BCS still ranks as a failure
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Two days before college football's biggest game of the season -- the BCS national championship Orange Bowl matchup between No. 1 Southern Cal and No. 2 Oklahoma -- college football itself is again on the precipice of chaos.
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Virginia Tech just couldn&#39;t seem to get going. There were turnovers. There were botched plays. There were missed opportunities.
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The Miami Hurricanes (5-0, 2-0 ACC) have yet to lose this season. But they haven&#39;t gained much respect. After falling this week in the Associated Press poll from No.
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Even in a year when college football&#39;s No. 1- and 2-ranked teams remained that way from start to finish and will the play in the national championship, the Bowl Championship Series can&#39;t escape scrutiny and controversy.
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Don't get me wrong, I have nothing whatsoever against the Florida Gators. But I so hoped Florida would be voted No. 3. Not that I have any fondness for Michigan. Like a lot of folks, I had no desire to see an Ohio State-Michigan rematch in the BCS title game.
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The Bowl Championship Series system is hated like the devil by many college football fans. So it should be no surprise that when asked why his team ran up the score this past weekend against
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The Texas Longhorns might want to forget about the Bowl Championship Series. It looks like the BCS has all but forgotten them.
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Southern California and Miami are 1-2 in the initial BCS Standings, with Oklahoma third despite being ranked second in both the ESPN/USA Today coaches&#39; poll and AP media poll.
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Impossible. Inconceivable. A Southeastern Conference team is in position to go 12-0 and get locked out of the national championship game.
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See? I told you it wouldn&#39;t help. You&#39;re still going to the Holiday Bowl, Texas is still going to the Rose Bowl, and that&#39;s that.
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It is not as though they need any more reminders. It is not as though they are not aware of the consequences. Boston College has Rutgers and Mississippi State and, to an extent, Pittsburgh as prime examples of what can happen to a Division 1-A team on any given day against a Division 1-AA opponent.
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Oklahoma handed Texas A&amp;M a loss for the ages last season â¹ 77-0, the worst in the 108-year history of Aggies football. But the rematch was a battle from start to finish for the Sooners (9-0, 6-0 Big 12).
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The voters say Oklahoma is still the number-two team in the nation. The computers say otherwise. The Sooners check in at third in the initial edition of the BCS standings, taking a backseat to a Miami team
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One by one, undefeated teams in major college football are losing, which is muddling the already convoluted Bowl Championship Series picture.
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It is all a matter of perspective. For Boston College, a trip to Disney World and Friday's Champs Sports Bowl against Michigan State had to be sold a different way. The Eagles, who have won seven straight bowl games - but none of them New Year's Day quality - had their sights set on the ACC title and an Orange ...
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Admittedly, this is not Michigan vs. Ohio State. It's not Notre Dame/USC. Nor is it Harvard/Yale.
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The Associated Press has pulled its football poll from being used by the Bowl Championship Series as part of a formula to select the teams for the national title game and the three other BCS bowls.