rivals.yahoo.com - 1/8/2009
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP)—Utah’s attorney general is investigating the Bowl Championship Series for a possible violation of federal antitrust laws after an undefeated Utes team was left out of the national title game for the second time in five years. Attorney General Mark Shurtleff contends the BCS ...
sportsrubbish.blogspot.com - 1/11/2009
sports.espn.go.com - 1/9/2009
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sports.espn.go.com —
MIAMI -- Florida is No. 1 in the
AP Top 25. Utah is perfect at No. 2,
though not perfectly happy. Texas and USC also claimed to be the best -- but media voters didn't think so. The Gators received 48 first-place votes and 1,606 points in the poll ...
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Florida Gators clinch AP title; Utah Utes settle for No. ...
rivals.yahoo.com - 1/8/2009
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rivals.yahoo.com —
One of the Doc's ironclad rules when reading
Venerable Sports Columnists is "Always Disagree with John Feinstein."
It doesn't matter what he's saying, really, but when it comes to college football, he just tends to be a step or two behind. ...
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AP voters, do not judge Utah by John Feinstein's advocacy
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BCS = Big Crappy Suckfest
Not From Bristol —
The BCS was implemented beginning with the 1998 season to determine the national champion for college football while maintaining and enhancing the bowl system that’s nearly 100 years old. The BCS has become a showcase for the sport. FOX Sports/BCSFootball
Have you ever looked how the BCS is determined? If not, let me give you a summary of the BCS selection influences:
A. Computers
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B. Mathematical Rankings
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C. Coaches/Harris Polling
and of course…
D. Cult Followings
So why does everyone from an ...
Utah Not Treated Unfairly By Polls
InGameNow —
Apparently, the state of Utah takes football so seriously that they may want to file a lawsuit over the Utes not playing for the national title. But Utah was not left out of the title game simply because they don’t belong to a BCS conference.
All you have to do is examine the polls throughout the season to see this. Utah’s biggest problem wasn’t being in the Mountain West Conference. Their problem was not even schedule strength, as most people argue. Utah’s biggest downfall was starting the season unranked. And if you’re an unranked team, or a team that begins the season ranked lowly instead of in the top ten, you have little-to-no ...
Congrats to Utah,Your National Champions
Not Qualified To Comment —
ESPN's front page said something like "too much Tim Tebow and plenty of Percy Harvin..."; you don't need to hear the rest. Everyone knows that the game last night was supposed to crown us a champion. But did it? I, for one, don't think so. As a fan of college football, and therefore a staunch opponent of the BCS, I was cheering for whatever would reflect badly on the system. Before the game that seemed like it would be a low scoring, say 24-14, win for Oklahoma, meaning Texas would have a good argument as the best in the land. However, once the game ended I realized that Texas wasn't the team I should be arguing for, it should be Utah. The ...
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Is the BCS breaking any Anti-Trust Laws?
mwcfootball.wordpress.com 1/13/2009 — This all started when Utah Attorney General, Mark Shurtleff , said he would be suing the BCS just a few days after the Utes defeated Alabama 31-17 in the Sugar Bowl.
MAY THE BEST MAN WIN (NOT)
utahag.blogspot.com 1/12/2009 — “In the end, the game comes down to one thing: man against man. May the best man win.” - Sam Huff, NFL Hall of Fame middle linebacker. As a first team All-American at West Virginia University, Sam Huff played in the Sugar Bowl 55 years ago. I ...
What Exactly Is A National Champion, Anyhow?
rockytoptalk.com 1/8/2009 —
Musings from 37,000 feet en route to Knoxville.
Having been delayed a day due to weather, I finally made the first leg of my journey home from Wyoming to Knoxville for the next semester. Thanks to a pleasantly welcome 3-hour layover, I ...
ESPN won't push for BCS playoffs, executive says - Los Angeles Times
latimes.com 1/9/2009 — "The format is left to the people who run the sport," Magnus said. ESPN outbid Fox for the next four-year run of the BCS, starting with the 2011 season. BCS officials last spring rejected a modified playoff plan, and most conferences remain adamantly ...
A Detailed Look at the BCS System
bizoffootball.com 1/7/2009 — There is no other system that can stir up a conversation like the BCS, Bowl Championship Series . Does college football need a playoff, or is the BCS the best solution possible? Here's a detailed break down of the BCS system.
Utah's Attorney General, the Latest to Threaten Lawsuit for a Playoff
ncaafootball.fanhouse.com 1/7/2009 — by Chas Rich The whole state of Utah seems to be losing it's mind. They are spamming AP voters . To raise the money to send the Utah band to Washington D.C. for the inauguration, they are requesting that any donations to the Utah band be for $13 or ...
Prospect of antitrust lawsuit from Utah increases pressure on BCS
sports.espn.go.com 4/1/2009 — Already fighting off demands for a playoff system from President Barack Obama and leaders of the U.S. Congress, the Bowl Championship Series will soon face a more serious threat: an antitrust lawsuit from the attorney general of Utah that could ...
Settling the BCS —
L.A. Times - College Football 1/8/2009
Things to watch as Oklahoma faces Florida for the national championship.
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It's hard to believe Oklahoma and Florida will be meeting for the first time in football when they play in ...
BCS or No BCS? —
Bleacher Report - College Football 1/8/2009
Why do we have to put up with the BCS ? Clearly this thing doesn't work. It may have a chance if we can have two undefeated teams at the end of the each year, but then again that still won't work, because Utah finished undefeated and ...
