Regardless of bowls or playoffs, it may only be right one of four times. For comparison, National League hitters only had a .265 batting average this year — again, the BCS system excels at quantitatively sorting out a very complex system with a decent level of confidence.
I call for each of you to embrace the chaos! There will never be a perfect system, and if there are two teams that are clearly most deserving of the title game, then the BCS won't apply.
That is part of the allure of the college football sport. There will never be a bona fide clear-cut selection for the top two (or top eight for that matter). Our current system of polling and (hopefully) bias-free computer analysis is pretty damned good. Most people do not attempt this level of due diligence on their retirement plans or their choice of a mate. Most people apply too much emotion or harbor too many preconceptions to address those choices. Do these sound familiar to you college football fans?
3) The margin of the polls will fuel many debates about Michigan's case to be in the national championship, but regardless of the motivation of the pollsters, the Gators are in the show. Whether voters actually believe UF is the second best team, whether voters have a bias against rematches, or whether the Gators were just good enough to keep Michigan out of the picture, it doesn't matter.
Obviously this debate of Florida over Michigan was settled by less than five people, so prepare to hear from them over the next couple days.
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