If Ohio State and Michigan play each other on the last day of the season
And Ohio State and Michigan are ranked #1 and #2 when they play, then why isn't that the game to decide the National Champion?
It's the end of the season (because college football shouldn't be played after Thanksgiving, and at least the Big Ten knows that).
It's the #1 and #2 teams against each other, putting it all on the line for the title of best team in the nation.
It's mythical anyway, so why not this game rather than another mythical game two months later?
None of the other options — neither the Big East undefeated that isn't yet nor the one-loss teams that are clearly not as good as whomever beat them already — are as good as Michigan or Ohio State.
So why isn't the national champion going to be crowned on Nov. 18th?
(This is also known as, "How the BCS fucked up college football again.")
posted by CM Gayley @ 21:01
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Michigan is a good team but how do we really know they are very good? Rest of the big-10 sucks. Michigan killed ND but is ND even a good team? Clearly Michigan is enjoying the pre-season ranking boost and just riding up until they lose. Rutgers would have been at the top too if it were a more branded program. I guess the point is Coach's and AP ranking are biased with tradition, historical brand etc. BCS brings in the computer element that measures the team by its win/loss, strength of schedule (which i think is very important) etc. It is somewhat more objective albeit a bit complex since its constantly evolving. So, OSU and Mich game is not the national championship. If the two real teams dont play each other, its coz the human rankings tend to follow the pack and screw it up with their biases etc.
It's not that Michigan or Ohio State are that good: it's that the anointed #1 and #2 are playing in the final game of the season; prior to the BCS, the stated goal was to have this kind of match-up occur every year rather than by dint of scheduling.
So when it happens by dint of scheduling rather than through the BCS, why isn't it as legitimate as when it happens through the BCS?
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