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  • DonkeyJote
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    • Jul 2003
    • 9202

    #166
    Re: Saving The Big XII...

    Originally posted by Cebby
    The only two BCS programs to be left out from the chip game while undefeated were Auburn and Cincinnati. They were left out for USC, Oklahoma, Texas, and Alabama.
    They weren't undefeated, but they did miss out to Oklahoma who also had 1-loss, and had lost it's conference championship game, but USC was left out because the Pac 10 was regarded as the lesser conference.

    The computer's don't care about the name of your school, but they do care about your conference. I think you're underestimating how much the loss of a Conference Championship game is going to hurt Texas.

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    • Cebby
      Banned
      • Apr 2005
      • 22327

      #167
      Re: Saving The Big XII...

      Originally posted by DonkeyJote
      They weren't undefeated, but they did miss out to Oklahoma who also had 1-loss, and had lost it's conference championship game, but USC was left out because the Pac 10 was regarded as the lesser conference.
      1. Losses are completely different than going undefeated. Oregon (or any PAC 12 team) can jump Texas if Texas loses. They have almost no chance of jumping Texas if Texas is undefeated. And since you believe the Big XII is going to turn into a joke of a conference, why would Texas or Oklahoma lose to teams other than themselves?

      2. USC's schedule was significantly worse than LSU or Oklahoma's.

      3. But that doesn't matter because...

      The computer's don't care about the name of your school, but they do care about your conference.
      ...the BCS has changed significantly since 2003. The computers are more or less irrelevant if the polls agree on the top 2 teams.

      What was once a formula with several parts has turned into a simple average of three numbers. Two of those numbers are polls. Thus, if the polls agree on the #1 and #2 teams, the #3 team would have to be ranked unanimously #1 by the computers and the #2 team would have to be ranked at best third unanimously. That's pretty unlikely.

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