this season under next year's rules?

[King Crimson]

agree 4 teams is an improvement.

i would bet Stanford right now.

8 teams is better, 9 the best with Cal as an alltime qualifier.

maybe 10 with Oregon....since they pretty much invented winning football games.

[Left Seater]

it doesn't matter how many teams you let in, there will still be controversy over the last few spots.

Does a two loss team really belong in the discussion for a national title? Not in my opinion.


You really want to help the situation, don't have any polls that are used to select participants that conduct a poll prior to the Saturday following Oct 15.

[The Seer]

agree 4 teams is an improvement.

i would bet Stanford right now.

8 teams is better, 9 the best with Cal as an alltime qualifier.

maybe 10 with Oregon....since they pretty much invented winning football games.

I love the smell of unfiltered sarcasm on Sunday mornings....

[The Seer]

it doesn't matter how many teams you let in, there will still be controversy over the last few spots.

Does a two loss team really belong in the discussion for a national title? Not in my opinion.

I'm obviously down with the no polls until like the 8th week of the season, and typically 2 loss teams wouldn't get in...but, an undefeated season means little with scheduling like say Ohio St's this season.

Don't know how you reward competitive scheduling without increasing that team's risk.

[MiketheangrydrunkenCUfan]

it doesn't matter how many teams you let in, there will still be controversy over the last few spots.

Does a two loss team really belong in the discussion for a national title? Not in my opinion.


You really want to help the situation, don't have any polls that are used to select participants that conduct a poll prior to the Saturday following Oct 15.

Jesus, I was starting to think I was the only one.

Sure, you could make a case for any of those teams filling the 3rd & 4th slots. You could also make a compelling argument against all of them. The only team that has a 100% clear-cut case for playing for an MNC this year is Florida State. Anybody else that gets a shot should just feel fortunate to be there.

I'm still not sure that preseason and early-season polls are as big of a scourge as they're made out to be, though. As sports fans, we have a natural proclivity to predict and rank. Trying to do away with such polls seems like an exercise in futility. And just because the polls aren't published until mid-October doesn't mean the voters won't still have preconceived notions about teams and conferences. They're still going to have a preseason poll in their head and adjust it accordingly in the early weeks, regardless of whether we can see it or not.

[Left Seater]

I'm still not sure that preseason and early-season polls are as big of a scourge as they're made out to be, though. As sports fans, we have a natural proclivity to predict and rank. Trying to do away with such polls seems like an exercise in futility. And just because the polls aren't published until mid-October doesn't mean the voters won't still have preconceived notions about teams and conferences. They're still going to have a preseason poll in their head and adjust it accordingly in the early weeks, regardless of whether we can see it or not.

These guys want to be the one to say they picked the National Champ in August. If they don't show us their ballot until we are part way thru the conf schedule they don't have to keep propping up a dog they had at the top of their list. Georgia and Florida are two excellent examples from this season.

[Goober McTuber]

BCS show: Alabama would be favored over FSU, Auburn, MSU and anyone else.

So, hell yeah, Alabama would be in a 4 team playoff right now.

Needs to be an 8 team playoff...trash the 4 team thing now.


How the fuck did this season go so wrong? FSU-Tide for months. Done deal. And now...not only is Alabama out...but AUBURN?! How the hell did this happen?! How the hell could things go this wrong?!?!

There really is a God.

[Mikey]

Sudden Sam = Morgan Freeman?

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

1 Florida St. vs 4 Michigan St.

2 Auburn vs 3 Alabama

Woulda been epic.