NFL #1 Seeds, or Why the BCS Does Not Work

Tobias-Reiper · 01-17-2006, 08:14 PM

The BCS doesn't work because people don't want it to work.
One, the AP reporters don't want to let go of the "power" of electing the champion.
Two, there is too much money involved in bowl games and "tradition"- the champion of this conference playing this bowl vs the champion of that conference -.

I find it extremely amusing that the talking heads refer to the BCS as "those geeks with their computers", then they turn around and spew stats out of their yinyangs... what, do they think that guys are figuring out all of those stats with abaci?? No, they are using computers to store the data and come up with the numbers.

The NFL actually utilizes a tie-breaking system which kind of mirrors the BCS, and no one complains about it. The only difference is that the BCS makes it a percentage, while the NFL shows it as a ratio. For example, when figuring in division tie breakers, a team that goes 3-6 (wins 3 out of 6 games ) goes before a team that goes 2-6 (wins 2 out of 6 games). The BCS just goes one step further and makes it a percentage, i.e., the team with a .500 record in the division goes before the team with a .333 record in the division.

Every year, at the beginning of the NFL season, we always hear that this team's schedule is harder because the teams they'll play against have a hight win percentage, and I don't hear anyone referring to the NFL as "those geeks with their computers".

And even the NFL system is not very "fair". This year, the Jaguars won more games than the Patriots, yet the Jaguars had to travel to N.E. to play a playoff game. That doesn't seem fair to me.

The only "fair" way to select a college champion is to come up with a system, ANY system, that is agreed upon by all parties involved, and follow it, being using computers to come up with percentages, or drawing sticks out of a hat.

01-17-2006, 08:14 PM	#2
Tobias-Reiper Merces Letifer Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 4,161	The BCS doesn't work because people don't want it to work. One, the AP reporters don't want to let go of the "power" of electing the champion. Two, there is too much money involved in bowl games and "tradition"- the champion of this conference playing this bowl vs the champion of that conference -. I find it extremely amusing that the talking heads refer to the BCS as "those geeks with their computers", then they turn around and spew stats out of their yinyangs... what, do they think that guys are figuring out all of those stats with abaci?? No, they are using computers to store the data and come up with the numbers. The NFL actually utilizes a tie-breaking system which kind of mirrors the BCS, and no one complains about it. The only difference is that the BCS makes it a percentage, while the NFL shows it as a ratio. For example, when figuring in division tie breakers, a team that goes 3-6 (wins 3 out of 6 games ) goes before a team that goes 2-6 (wins 2 out of 6 games). The BCS just goes one step further and makes it a percentage, i.e., the team with a .500 record in the division goes before the team with a .333 record in the division. Every year, at the beginning of the NFL season, we always hear that this team's schedule is harder because the teams they'll play against have a hight win percentage, and I don't hear anyone referring to the NFL as "those geeks with their computers". And even the NFL system is not very "fair". This year, the Jaguars won more games than the Patriots, yet the Jaguars had to travel to N.E. to play a playoff game. That doesn't seem fair to me. The only "fair" way to select a college champion is to come up with a system, ANY system, that is agreed upon by all parties involved, and follow it, being using computers to come up with percentages, or drawing sticks out of a hat.
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