Group: alt.sports.college.ohio-state
From: "Sarge"
Date: Thursday, November 29, 2007 12:09 AM
Subject: Re: Nothing But Luck


"milo" wrote in message
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>
> wrote in message
> news:s2ask3ti1sqncj5rq7jhpqek3bqmmhr1va@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:15:21 -0500, "Steve"
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> wrote in message
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>>>> If you guys luck out with a favorable loss this weekend, you go to the
>>>> NC game, just really lucky. I hope OSU shows up for the game this
>>>> time, unlike Illinois and last years game. I would really like to see
>>>> some level of playoff, so the best team actually is playing on game
>>>> day, and shut the BCS computer off for good.
>>>
>>>Wayne:
>>>The BCS score is primarily driven by human voting in polls.
>>>Computers would probably rate your favorite SEC team ahead of tOSU.
>>>Computers don't care about WHEN losses happen as much as human polls do.
>>>
>>>So, don't blame the computers.
>>>
>>>Blame greedy conferences which insist on two divisions and playoff games.
>>>Blame teams which lose two or more games to teams they should beat.
>>>USC:Stanford....LSU:Kentucky....Georgia:South Carolina....
>>>E.G............
>>>
>>>And don't blame the Buckeyes.
>>>They are a good team, in a good conference, who lost one game to a good
>>>team.
>>>
>>>Now why don't you tell us who you think should be in the Nat'l
>>>Championship
>>>game?
>>>
>>
>> As a poster below put it, it really IS all about money and not
>> necessarily the best teams playing, the teams that travel with the
>> most fan money. OSU probably travels far better than other teams that
>> could be selected. It really is about who the bowl sponsor wants and
>> can get.
>
> The BCS games have identical payouts so why would they care who travels
> the best? Ohio State money spends the same no matter where they go. Are
> you saying that they favor one city's hotels and establishments over
> another? BCS bowl money is split among the conferences and ND. As far as
> I can see, if the system is rigged for OSU to make the title game it ain't
> 'cause of the money.

somehow it's all tied back to the JFK assassination......... oh and
Atlantis.