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Originally Posted by transplant99
See this I understand...but if the 8th place team is an undefeated SWAC team for instance, should they not get a shot at the best? I know 04 was an anomaly but 5 schools went undefeated...but only 2 got a chance and that game was a blowout of major proportions which tells me the computer got at least one team wrong.
Not that tough at all...either team could lose and still easily(probably in fact if the preseason rankings have any merit) win their conference which assures an automatic BCS game...and should every team in other conferences lose a game they are all now back on equal footing and again it will come down to pre-season rankings as where they start determines how far they fall and how hard/easy it is to get back into the top.
Its still a game i will watch whether or not the PO system exists. Why? because its two early top teams playing one another. A PO system wont change that. If it did..people wouldnt watch NFL regular season games either, but they do and in droves. The SB draws the largest tv audience every year no matter who is playing in it....why? Because people love football whether or not they have a horse in the race. I would suggest the very same for any PO system and in fact the NC game as it is now.
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Not that tough at all? Really? If Miami loses Saturday they are all but guaranteed to not be in the NC game. There are ways, but they would need an absolute ton of help. OSU would have a slightly easier road back, but again they would need help. The game is a defacto playoff game for Miami, and pretty damn close to one for OSU.
And don't give me the "people still watch the NFL" argument. Different leagues, different fan bases (there's obviously overlap, but they are distinct markets) and different values. The SB draws huge ratings because of the spectacle, not because of football.