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Why I Hate The BCS Even More Tonight

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It's also easier for you to embrace a system that allows the media to decide which two teams they feel are the two best teams in the country, seeing as how you're a fan of a team that just won the BCS Title Game and a fan of a team in a conference that, no matter what is basically guaranteed a representative in the BCS Title Game.

Put yourself in the shoes of fans of teams that have never won a championship game and are pretty much out of that discussion from jumpstreet.

I'm also a fan of a team that went unbeaten in 2004, and was unjustly denied a shot at the NC.

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I'm saying that b/c they were the best team that year.

Well maybe, but we'll never know. Obviously the computers and pollsters combined opinions thought otherwise. And if USC and Auburn played on a neutral field after their bowl games, USC would have been favored.

It was unjust for any of those 3 teams not to get a chance at the title, it just happened to be Auburn, and there was a legitimate case as to why they were left out.

And I guess you could even add Utah to that mix.

It's too bad we didn't have a playoff.

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Not sure if you were clamoring for rep, but you get it anyway.:D

Nah, one of my best friends is a die hard Auburn fan, and I've watched every Auburn game over the last several years, so I can't help but root them on. But the Terps are my favorite team (sorry to admit).

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Well maybe, but we'll never know. Obviously the computers and pollsters combined opinions thought otherwise. And if USC and Auburn played on a neutral field after their bowl games, USC would have been favored.

It was unjust for any of those 3 teams not to get a chance at the title, it just happened to be Auburn, and there was a legitimate case as to why they were left out.

1. They started the season ranked lower.

2. They don't have the name recognition the other 2 have.

Which one is legit?

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1. They started the season ranked lower.

2. They don't have the name recognition the other 2 have.

Which one is legit?

I'm not going to bother having this conversation with an Auburn fan, besides, it's derailing the thread.

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