I said that in 2001 and everyone looked at me like I had spiders crawling out of my eyes. "LSU with 3 losses?? They don't deserve it." Since when is sports about "deserving" anything. You only "deserve" something if you win. Setting up a playoff system is not an attempt to find the "best" team. It's an attempt to find a team you can crown Champion. That 2001 LSU team was hot at the end of that year and it wouldn't have surprised me if they beat anybody at the end. They were rolling.
I was okay with the first pass at the top four...except for Bama. Their loss @ home to a now two-loss Ole Miss, followed by their less-than-impressive showing against Tennessee, should have kept them on the outside looking in. It's almost as if the committee put them at #4 just to add flavor to this weekend's game. The common denominator for all us wannabes is DON'T LOSE. I'm really counting on you guys putting Bama's light out this weekend, so Kiffin can get back to updating his resume.
They put them at 4 so they could get in with 2 losses or get in if they beat LSU and LSU loses to Ole Miss too.
I loved the BCS except for the 2-team playoff at the end of the season. Ok, loved may be an exaggeration, I liked it. SOS should have been included. I haven't watched the playoff committee reality show, but anyone without respect for the strength of Bama's program has an issue with reality. In most cases, I'm not a fan of rewarding major conference non-champs, but no champ has been crowned yet. I've heard Bama's wins are more impressive than UF, but like you I put a lot of weight in quality of loss. You might be right and I'm a pretty big Bama hater, it's just hard to stomach jilted lovers who throw logic out the window.
There is a better way to do it. Have BCS-like rating system. Conference champs (major or minor) in top 15 get auto-bid. At-large bids go to the highest rated teams (champ or non-champ), max one team per conference. Once you get to 6 teams, stop. I could do even better, but people get grumpy when they have to think too hard. Anyway, no committee deciding who is in and who is out, just a mix of ratings and on-field accomplishments.
That was the argument Kannel had yesterday with Russillo. Ryen asked what the difference was between Ohio State getting the love with one loss last year but Danny is so against Bama being in the same place. Kannel basically said look at how they've played over the last month. It's the best four teams at the time of the ranking, right? There are a lot of teams with the argument they deserve that #4 slot this week. Who is playing the best football right now? I don't know. Ironically, the top four last year mirrored what the BCS system would have ranked them.
So TerryP, do you think if LSU loses to Bama by a point in OT, that they get the same treatment Bama got, and stay in the top 4?
