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opinion
BCS poll not fair
to fans
Technology has certainly come a long way. Practically the
entire world, from the youngest children to the oldest adults,
depends on high-tech gadgets to perform even the simplest
tasks.
But despite our global reliance on technology to do everything
- regardless how easy or difficult - for us, the Chef ardently
feels that computers are not needed to tell the whole country
who the best college football team is.
The Chef says the new credo for the NCAA should be: Let the
best college football team prove to every fan across America
that they are the best by beating the other top squads.
Whether a playoff system needs to be implemented or some other
postseason changes need to be made, the Bowl Championship
Series [BCS] system simply is not cutting it. And it never
has.
In its relatively young four-year history, the BCS system
- or "BS" system as the Chef endearingly phrases
it - is notorious for shortchanging teams of their deserved
shot at a national title.
The BCS ranking is determined by a composite average of a
program's current poll ranking, strength of schedule and the
synthesized average of other computer rankings, according
to a USA Today report.
Together, all of these factors will dictate who is the best
Division I team. Can you say arbitrary?
Last year, the University of Miami defeated Florida State
University, but FSU was still awarded a spot in the national
title game. FSU eventually lost the title game to Oklahoma
University, which revealed to many people that the validity
of the BCS is questionable at best.
This year, Miami is currently ranked No. 1 in both the AP
and ESPN/USA Today c oaches poll, but was placed fourth in
the BCS rankings released last week.
This type of confusing ranking system cannot persist. It is
frustrating to the fans and probably even more so for the
players at these schools.
In fact, the NCAA needs to institute a better method of determining
the national champion and particularly a system that serves
more justice to West Coast schools like the Pacific-10 Conference,
which is the toughest in the country yet receives very little
recognition under the computer rankings of the BCS.
College football is a time-honored tradition and its fans
deserve something much better than this "BS" nonsense.
Computers may be able to assist me in every facet of my life,
which the Chef does appreciate, but it has to stay away -
far, far away - from ranking college football teams.
Ben Dimapindan is a journalism major at Cal State Long
Beach.
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