By: Dash1Bravo

Dash1Bravo — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:03:54 +0000

Great use of Bowden as a test case for a voting member. I’m absolutely against the ex-coaches idea. Same for ex-presidents, ex-AD’s, serving coaches, AD’s, presidents, members of the boards of trustees, presidents of alumni associations, billionaires who own stadiums affected by play-offs, members of bowl committees, TV execs, sports writers, fans, ex-fans, and wives and husbands of all included in those categories. (Which means nobody I suppose. But since there has to be somebody, I’m waiting for the “trust but verify” provisions for the “committee).”

How in the heck are you going to find an unbiased, untarnished, and or completely devoid of human emotion group to be on this committee, whose voting is not going to be questioned? (and as a Gator and an SEC fan, no way do I want Bowden, and I would expect FSU fans to have a list of Gator coaches, players, et al they don’t want on their list also). Agree with the author, the basketball analogy is okay on its face, but the basketball community has been doing this for a long time, and they don’t have bowl politics to complicate things (and as MrSec has pointed out many times, bowl politics complicates football considerations….. across the board). Bottom line, no matter what concept you use to find a national champion, it is going to be flawed, and this system won’t survive its first season before the knives come out. Without a 16 team playoff, and a dramatic change to the bowl system, you’re not even going to get close to a “good solution.”

I think the BCS system got us close. So lets see if this is really going to turn out to be a “no computers” just people system, or if the committee will have computer assist to help them out. That would make it better, not perfect.

Oh well, may the best team win, and everybody else who’s close can argue the point. (Just like it has been since college ball started).

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By: Dash1Bravo