TerryP
Staff
The BCS consistently put the #1 and #2 team against each other. That was its purpose. It succeeded.Right, the BCS did what we asked it to do. Doesn't mean they picked the best team. The bowl system took Michigan State and Notre Dame ahead of undefeated Bama in 66. It did what it was intended to do. Play politics and show bias, but it didn't mean they were correct or that's the way the cookie would have crumbled under the BCS system. Nor do I think the BCS winners are the way the cookie would always crumble under the 4 team playoff. Thus the debate these days for an 8 team playoff.
Just because we're under the playoff system doesn't mean those computer models and polls have ceased to exist. It's been documented how the BCS would have had it correct in today's era. The issue boils down to so many being against the BCS and therein are refusing to acknowledge how it got things right.
I do find it ironic seeing "bias" mentioned in an discussion against a system that removed bias from half of its formula. The notion of "humans will do better than computers" was wrong from the start.