The bottom line to this controversy is this and it is plain and simple.....The BCS screwed up PERIOD!!! I completely agree with a comment earlier and that is if you cannot win your conference championship not only should you not be ranked #1 in any poll, but you should not be playing for any national title. What kills me about the BCS is when LSU and USC lost earlier in the season respectively, they both fell several positions down in the poll. And that is a given to any team who loses within there system. So when OU get there butts handed to them in there conference championship game they are still ranked #1?? What a joke!!!! And it showed in both bowl games who should have played each other for the national title (should have been USC vs. LSU). If any team deserved to be there the most it was LSU who had to play Georgia in there own state (Georgia) to win the SEC conference title. OU lost theres and the PAC ten doesn't have one (that in itself is a joke). And when OU played LSU in the Sugar Bowl it also showed who had the better defense in the country (LSU by a landslide). My personal belief was that they matched OU vs. LSU because they figured OU would kill LSU and show the BCS was right about keeping OU #1. So when LSU dominated the so called best team in the country it was almost a double backfire to the BCS system. The BCS is screwed up, as we have all seen now, but it was a system that the NCAA and coaches agreed to abide by so good or bad that should make LSU the undisputed national champion.
posted by billybass1965 at 10:08 AM on July 13, 2004
USC gets ripped off
The bottom line to this controversy is this and it is plain and simple.....The BCS screwed up PERIOD!!! I completely agree with a comment earlier and that is if you cannot win your conference championship not only should you not be ranked #1 in any poll, but you should not be playing for any national title. What kills me about the BCS is when LSU and USC lost earlier in the season respectively, they both fell several positions down in the poll. And that is a given to any team who loses within there system. So when OU get there butts handed to them in there conference championship game they are still ranked #1?? What a joke!!!! And it showed in both bowl games who should have played each other for the national title (should have been USC vs. LSU). If any team deserved to be there the most it was LSU who had to play Georgia in there own state (Georgia) to win the SEC conference title. OU lost theres and the PAC ten doesn't have one (that in itself is a joke). And when OU played LSU in the Sugar Bowl it also showed who had the better defense in the country (LSU by a landslide). My personal belief was that they matched OU vs. LSU because they figured OU would kill LSU and show the BCS was right about keeping OU #1. So when LSU dominated the so called best team in the country it was almost a double backfire to the BCS system. The BCS is screwed up, as we have all seen now, but it was a system that the NCAA and coaches agreed to abide by so good or bad that should make LSU the undisputed national champion.