The BCS system itself is to blame for the choice of Nebraska to play Miami
in the Rose Bowl, not the computers. Before the bowl games were played,
you could make the case that any of Oregon, Colorado, Florida, Tennessee,
Texas, Maryland, LSU, and perhaps even Nebraska, were all on or near the
same level. To arbitrarily select just one of these teams is asking for
controversy. A playoff to determine who gets to play in the MNC would have
been the only acceptable method of selecting the two best teams for the
championship game.

A few weeks ago, I published a short essay about this on my website
regarding how the BCS and a playoff can co-exist. It may not be the
perfect solution, but it's better than what we have now, addresses the
issue of a playoff, and will allow the BCS to continue to play an important
role in determining who qualifies for the BCS games. You can check it out
at http://www.comprank.com/opinions.html#bcs

Thanks,
Jeff

At 01:10 AM 1/5/02 -0800, you wrote:

>Okay - the 2001 season is over inc ollege football. Miami managed to
>crush Nebraska in the Rose Bowl. Given how the other BCS bowl games went
>(namely the number of blowouts) might it have made more sense for Oregon
>to be the Rose Bowl opponent of Miami?
>
>Given that it was the computer polls that managed to give Nebraska the nod
>over Oregon, what does this all mean? Should there be changes? and if so,
>what?
>
> - Pat
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>-- Department of Chemistry
>-- San Jose State University
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