Well, I guess we are going to learn tomorrow which team will play for the Big 12 title and grab the inside track for the NC game. I expect it will be OU and that is a damn shame. Hear me out:
Yes, I fully understand Pelagius' point earlier in the season about Bayes theory (a most excellent post). But here we have two teams that by all accounts are extremely close. In cases such as this, how could you possibly ignore head-to-head competition on a neutral field? For those of you saying that we should ignore that fact, please explain to me how you hold that view and simultaneously believe in a playoff system (assuming that you do). The entire motivation of a playoff system is that it is based on head-to-head competition. If head-to-head does not matter, then we don't even need a title game. Just take the damn vote and crown your champion. What a joke.
Once again, I suppose the silver lining is that it once again exposes the travesty that is the BCS system.
Sorry, rant over.
Yes, I fully understand Pelagius' point earlier in the season about Bayes theory (a most excellent post). But here we have two teams that by all accounts are extremely close. In cases such as this, how could you possibly ignore head-to-head competition on a neutral field? For those of you saying that we should ignore that fact, please explain to me how you hold that view and simultaneously believe in a playoff system (assuming that you do). The entire motivation of a playoff system is that it is based on head-to-head competition. If head-to-head does not matter, then we don't even need a title game. Just take the damn vote and crown your champion. What a joke.
Once again, I suppose the silver lining is that it once again exposes the travesty that is the BCS system.
Sorry, rant over.
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