Friday, December 5, 2008

BCS, I will end you, Rahm Emanuel-style, if you do this-

First, cheers to Samberg's Rahm Emanuel. Topical, clever, funny, spot-on and cut from the show. Nice one, SNL.

Now, that's nothing compared for the venom in store for the BCS if their digi-tard system fucks up bad enough to do this. To quote:

"(3) OU wins; Florida wins: Seemingly simple -- OU-Florida in the BCS title game, right?

Wrong: It is possible that the BCS formula would put Florida 3rd behind Oklahoma ... and Texas (emphasis added). The result? Florida fans go insane; many others revolt, because no one really wants to see OU-UT II. Highest likelihood of a split champ. National hand-wringing over state of BCS -- you've seen nothing yet.

So, if you assume all three outcomes are equally likely, there is a high likelihood of a relatively acceptable outcome, but the small but potent chance that all hell will break loose on Sunday night. (Consider that last year heading into this final weekend, Missouri and West Virginia were 1-2 in the BCS and LSU was 7th.)

Look for an insane amount of politicking on Saturday night."

So, we could see an OU-Texas re-match if Florida wins. That's fucking stupid. I'm not even a solid playoff guy, but shit like this makes me want to jump on board, no questions asked. Sometimes, I actually think the BCS is a ploy - a system put into place to actually force a playoff. I know they say they don't want one, but then you see this and think, "They have to secretly really want a playoff to keep doing shit like this, right?" Like, if they fuck up enough, we'll go all Rage Against the Machine on them and revolt bolshevik style for a people's championship. Like it's a Jeffersonian matter of time. It's genius really. Use bullshit to force the people to create change. So, I guess the BCS is like John C. Calhoun, and the computer rankings are the Tariff of...stretch.

You know what? Props to the ACC. The league voted in favor of a playoff last season, and they really sucked then (but did beat the SEC this year). Fuck the Big-10 and the Rose Bowl for standing in the way. Again.

Also, props to the AP for making sense (UF 2nd). It's time to take to the streets, tarring and feathering local Harris Poll voters and going all Office Space on the computer polls. Blood alone moves the wheels of history.

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