Which team in your lifetime was the least deserving national championship winner? Personally I would have to go with the 1984 BYU team that beat a 6-5 Michigan team and somehow won the title by default. I actually wouldn't have minded having the BCS that year. Colorado would probably be my second choice for their split national championship with Ga Tech.
I've always heard that the 1999 Florida State team had a pretty easy road to get there in playing a Va Tech team who played a very easy and favorable schedule with a true freshman QB (Vick) and didn't deserve to make the title game. The Big 12 was pretty strong that year. And I think Texas or Nebraska would have done a job on the Criminoles.
It was 1996, Penn State killed Texas in the Fiesta Bowl by 23. I am not sure what game you are mixing it up with, but PSU raped Texas. That still ranks in my all time top 10 wagers.
In 1997, Texas didn't even make a bowl game. That was the year of the old Route 66 beating by UCLA in Austin.
You guys forget the 2007 LSU team, which lost games to Arkansas and Kentucky. Two loss teams that win a game that they were VOTED into playing are not National Champs in my book. I voted for BYU because I remember their bowl game, against a 6-5 Michigan team that had lost their starting QB to injury. That was in the '84 Holiday Bowl. That is probably worse than the '07 LSU fiasco.
How many undefeated National Champions have he had since 2000? I count 4. Miami (2001 who lost their final regular seasn game 62-36), Ohio State, (2001 who defeated an undefeted team), USC (2004 who defeated an undefeated team) and Texas, (2005 who defeated an undefeated team). The rest were teams elected to play for a National Championship. So If you want to include the 2001 Miami team, I see 4 deserving champions in the past 8 years. Worse yet, none since Texas in 2005, a three year drought. There has to be a better system.
OU was also undefeated in 2000... The BCS has become a popularity contest among about 10 teams in the country. The only reason LSU got in over all of the one loss teams that year was because they came from the best conference. But to me, that alone shouldn't get your ticket punched to the BCS title game. Two losses in conference simply isn't very impressive in ANY conference.
I'll cast a write-in vote for that 2007 LSU team, the only team to claim a national title with more than 1 loss since final poll ballots started being taken after the bowl games. The good thing about the pre-BCS poll-based system was that it demanded perfection or near-perfection from a team that was included in the title hunt.
I like to think of the regular season a a long double-elimination tournament, and 2 losses should end a title hunt.
To give them the credit they have due, though, LSU played an extremely solid game in that BCS championship.
I like to think of the regular season a a long double-elimination tournament, and 2 losses should end a title hunt.
To give them the credit they have due, though, LSU played an extremely solid game in that BCS championship.
I'd like to knock the '07 LSU team but that was such an insane year in college football, I'll give them their credit. Plenty of teams had their chance to play in the title game and blew it. I wasn't surprized to see the champs of the best conference get the nod. It was a shame USC didn't get in over Ohio St. though. The Buckeye's would have been a lot better off had USC went instead of them too.
LSU had some bad breaks with injuries too, once that team got back to full strength they were the real deal. Best D-line I've seen in a long time.
LSU had some bad breaks with injuries too, once that team got back to full strength they were the real deal. Best D-line I've seen in a long time.
why is the 97 Michigan team even on this list. That team went undefeated and beat 7 ranked teams. They beat 4 teams ranked in the top 8. The team they split with, Nebraska only beat 4 ranked teams and needed a kicked ball against Missouri to win a game. Also the big 12 wasn't that great that year despite what was previously posted. Oklahoma and Texas only won 4 games each that year. Nebraska was 13-0, K. St was 11-1 and then the next best team had 4 loses. Nebraska should be on your list before Michigan.
We all know the problem. How do you pacify the BCS Bowl's and at the same time have a realistic playoff? The "plus one" really does not work. Last year,Florida, Texas, and USC all lost 1 game and Utah went undefeated after their respective bowl's were played. So once again, we are down to an election. Not only that, but a "plus one" eliminates a BCS Bowl game because the current NC game would be replaced with a game featuring two teams that have already won a BCS Bowl. Alabama would not have gone to the Sugar Bowl if the "plus one" was in place. That means that undefeated Utah may not have even received a BCS Bowl bid. So the "plus one" actually created more problems than it solves. You would have to take a non BCS Bowl game and turn it into a BCS Bowl game to equalize everything out.
An 8 team playoff could have major problems, especially if the BCS Conference Champions are automatically included. Let's look at last year. One loss teams who did not win their conference include Texas and Texas Tech. Then you have undefeated Utah and undefeated (before the bowl games) Boise State to deal with. Two teams do not get into the playoff, and controversy runs rampant. To add on to potential future problems, you have the Notre Dame situation. Now what do you do? Expand to 16 teams? That would mean that you would have to cut the season down by at least 1 game. A lot of very good teams would lose a ome game, and the revinues that go with it. Then, you have to realign all the bowls, unless you have the first round games hosted by the team with the better record, but then you have another controversy. Who decides who is ranked where? The voters, ofcourse.
As much as I would love to see a NC game, I simply have not come up with a doable playoff system yet. My best guess is to simply to with 8 teams and run it like the pro's. The 1-4 teams get home field advantage for the first round, with the two highest ranking teams getting another home game. When we are down to two teams, do the bowl pairings. To do this, the schedule would have to be changed so that the first two rounds would be played during the first two weeks in December, and the bowl season would start at it's normal time. I can not come up with anything else, and I doubt that my system would meet with a lot of approval.
An 8 team playoff could have major problems, especially if the BCS Conference Champions are automatically included. Let's look at last year. One loss teams who did not win their conference include Texas and Texas Tech. Then you have undefeated Utah and undefeated (before the bowl games) Boise State to deal with. Two teams do not get into the playoff, and controversy runs rampant. To add on to potential future problems, you have the Notre Dame situation. Now what do you do? Expand to 16 teams? That would mean that you would have to cut the season down by at least 1 game. A lot of very good teams would lose a ome game, and the revinues that go with it. Then, you have to realign all the bowls, unless you have the first round games hosted by the team with the better record, but then you have another controversy. Who decides who is ranked where? The voters, ofcourse.
As much as I would love to see a NC game, I simply have not come up with a doable playoff system yet. My best guess is to simply to with 8 teams and run it like the pro's. The 1-4 teams get home field advantage for the first round, with the two highest ranking teams getting another home game. When we are down to two teams, do the bowl pairings. To do this, the schedule would have to be changed so that the first two rounds would be played during the first two weeks in December, and the bowl season would start at it's normal time. I can not come up with anything else, and I doubt that my system would meet with a lot of approval.
Bqh
These kids are already exposed to at least 12 games a season and any playoff takes place around the same time as final exams. Bowls already cause academic conflicts. The University presidents will never buy in. Personally I would love to see someway to crown a true champ. Divsion II does it and they are all students also. As it stands Div 1 Football is the only ncaa sport that does not crown a clear cut winner. The first time a superstar gets injured in college playoff game you would never hear the end of it.
I would like to end by saying the system sucks but in fact there is no system, it is a cop out.
These kids are already exposed to at least 12 games a season and any playoff takes place around the same time as final exams. Bowls already cause academic conflicts. The University presidents will never buy in. Personally I would love to see someway to crown a true champ. Divsion II does it and they are all students also. As it stands Div 1 Football is the only ncaa sport that does not crown a clear cut winner. The first time a superstar gets injured in college playoff game you would never hear the end of it.
I would like to end by saying the system sucks but in fact there is no system, it is a cop out.
