it is fitting that this year should likewise have an ugly NC race. I dislikes Bama getting a bump over quality 1 loss teams, but quality is not a word that first most of the top ten... at least not in the context of a NC berth.
Bama is going to get it, and hopefully it expedites the superconferences and a playoff. Congress will certainly overstep their bounds if a third place sec team makes it in.
Gatorubet;2042187; said:
The M*ch*g*n-Florida debate was resolved by the human vote. Was it a desire to rig the system to avoid a B1G rematch - or just a sincere belief that the teams playing the rematch (or one of those teams) was not better than the team that slipped in a hundreths of a point lower? Who knows.
yeah, it was a largely ignored subject... and certainly no southern fans screaming bloody murder over that possibility driven by bias.
But as homerish as it sounds, after five SEC BCSNCs in a row by four different teams, the SEC will get a "bump" or pass on their head to head with a non-SEC conference team with a similar won-loss record. I would argue that is not "unfair", but very sound and logical, given the on the field performance the last five years. The solution to this inequity, of course, is for a non-SEC conference to win a few BCSNCNC games over their SEC opponent.
the top team, or top two, have not been the problem. as we've said ad nauseum, it is the coattail riding.
Arkansas has not looked like a NC caliber team, but because of things they didn't do, in seasons they didn't play in, the leeches ride actual powerhouses to borrowed glory.
how absurd is it that Arkansas not only gets inflated based on completely different seasons, but that they laughably get a bump for other sec success, when there were the only team to ever lose to the heavily disrespected buckeyes ?
it isn't UF, Bama 08, 09 that are the problem, nor LSU Bama.
it is the teams that are quite underwhelming, like Arkansas or South Carolina, who don't even have to earn it any more. they just get to ride the accomplishments of others and try to not screw it up.
Which is all to say, as long as there is a perception that the SEC is the premier conference (at the top of the conference at least), then the mere fact of a #2 team being a non-division winner will be "trumped" by the SEC reputation despite that lack of a division or conference win....for now any way.
well the question there becomes, how long until Ohio State or VA Tech not only has to win every game, but also has to not look bad in any of them to stay ahead of a 1 loss Bama...
...meanwhile teams like Arkansas are free to lose very badly once but still get a shot at a NC because of what better programs have done?
