A NY Times article on the BCS computer poll programmers.

"This weekend will mark the end of the regular season in college football, and barring upsets of the top-ranked teams, there will be a tight race for the No. 2 spot in the nation.

So who would then help determine which team - Louisiana State or Southern California - would play top-ranked Oklahoma for the national championship, and which would be consigned to a lesser bowl game?

Why, an astrophysicist, of course; and an immunologist and an M.I.T.-trained mathematician from Indiana, not to mention a math professor from Virginia."

Simply insane.

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ESPN's Brad Edwards with a good explanation of why the university presidents support the BCS sham.

"Most university presidents (but obviously not the one at Auburn) are still trying to pretend that college football is just another amateur sport and not a big business. But they know better. They use missed class time as an argument against a playoff, but football players don't miss nearly as much school as basketball and baseball players. The truth is that a playoff would generate so much money that it would be difficult not to give something back to the players, and that would open up Pandora's Box for the athletic department. I think we will see two or four teams play it off after the bowl games sometime in the near future, because budgets are getting so tight in college athletics that presidents might not be able to hold out much longer."

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