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Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
No kidding. Who remembers any of the excluded "bubble" teams in the NCAA hoops tournament after the games start? They're always teams that are good, but finished well down in their conference (too bad #9 from the ACC or Big Ten) Half of them lose in the first round of the NIT anyway. If they win the NIT, then everyone remembers that.
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Hoops is a bad parallel. the record of the #1 v. #16 games mean the excluded teams were simply excluded from a fun filled week until they lose Thursday or Friday- they can't really claim to have had a chance at #1.
The Bowl system wouldn't help Boise State because it wouldn't be playing the #1 team under the old bowl system AND under the old Bowl system Ohio State would have likely been #1 after a glorious Rose bowl win the past years.
Thurgreed is right. A playoff would make #1 surer. If they can stretch to 16 teams, I really cannot image the #17 team have any complaint that it could have been #1.
