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To: ManyMoose who wrote (67369)	5/21/2008 12:28:16 PM
From: biotech_bull	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543023

It is just another convoluted system that's supposed to determine the two best teams in the country in college football - it's actually quite bizarre. Has a lot to with control & power & money for old suits in smoke-filled rooms, I think! hence the analogy is somewhat apt

To: ManyMoose who wrote (67369)	5/21/2008 12:47:26 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543023

NCAA = National Collegiate Athletic Association BCS = Bowl Championship Series (its for college football) There is a system to pick who will be in the BCS championship game, and its somewhat complex, combining voting (for the top 25) with computer rankings. You get points for each number one vote (both in the actual votes, an in the computer rankings), a lesser amount for each number 2, even less for number 3, etc. The team with the most points is number 1, the team with the 2nd most is number 2, they play the championship game against each other and the winner is the national champion. Its possible to get a two national champions. Say the top teams are all pretty close. Then the number 2 team wins ugly over the number one team, while the number 3 team destroys the number 4 or 5 team in another bowl game. Than the AP (Asociated Press) poll might declare the number 3 (or formerly number 3) BCS ranked team the champion while the coaches poll is contractually required to put the winner of the BCS championship game as number one. So you have 1 team number 1 in the coaches poll and other number one in the AP poll, and you get "co-national champions". Something like that has happened. In 2003 the LSU Tigers ended the season number one in the coaches poll and number 2 in the AP poll, while the USC Trojans where number one in the AP and number 2 in the coaches poll.