BCS Title game

[Landshark]

Another field goal filled affair.  I'm sure Sparano would've done some fist pumps had he been the Alabama coach. 

As for LSU, what can I say?  Under 100 yards of total offense, only crossed midfield once, and I can count their first downs on one hand.  You have to wonder why they didn't replace Jefferson earlier in the game.  He looked so scared out there.  I've seen that look before when I hit a deer.

[Phishfan]

The Mad Hatter really blew it last night. Lee should have been in that game before halftime.

[suck for luck]

Please fix college football. 

[BigDaddyFin]

I hate Nick Saban.  The world would be better off if he got Hep C.

[mecadonzilla]

I hate Nick Saban.  The world would be better off if he got Hep C.

+1

I could not have been more uninterested to watch last night's BCS game.  Until there is some kind of playoff system (hell, a plus one format would help), I just can't see myself caring about a sport that refuses to have a true national championship.

[AZ Fins Fan 55]

Off topic but I thougt that I would add.....

Burn in Hell $aban!!!!! 

[CF DolFan]

Just so I'm in the loop ... you guys aren't suggesting that a playoff system would have created a better game do you? I mean, many Super Bowls have sucked butt on the field.

[Dave Gray]

^ A playoff would be better, because every title game wouldn't end with "Yes, but..."

The Super Bowl Champion is the champ.  That's all there is to it and everyone accepts it.  Nobody thinks that the Pats were the champs the year that the Giants beat them.  It didn't matter that the Pats had only one loss that year, it didn't matter that the Giants might've had an easier schedule, and it doesn't matter that the Pats were probably the better team.

While in college, you can make a case that Alabama shouldn't have even been in the game, that LSU beat them on their home turf and deserves to split, or that a team that didn't even play in the game should get a piece of that pie.

[CF DolFan]

I agree with you Dave. I have heard people say "The game sucked. If team x would have been there then it would have been a better game." I was asking because I think it's obvious no matter who plays there is no guarantee of a good game. Apparently some people don't feel that way.

[Dave Gray]

True.  You can never tell which team will show up on a given day.  But in a playoff system, you only blame the teams involved, not the committee that chose which teams would play.

[bsmooth]

Also the separation from Alabama and OK St to see who would go to the NC game came down to a single voter who ranked OK St out of the top 5.
Alabama did not belong in that game, OK St did.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

^ A playoff would be better, because every title game wouldn't end with "Yes, but..."

The Super Bowl Champion is the champ.  That's all there is to it and everyone accepts it.  Nobody thinks that the Pats were the champs the year that the Giants beat them.  It didn't matter that the Pats had only one loss that year, it didn't matter that the Giants might've had an easier schedule, and it doesn't matter that the Pats were probably the better team.

While in college, you can make a case that Alabama shouldn't have even been in the game, that LSU beat them on their home turf and deserves to split, or that a team that didn't even play in the game should get a piece of that pie.

Well said. 

Under the BCS NE would be the champs in 2007 but not 2001. 

A game not a comittee decided that NE instead of the Dolphins would play the Bears for the '85 Championship.  (although Miami was probably the best team in the AFC that year, by a large margin)

[Tenshot13]

This could all be solved by adding just one more game.  #1 and #4 play, #2 and #3 play, winners play each other for the title.  Hell, it would be one more bowl game...more money for them.

[masterfins]

^^^I could see having a (4) team playoff, but that is not going to end the bickering, it would only move to the #5 and #6 teams saying they should be in the top four.  Look at NCAA Basketball, 64 teams aren't enough anymore, teams still cry they should be in.

On another note the argument that they already played once is a bunch of BS crying.  If there was a playoff they probably would have to play again.  Heck in the NFL you may have to beat the same team three times before you even make it to the SB.

[Landshark]

Well said. 

Under the BCS NE would be the champs in 2007 but not 2001. 

A game not a comittee decided that NE instead of the Dolphins would play the Bears for the '85 Championship.  (although Miami was probably the best team in the AFC that year, by a large margin)

Good analogy there, Hoodie.  Only thing is, you have to realize that the BCS determines who plays for the national championship, but not the actual winner.  That being said, New England would be in the Super Bowl in 2007 if the BCS system were used in the NFL, but they would've faced Dallas or Green Bay, not the Giants.  The Dolphins and Bears would've been in the Super Bowl in 1985.  The Chargers would be in the Super Bowl in 2006 and 2009 if the BCS were used.  Also, the Colts would've been in a lot more Super Bowls than they have.