro or college. NCAA football could be great (by integrating the major Bowls into an 8-team playoff system -- not a particularly difficult task), but as it stands they're both a laughing stock and a source of endless frustration.

6 posted on 01/13/2009 12:19:18 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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German Chancellor Adolf Hitler said “...we defeated #2 ranked France in only 6 weeks.”

More proof a playoff system is badly needed.


7 posted on 01/13/2009 12:21:03 PM PST by Rennes Templar (The Messiah and the Religion of Fleece)
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I’ve seen this before. It isn’t new.


9 posted on 01/13/2009 12:21:53 PM PST by MahatmaGandu (Remember, remember, the twenty-sixth of November.)
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The BCS is not perfect and I sort of understand Utah’s claim. Still I think Florida probably is the best team in the country. If not Florida, then it is probably Texas.


10 posted on 01/13/2009 12:23:01 PM PST by yarddog
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The computer models, unlike humans, aren't influenced by head-to-head contests--they consider each contest to be only a single, equally-weighted event."

WTH? "Single, equally-weighted 'event?' " Too bad that computer wasn't at the "single, equally-weighted event" of Stalingrad the winter of '42-'43. Those ~2, 000,000 casualties could have used this information to figure out who really won the seige/battle single, equally-weighted event. (/sarc) Idiots.

11 posted on 01/13/2009 12:23:53 PM PST by shoutingandpointing (Just say, "nn-nn-NO!" to Campbell's soup.)
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Already posted here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2144063/posts


13 posted on 01/13/2009 12:24:53 PM PST by Doohickey (The more cynical you become, the better off you'll be.)
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I think the BCS system is obviously the best way to go.

Signed, The ‘69 Orioles


14 posted on 01/13/2009 12:27:00 PM PST by Hatteras
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I’ll vote for the BCS system.

Signed, The 1980 Russian Hockey Team


16 posted on 01/13/2009 12:29:32 PM PST by Hatteras
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Thankfully the US was in a league of it’s own.


17 posted on 01/13/2009 12:29:48 PM PST by usmcobra (Your chances of dying in bed are reduced by getting out of it, but most people still die in bed)
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Well knowing how accuratley computer climate models predict global warming, then I guess if the computer says Germany won World War II then by all means..> Ich bin ein Berliner


20 posted on 01/13/2009 12:31:58 PM PST by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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Reminds me of that T-shirt “Adolf Hitler World Tour 1939-1945” with concert dates, such as “Poland-September 1, 1939.”


21 posted on 01/13/2009 12:32:02 PM PST by Revenge of Sith
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I've never seen this before. It's new to me. Thanks for posting.

Hilarious.
22 posted on 01/13/2009 12:32:18 PM PST by stentorian conservative
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You BCS haters are ridiculous. The BCS is more accurate than ANY playoff would be. If USC is going to complain, tell them to get a tougher schedule. If Utah is going to complain, tell them to get a tougher schedule.


23 posted on 01/13/2009 12:37:48 PM PST by babubabu
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I would say a computer is only as good as the info fed into it.


25 posted on 01/13/2009 12:41:37 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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...the BCS declared Germany to be the winner of World War II.

Can't depend on computer models. This is why we have wars :)

34 posted on 01/13/2009 1:25:07 PM PST by kidd (Obama: The triumph of hope over evidence)
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Go Gators!!!!!!


35 posted on 01/13/2009 1:32:18 PM PST by ExpatGator (Extending logic since 1961.)
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The writer neither understands the BCS or WWII.


42 posted on 01/13/2009 1:55:41 PM PST by fso301
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