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This gives new life to the term " Cadavaliers"
GO HOKIES!
as in the Commonwealth Cup - WINNER!
Here's a question that hits home for the HOKIE NATION.
If the BCS system was not in place in 1999- would an undefeated Virginia Tech
team led by Michael Vick have played for a national championship?
My answer: Definitely not.
On the plus side, Beamer and Bud will be close enough to deal with the Juarez Cartel.
point #1 would solve alot of debates- I agree but-
just curious: Besides Bama- how many teams made the championship game without winning their conf.?
Always? How about in '99?
I'd say it was the case only when it produced controversial results - i.e. 2000, when Miami should have gone over FSU.
That's because of strategically placed boxes and platforms as well as creative camera angles. But point taken.
Also how many coaches do you think have an assistant fill out their poll- 20%? (speculating)
I realize Oregon had a disappointing end of the season, but I think they'd get up for the game to prove themselves against the SEC. It would certainly be a more appealing matchup on paper. Nola is a 10 hour drive from Norman so I feel like fans would be flying (whether from Oregon or Oklahoma) regardless. Anyway, I mostly just hate watching Oklahoma games and think this one will be a stinker.
the panel on ESPN mostly had FSUvAub & ALvMSU or some version of those 4 teams.
I feel Stanford should be in over Bama
not everyone will be satisfied- the move to 8 teams needs to happen sooner rather than later for the playoff to earn credibility.
I would hope that each committee member will create their own type of staff to help with researching teams, trends, schedules etc. to help them make educated choices. By doing so they would have their own 'human computers' system which could be way better than what an algorithm could do.
I dunno about that, especially if I lived in SEC country. I'd probably be run out of town with pitchforks when I choose a dominant undefeated non-AQ team over a 1 loss SEC team that didn't play in the SECCG.
the polls will still exist and most assuredly be a factor in determining what 4 teams are picked. Actually, my concern is that the human polls might be too much of a factor.
I understand this. But my point was that he changed his formula in the middle of a week, to better match his results to what we would expect. How often do the computer guys change their formulas? They could change them weekly for all we know, there is no transparency in the system.
But, at the same time, it seems like we're going from one system with no transparency to another. How are those 13 people in the selection committee going to choose the best 4 teams?
I think they were both better teams and didn't necessarily rely on the computers as much
Agreed that Ohio State is vulnerable, especially against an explosive offense like Clemson. Their running game (Miller and Hyde) can rack up yards but they can give up plenty of points as well.
No one (OK maybe 1% of CFB fans) understood how the computer polls worked in the BCS. As a goof the websites should have posted all 8 of them alongside the Coaches and AP - just to show how ridiculous it was. (They carried a lot less weight of course) I tried to figure out the whole system when it first came out. I gave up when they started changing it.
Strength of schedule is important but will be incorporated into the human factor rather than the silly formula the BCS had when it first came out.
I feel people will be pleasantly surprised with the selection committee and
will be eagerly pining for the move to 8 teams.
I mean who wouldn't want to be paid to watch college football!
GO HOKIES!
That's the 'beauty' of the selection committee. Its up to them how to decide and creating their own computer formula isn't that far fetched. It of course wouldn't be the only factor but it might sway a vote or two for determining the fourth seed.
From the other thread
#SunBowlGifts
A year supply of Sunkist
A 2 liter of Sun Drop
A year supply of Sunscreen
Son's of Anarchy DVD Box Set
A shirt with the slogan "Sun's out, Guns out"
Oakley Sunglasses
A classic sundial
Nice! Cross-post 'em in the #SunBowlGifts topic!
I'll post some of my favorites as they roll in.
Larry The Cable Guy VHS Box Set #SunBowlGifts— Justin Clark (@JustinClarkVT) December 9, 2013
@STH_Hokie perfect gift would have to be a label maker. #SunBowlGifts— Chalupa Batman (@hokiehack) December 9, 2013
Mike London Manual: Managing Timeouts and Fourth Quarter Strategy. #SunBowlGifts— Trevor (@TrevorSGreene) December 9, 2013
French60Wasp Film Review of All Maroon Everything: A Complete History of Confuocainspring Offense. #SunBowlGifts— Trevor (@TrevorSGreene) December 9, 2013
The unsold allotment of UVA football season tickets #SunBowlGifts— Ty Hodges (@STH_Hokie) December 9, 2013
^ This one definitely wouldn't come close to being worth the $550 allotment each player can receive in gifts
A donation has been made in your name to the Human Fund. #SunBowlGifts— Kevin Foster (@ImKevinFoster) December 9, 2013
@STH_Hokie A "Sidekick" and a $20 gas card to Exxon. #SunBowlGifts— Charlie Leadbetter (@CLead914) December 9, 2013
That was pretty amusing. Also several standard deviations from "normal"
Here's the big issue with the BCS - it fixed the problem TOO WELL.
What was the problem? The primary problem was, mainly, that bowl tie-ins prevented No. 1 from playing No. 2 too often. Eliminating the bowl tie-ins and rotating the NC game fixed that. Picking the 'correct' No. 1 and No. 2 was the secondary problem, and that problem rarely came into play before the BCS. We had three undefeateds once in the 90s.
Using computers it was clear who was 'most deserving' but no one understood the computers. Therefore when the computers disagreed with the opinion polls, everyone was mad at THE COMPUTERS, as if the opinion polls were 'correct' and and the computers existed to validate them.
That said, the biggest mistake the BCS folks made was changing the algorithm after it produced results no one liked. They did so three times, I think. The second biggest mistake was in using as many as eight different computer polls, when they simply should have commissioned the creation of ONE computer poll that weighed what they felt was important. The fact they needed as many as eight indicates they had NO IDEA what criteria were important - so they outsourced it.
It would have been interesting to live under a BCS that simply eliminated the bowl tie-ins and used the opinion polls as they did before.
That's a good point. I think we got sent to this bowl for border security. The illegals will hear that Bud is right over the border and start running for Guatemala.