The BCS has never once produced a split champion. Nor was it gimmicky. The ranking system was straightforward. Oklahoma and LSU were 12-1, USC was 11-1. They did not put their ranking on the line in a conference championship game and it cost them in the rankings. Totally irrelevant. USC did not earn enough points to get higher than 3rd place in the BCS rankings. It doesn't matter whether LSU could have beaten USC. LSU beat the number one ranked team--Oklahoma.
Who announced this? Someone decided before the season was over that the BCS champion would get half a trophy? The AP is not anointed by the NCAA either.
I repeat, WHO announced that the BCS champion would get "half a championship" before the game even happened? Are you sure that you understand what a "championship game" is?
That's what I thought. You made the claim . . . But it has been adopted by the teams in the FBS, including Southern California.[/QUOTE]
Not since the advent of the BCS and now the Playoffs. There is a method to choose a FBS champion on the field now and no longer rely on subjective polls that people were never happy with. Not a serious issues, in fact a very trivial one. Because they claim "half" of a championship that they didn't earn on the field.
EVERY major conference agreed to abide by the outcome of the BCS selection and national championship game. Can you give me a cite on any such agreement that ANY conference had with the AP to recognize the team that it picked as No. 1?
And rightly so, it appears. Man, a PAC team with no offense ain't got much. Nearing the end of the 3rd and UCLA's 21 points all by the defense. Good call.
