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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski
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.
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Well, obviously a playoff is better.
But the analogy is better than you think. The bubble teams in hoops end up as #10 or #11 seeds. Seeds 12-16 go to all the single-team conferences or some team that happened to win their conference tournament despite otherwise sucking.
But anyway, I don't think you can say a #9 team has any more beef. Look at Hawaii last year (?)--undefeated, in the BCS, and got totally smoked in the Sugar Bowl.
Sure, there going to be arguments over who are the 8, but as TM points out, make the top 5 or top 3 and get in--that's usually where the debate is anyway. This is a pretty rare year where there are at least 5 teams that could claim to be #1 (2 BCS, texas--beat OK, USC-one road loss in Sept., Penn St.--one point loss on road)
