HERE’S A BCS STAT THAT SHOULD PLEASE TIDE FANS
October 21st, 2008 ║ Posted By: John Pennington ║ Permalink ║ Tags: Alabama
Tide fans, you’ve got a 50/50 shot of reaching the BCS title game in Miami. If history counts for anything, that is.
In each of the past nine seasons, at least one of the top two teams in the initial BCS standings has played in the national championship game. (1998 was the only exception, when Ohio State and UCLA faltered and Tennessee and Florida State climbed.)
Jon Solomon of The Birmingham News digs into the numbers that bode well for either #1 Texas or #2 Alabama.
