I heard this on the radio a while ago. Take an NFL team, say the 49ers, and let them play a season of college football against the Div 1A teams ranked 108 - 117. Since margin of victory is not a factor and SOS is such a large part of the equation, the 49ers, though CLEARLY, the best team, would have no shot at a National Championship game.
How would you know they were "clearly" the best team if they played nobody? You sound like a TCU fan.
If their athletic dept. had any confidence in them, they would schedule a few teams from major conferences. If they don't, they do not deserve a shot.
I forget. It's like the Army. You have to speak to the lowest level of intelligence. They are the San Francisco 49ers. An NFL team. As such, you see, they would clearly be superior to any college team, even the vaunted Sooners. But, you see, even though (as an NFL team) they are clearly the best team (since they are a PROFESSIONAL team) the reliance of the BCS system on computer rankings that heavily factor in SOS (Strength of Schedule) the fact that they played a weak schedule would eliminate them from NC consideration even though they are clearly the superior team (because they are an NFL team playing against college teams). I'm available for private tutoring at reasonable rates.
It has nothing to do with confidence of the Athletic Dept in the football team. TCU couldn't do a damn thing to change their schedule this year, just like we couldn't. Sometimes teams get screwed in scheduling. Teams can't help it if they go undefeated in a weak conference, or with an easy OOC schedule. Just like how we can't help it that Marshall dropped out of our schedule, and VT next season. That somehow makes us great . . . yet TCU sucks. For example, we played Arizona. They do suck. However, it wasn't that long ago that Arizona was ranked higher than us and was playing some good winning football. Teams winning and losing happens in cycles, no one team stays on top forever and no one stays at the bottom forever. TCU can't help it that their OOC/conference teams didn't perform well, just like we can't help it that Arizona stunk up the field this year. And not all BCS conferences are that great. PAC-10, Big East, and the ACC are not powerhouses. The point is that plenty of non BCS conference teams could hold their own in those supposed strong conferences. I just don't understand all the hate for TCU. What did they do that was so wrong . . . win football games? What is wrong with that? Isn't that the reason they play college football games? All this sounds like Florida and Tenn fans saying the SEC is in a down cycle because LSU and Georgia are on top. I was at LSU when we lost to UAB. A team we should have beat the hell out of, yet lost the game. That is why they play the games. AU was supposed to run the table and be in the SECCG and NC. That is why rankings, SOS, etc mean nothing before and during the season, and shouldn't until all the games have been played. Any team can beat another on a given Saturday. TCU might not beat OKLA, LSU, SC, Ohio St . . . but you never really know. No one can say for certain, b/c upsets happen (it's just part of the game). We can't use the 49ers as an example b/c we really don't know what would happen on the field for all 12 games. They might have injuries or a poor game. They should win all 12 games, but no one can know for sure until they play them. Sorry to rant, but TCU is not cheating. They are just playing the schedule given to them (like every other single team in the country).
Please. Any NFL team, even the Saints, would blow through a schedule against college teams. Any college teams. Besides, the whole point was that LSU may never know if they were the best team because the schedule was so relatively weak. Allowing margin of victory into the equation would at least allow a team to demonstrate their abilities week in and week out.
Yep. How many people on an NFL roster? 65? and the best college team may have 5 to 10 (at most) NFL prospects on their team. The talent disparity is huge. Even the saints couldn't screw up against a college team.
