BCS NIGHTMARE II
It’s happening: ESPN reports,
The pollsters have spoken — and the news isn’t good for USC. The Trojans, the new No. 1 team in both the ESPN/USA Today and AP polls, unofficially are shut out of the BCS title picture. The official announcement comes at 5:30 ET (ABC).
Sorry, Kevin: Your guys got hosed.
Update (1750): It is indeed official. USC gets relegated to the Rose Bowl against Michigan, which is at least a decent consolation prize. And, as Steven Taylor laments, #5 Texas is going to be relegated to a minor bowl because of BCS rules prohibiting more than two teams from a single conference going to BCS bowls.
It’s OFFICIAL LSU Oklahoma!
This town will be wild!
Go Tigers!
Just wanted to remind everyone that BYU ended #1 a few years back because they were the only unbeaten team. They went on to beat nobody and claim the national title.
This is not a perfect parallel, but I never want to see a repeat of the BYU “title”.
A problem to be sure. With 128 teams, most of whose schedules don’t overlap in any meaningful way, any polling or ranking system is going to be dubious. A playoff would be a lot better, but there would be problems with any system.
USC was not “relegated” to the Rose Bowl. The Sugar Bowl was relegated to consolation game is the Trojans beat Michigan.