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How should a team be ranked? – a theoretical discussion
Anyone who has read “Death to the BCS” will agree that the current BCS rankings are a sham. The computer rankings are a bunch of nonsense, the Harris Poll is full of people who have no idea what they’re talking about, and coaches are obviously biased, plus they have no time to look at how [...]
Don’t Give Up Now
Don’t throw in the towel yet, Sloppy!! Your original playoff proposal is still the best out there and is still worth fighting for! I recognize that any type of playoff format is better than the trash we have now. I can understand that Sloppy would want to come up with a version that’s a bit [...]
How to take down the BCS
It’s easy to see why the BCS is one of the worst things that’s ever happened to college football. The vast majority of fans agree that it needs to be changed or completely replaced. There exist differing views regarding what system should replace the BCS, and of those, Sloppy Joe’s is one of the best. However, [...]
Another idiotic response from Bill Hancock
Bill Hancock is charged with the task of defending something that is utterly indefensible. So it should be no surprise that his responses to valid criticism of this defunct system are becoming more and more desperate. As William Wilberforce says in the movie, “Amazing Grace,” if he “continues to scrape the bottom of the barrel, [...]
