Wednesday, July 13, 2005
New BCS Poll
Say what you want about the Bowl Championship Series (BCS), but it appears the people running the show are trying to get it right. The BCS has a new poll. Fed up with the alleged unfairness of preseason rankings, the BCS will wait a few weeks into the season before taking votes.
This is actually a good idea. All preseason polls do is rate teams based on last year's accomplishments and hype over this year's players. There's no real, hard data to work with. And, when was the last time you saw a preseason No. 1 win a national championship? Let the first few weeks serve as a weeding-out period. One month into the season, we'll be able to separate the contenders from the chuckers.
This is actually a good idea. All preseason polls do is rate teams based on last year's accomplishments and hype over this year's players. There's no real, hard data to work with. And, when was the last time you saw a preseason No. 1 win a national championship? Let the first few weeks serve as a weeding-out period. One month into the season, we'll be able to separate the contenders from the chuckers.
# posted by Steve Seepersaud : 12:55 PM
