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That's a total of 32-36. If it's all the interconference BCS games, shouldn't it add up to .500?
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That's a total of 32-36. If it's all the interconference BCS games, shouldn't it add up to .500?
Yes but he included the games against ND too, and 4 of those losses by BCS conference teams came against ND. So take away 4 losses and that's 32-32.
What this debate highlights and what a playoff (a real one with 8-16 teams) will resolve is the nature of transitive propositions.
Team X beat Team Y; Team Y beats to Z; ergo, Team X would beat Team Z.
Those things are completely irresolvable, especially with (mostly) amateur players doing the playing. Emotion, the effect of the home crowd, disparate coaching, injuries, quality/poor team depth, and a host of other factors dictate the outcomes of college football games.
Strangely enough, ESPN has huge contracts with every major conference. In the current cycle of the past 13-14 years, the SEC has been one of the premier conferences, though the Big 12, Big 10, and Pac 10/12 have had some spots of really bright flashes. When matched with the best of the best from other conferences in BCS games, the SEC from my count is 17-6 (not factoring the SEC-SEC BCS Championship last year and not factoring TAMU as an SEC team). http://www.bcsfootball.org/news/story?id=4809856 That fact is missing from the OP article link and likely would be dismissed as being the result of a selection bias.
That argument is flawed because each conference can only send one AQ and one at-large team to a BCS game. That argument is also poor because the same selection biases that vote in favor of the SEC team also favor the teams selected to the BCS from other conferences. Every conference benefits. It just so happens that the SEC has made doing well in marquee games its priority.
Team X beat Team Y; Team Y beats to Z; ergo, Team X would beat Team Z.
Those things are completely irresolvable, especially with (mostly) amateur players doing the playing. Emotion, the effect of the home crowd, disparate coaching, injuries, quality/poor team depth, and a host of other factors dictate the outcomes of college football games.
Strangely enough, ESPN has huge contracts with every major conference. In the current cycle of the past 13-14 years, the SEC has been one of the premier conferences, though the Big 12, Big 10, and Pac 10/12 have had some spots of really bright flashes. When matched with the best of the best from other conferences in BCS games, the SEC from my count is 17-6 (not factoring the SEC-SEC BCS Championship last year and not factoring TAMU as an SEC team). http://www.bcsfootball.org/news/story?id=4809856 That fact is missing from the OP article link and likely would be dismissed as being the result of a selection bias.
That argument is flawed because each conference can only send one AQ and one at-large team to a BCS game. That argument is also poor because the same selection biases that vote in favor of the SEC team also favor the teams selected to the BCS from other conferences. Every conference benefits. It just so happens that the SEC has made doing well in marquee games its priority.
| #1 Tennessee 23, #2 Florida State 16 | #3 Nebraska 31, #5 Tennessee 21 |
| #8 Florida 31, #15 Syracuse 10 | #8 Michigan 35, #4 Alabama 34 (OT) |
| #1 Tennessee 23, #2 Florida State 16 | #3 Miami 37, #7 Florida 20 |
| #8 Florida 31, #15 Syracuse 10 | #11 West Virginia 38, Georgia 35 |
| #13 LSU 47, #8 Illinois 34 | #6 Utah 31, #4 Alabama 17 |
| #5 Florida 56, #10 Maryland 23 | #6 Ohio State 31, #8 Arkansas 26 |
| #3 Georgia 26, #14 Florida State 13 | |
| #2 LSU 21, #1 Oklahoma 14 | |
| #3 Auburn 16, #8 Virginia Tech 13 | |
| #2 Florida 41, #1 Ohio State 14 | |
| #4 LSU 41, #11 Notre Dame 14 | |
| #2 LSU 38, #1 Ohio State 24 | |
| #5 Georgia 41, #10 Hawaii 10 | |
| #2 Florida 24, #1 Oklahoma 14 | |
| #1 Alabama 37, #2 Texas 21 | |
| #5 Florida 51, #3 Cincinnati 24 | |
| #1 Auburn 22, #2 Oregon 19 |