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BCS Championship Game

Will you/did you watch the BCS Championship Game?

Yes	7 votes
No	11 votes

KC Jan 08 2007 08:03 PM

Please vote ...

cooby Jan 08 2007 08:10 PM

Weeknight. Late start. Could they make it any more inconvenient? Maybe a few minutes.

cooby Jan 08 2007 09:24 PM

Rather stunning start

ScarletKnight41 Jan 08 2007 09:32 PM

I didn't put it on voluntarily. But D-Dad was watching it when I got home. So I glimpsed it, but not by choice.

Rockin' Doc Jan 08 2007 10:09 PM

I'm watching. Florida is really sticking it to the supposedly invincible Ohio State Buckeyes.

Frayed Knot Jan 08 2007 10:09 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 08 2007 10:16 PM

No interest. I'm not real big on college sports to start with. Plus the way the teams were chosen and the concocted system that put them there gives this whole thing a contrived air about it, not to mention that it's taking place some 7 weeks after these teams last played anything.

RealityChuck Jan 08 2007 10:14 PM

1. I don't watch college football. 2. The bowl season, by all that is right and proper in the universe, ends on New Year's Day. 3. The BCS is a bogus title in lieu of an actual championship.

Yancy Street Gang Jan 09 2007 06:55 AM

I had no interest either. In fact, I had never heard of "BCS" until like, yesterday.

metirish Jan 09 2007 08:46 AM

RealityChuck wrote: 1. I don't watch college football. 2. The bowl season, by all that is right and proper in the universe, ends on New Year's Day. 3. The BCS is a bogus title in lieu of an actual championship. I don't get the system either,hell I can't even understand the guys that run it when they try to explain it.

RealityChuck Jan 09 2007 09:31 AM

It's computer-based to some extent. That's always a problem: plugging numbers into a computer is no more objective than saying "My team is #1." The problem is that people think that it is more definitive. But, in some ways, it's worse. The programmer decides arbitrarily what factors are important and to what degree, and chaos theory reigns: a small change in any one of the factors creates massive changes throughout the rankings. You notice that they change the formula just about every year, a sure sign that they aren't confident of what they're doing. Even the BCS knows they pushing a bogus product: the game is officially the BCS championship, not the national championship and it's hardly a series, since each game is independent.

Frayed Knot Jan 09 2007 10:27 AM

And I see where all the "experts" were right again!