Good article RE: Bowl system is the fairest way of crowning a NC

…thanks for sharing…I’ll be ready to discuss it by March or June….

that the fairness index only looks at records and not quality opposition. Granted in most seasons it’s easy to tell the difference between an undefeated Bama, Florida, LSU and, say, Boise State, however it’s not always that easy. In 2007 a two loss LSU won. Can we say that 10-2 Georgia, 11-2 Oklahoma, 11-2 VaTech, etc. were not better than LSU? It would be hard to make that case as (to my knowledge) none of them played each other. And we won’t even get into 2004 Auburn. The point being, that for the fairness index to work, as they have it, it needs to take into account more than just records – was it fair that LSU won in 2007. Well, I think so, but there are a ton of other teams out there with the same record that might beg to differ.

Also, is it fair that TCU has absolutely no chance of going to the NC game this year? There is usually a good argument in terms of SOS, but is it really undeniable that Texas has more quality wins than TCU this year, given the sorry state of affairs in the Big 12 right now?
Also, I feel no need to “protect” good teams from the possibility of an upset. There’s probably not any perfect way of determining which team is better. But having them play each other seems like a better method than relying on the same voters who magically moved USC up over Oregon last week.

I honestly thought this was satire until I got about halfway through it.

“Fairness index”? Really? Do these people know anything about college football?

And it made me think a bit. I’ll probably do some more writing in this off-season, but here’s the general gist of my thoughts of the argument that playoffs aren’t fair:
Anyone who suggests that is a dumbass.
There’s really nothing more fair than “the two teams played. One won. That means they are better, or were better when it mattered most.” Wins and Losses are just something that crybabies bitch and moan about to get their voices heard because they don’t have the intelligence to conjure anything substantial to set them apart from others.

Economists…

Their whole ceteris paribus nonsense and tarot card reading just intruded into football….things aren’t equal, and you can’t hold “constants” while changing one “variable” (e.g., amateur v. professional leagues) to determine that the BCS is the “fairest”.

“Economics is a useful tool for providing employment to economists” -Galbraith.