USC National Chimps - Media Bias! I want to give my opinion. You are welcome to tell me what an idiot I am, or agree with me, but here it is. I am convinced that there is an established media bias. I think that as a whole, they hate teams from the south, and the SEC enbodies all that they despise. Also, I believe that they are much more inclined towards a pacific team, ESPECIALLY a California team, and the thought that a weak-scheduled USC could be national champs has them all convulsing with pleasure all year. Is this a factor in the human polls? I believe so. There are many hard facts that point to the reason why LSU is a far superior team, but I will only go over the most obvious to me - their respective losses. LSU lost to a above-average Florida team that has a habit of wreaking havoc on no-loss teams. USC lost to a sub-par California team that is nothing more than a joke. (Sportswriters never seem to point this out...). Finally there are the rules. The BCS sucks, and we all know it. Until the University presidents are kicked out onto the curbs, the money they make from keeping playoffs out of the picture will always be in the way of true post-season competition. However, you CANNOT change the rules in the middle of the season, just because a bunch of biased sportswriters and USC fans don't like the results. WITHOUT A DOUBT... LSU - National Champions.
I think you are a genius...... Bottom line is REGARDLESS of what the facts show as evidence LSU has accomplished more. The system like it or not was the system EVERYONE started under. It was the system everyone agreed would determine the National Champions. 48 people who claim to be sports writers disagree because they dont like the SOuth or whatever. 48 writers decided to award their own trophy, because they thought the rules everyone agreed to were unfair.... 48 people....
Sorry, but I couldn't make it past the third sentence. Pollsters hate teams from the South? How many National Titles have gone to southern teams in the last 30 years? SEC alone has won 5 of the last 23. Toss in Miami, Clemson, Georgia Tech and Florida State and that's more than 10 of the past 23.
With the exception of Ga. Tech, alot of those titles are undisputed and the media couldn't jerk them around. I may be wrong about this, but even Ga. Tech's split was earned in the coaches poll, not the AP.
My question is how many AP voters are either from California or went to school in California? Anyone have the ability or knowledge to definatively answer that question?
