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Barry Switzer and his pack said no, they just are not good enough. Followed up with the traditional rhetoric, who did they play? Utah as did Boise State before them, proved the pundits and BCS wrong. The Utes manhandled The Crimson Tide from the opening kickoff to the final gun. Alabama was no match for The Utah Utes. Bama had been ranked #1 in the nation for 5 weeks before falling to Florida. Their stingy defense allowed just 16 points per game. Utah hung 21 points on The Tide in the first quarter. So much for the argument Utah was not good enough and could not hang with Bama. The argument, who did they play is meaningless, Utah played and defeated everyone on their schedule. That included and Big 10’s Michigan and two highly nationaly ranked conference mates, BYU and TCU. The problem is, its not about who is good enough to be in the BCS Bowls, it’s about money and the 6 BCS Conferences want it all to themselves. In 2004 both Boise State and the Utah Utes were undefeated mid major te …

Between OU edging out Texas for the Big 12 championship spot, to earlier in the season when it was likely Penn State would get in with an easy schedule and people would watch another blowout of a Big 10 team. I have heard bloggers and sites calling for a 16 team playoff system and others calling for a 8 team playoff. The sixteen team playoff scenario seems way too unlikely to me. For starters, you would have to play four post season games instead of 3. You would definitely have to subtract a game or two from the regular season to decrease injuries and players playing way past January. Another issues is you would be putting teams like Ball State, Georgia Tech and TCU in there, who would generally get blown out every year by the USC’s and Florida like teams of the NCAA. Yes there are those who would say “there could be Cinderella teams” the “underdogs” like in NCAA basketball. Yes it is somewhat possible, but the recruiting gaps in football or a lot more severe than in basketball. Teams …