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Gofejl sv I Continued from B1 IheV nd rpi tired of hearing leges are on break anyway : —whole strength' of schedule arg Lr'n Does the xnent take V“nit'Has a No tum computer dropped ifu x account preseason rainkings in i'' 'Pijll wins its bowl game - V t and teams just not performing up to day one v ' " BCS have we will a full their champivrThen capabilities each week? on and a AP champion Under the doubt it' I have not even tried to BCS the coache poll is required tq figure out the computers because Ktiii'mmc back to somebody feed - ' vote the BCS winner No' even in my first scenario I would pro-on 37 the 63 of the voters though jng in certain numbers and letting' playoff Invite the 11 pose a nfhr'than two teams 'coaches” poll picked USC as the top gnnfgffngg champions fllri five at- something in the land Sunday So much for ' ing up on the field to decide the Iarge teams Of course there would be ' '"-!: come-' A' VVv all sorts of screaming and hollering A playoff is needed Every sport This is not the first time this has by the big conferences about fairness has the the in six BCS has one including all the other levels It certainly wouldn’t be perfect but at years happened taken control of college football Usu-of football except Division I It just " least the title would be decided on the ' field' makes no sense Both LSU and USC ally the clamor has been over the sec- ' about little this But a coaches talked team creating playplay- My second idea is a off What is holding back this ' ' off with eight schools getting a 4 mistake must be the beginning of this ' end for the BCS process? bye I would use the same idea V Don’t give me the missing classes With Senate hearings in the' fall by inviting the 11 league winners and schools More teams bit Football is not like basketball then 13 about fairness a coalition of the non- - liybuyan I’el bStory ofthe AP ' " 4 - J " - : : 1 y: - I lin-tea- -- ' : :v' '1 16-tea- m ' ' -: ond-rank- 24-tea- m first-rou- nd ’ ’ at-lar-ge - cant tell pie that Jans wQuian roe interested and television would be right there also : V And don’t give me the tradition excuse Tradition went out the door :v when this whole BCS mess began I remember waking up New Year’s Day to a lineup of nine games: How many ' will be played on Jan 1 this year? There will be five And the Sugar ' Bowl isn’t being played until Jan 4 : this year ' r It is time for a playoff - seven rebounds Eddy Curfy seined all 16 of his points in ' the ‘fourth quarter for Chicago Hornets 91 Bucks 85 ' Jamaal Magloire had 20 ' points and 11 rebounds including three late baskets' for New Orleans Baron Davis added 18 points and 10 assists He made a floater off the glass with 30 seconds left and added three v free throws on the Hornets’ next two possessions y' |
