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2009-01-09 12:18

Big12fan
Colorado Springs, CO

Posts: 2

I'm one that supports a play-off system rather than determining the NCAA finalists by votes. The bias of the Harris Poll, which makes up 1/3 of the BCS rankings, is now fully exposed by the way they ranked undefeated Utah. Utah beat the crap out of Alabama 31-17 in the Sugar Bowl in front of a partisan Alabama crowd, yet the Harris pollsters on January 8th still ranked 13-0 Utah as No. 7 and 12-2 Alabama No. 4 in the nation. They have some splainin' to do.

I suppose Alabama and the SEC has better lobbyists.

Utah should be No. 1 in the nation because they beat Alabama by a wider margin than Florida.
And Texas should be No. 2 because they beat OK by 10 points, same margin as Florida, but on Oklahoma's home field. Florida's 10 pt win in the Orange Bowl was almost a home field.

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