ROAD TO THE ROSE BOWL: BCS THWARTS COMMON SENSE.Byline: Jill Painter Staff Writer The polls favored Colorado. The computer chose Nebraska. And all that separated the teams for the chance to play for the national title in the Rose Bowl was five-hundredths of a point. In the Bowl Championship Series, the computer always wins. Never mind that the coaches changed their votes from a week earlier to rank Colorado ahead of Nebraska in the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll. Nebraska finished fourth in the coaches' and Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. polls - behind top-ranked Miami (11-0), No. 2 Oregon and No. 3 Colorado - all teams with legitimate claims to play in Pasadena. But Nebraska finished second in the BCS (1) (The British Computer Society, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, www.bcs.org) The chartered body for information technology professionals in the U.K., founded in 1957. , the only ranking that really matters these days. Undefeated Miami and Nebraska (11-1) will play for the national championship on Jan. 3. In the final BCS rankings released Sunday, Miami remained first at 2.62 while Nebraska (7.23), Colorado (7.28) and Oregon (8.67) followed. The BCS has operated under constant criticism since its inception. But this latest controversy is sure to spark debates from the Colorado and Oregon coaching offices to coffee shops and offices around the country. And continued pressure for a playoff system. The Cornhuskers (11-1) were pummeled by the Buffaloes 62-36 - the most points allowed in the history of their program - on Nov. 23. Colorado went on to beat Texas the next week to win the Big 12 title. Instead of talking about how to defend Miami, Nebraska coach Frank Solich Frank Solich (born September 8, 1944 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, U.S.) is the head football coach of the Ohio Bobcats. Solich's Time at Ohio Solich's impact on the Ohio program was immediate, as plans were put in place to renovate Ohio's football facilities and increase spent most of his press conferences defending his team's Rose Bowl berth. ``We're a very proud program, and as you might expect, we think that we had an outstanding season going 11-1 playing a strong schedule,'' Solich said. ``It speaks very highly of the athletes on our football team. To some degree, we've been criticized and I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. that it's fair to those guys to be critiqued in the manner they are, to say that they're not deserving to be in this football game. ``They certainly are. There's a system in place that's dictated this.'' A system with glaring flaws. Nebraska didn't even play in its conference-championship game. Oregon won the Pacific-10 and Colorado the Big 12. But the fact that Nebraska didn't win its conference isn't a problem. At least in the BCS. Colorado (10-2) will play Oregon (10-1) in the Fiesta Bowl The Fiesta Bowl, now sponsored by Tostitos tortilla chips (a Frito-Lay product), is a United States college football game played annually since 1971. Originally, the game was hosted in Tempe, Arizona at Sun Devil Stadium where it remained until 2006. on Jan. 1. CU coach Gary Barnett
tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: . He figured the way the Buffs ended their season - by beating then-No. 2 Nebraska and then-No. 3 Texas in back-to-back weeks - would've been enough. Colorado had a better quality-win component, an addition to the BCS this season, than any other team. Teams are given bonus points for wins over top 15 teams. Barnett was still pleading his case - though it was a moot point moot point n. 1) a legal question which no court has decided, so it is still debatable or unsettled. 2) an issue only of academic interest. (See: moot) - because of his five wins over ranked teams and the way the Buffs finished the season. ``It certainly seems to me that should be thought of,'' Barnett said. The computer was oblivious. In the other two BCS games, Florida (9-2) plays Maryland (10-1) in the Orange Bowl and the Sugar Bowl features LSU LSU Louisiana State University LSU Large Subunit LSU La Salle University (Philadelphia, PA) LSU La Sierra University LSU Link State Update (OSPF) LSU Learning Support Unit (9-3) against Illinois (10-1). BCS expert Jerry Palm said just before he went to bed on Saturday night that he had figured the same calculations the BCS did: Nebraska edges Colorado by .05 points. He said he understood how the computers chose Nebraska, even though that wouldn't have been his choice. ``If I were king of the world, my choice would've been the fourth-place team, Oregon,'' Palm said. ``But it's going to be like that every year. I understand why it worked out the way it did. Nebraska was so strong in the computer.'' No longer does finishing No. 1 and No. 2 in the polls guarantee anything. Welcome to the BCS. TICKETS --Available tickets will go on sale through TicketMaster at 8 a.m. Tuesday EXPERTS' consensus: WOLF'S PICKS Daily News Staff Writer Scott Wolf Scott Richard Wolf (born June 4, 1968) is an American actor. Born in Boston, Massachusetts to Steven Wolf and Susan Enowitch, Wolf was raised in West Orange, New Jersey. He graduated in 1986 from West Orange High School. is an Associated Press top-25 voter this season. Here's how he voted this week: 1. Miami 2. Nebraska 3. Oregon 4. Colorado 5. Texas 6. Tennessee 7. Florida 8. Oklahoma 9. Maryland 10. Illinois 11. Stanford 12. Louisiana State 13. Michigan 14. Washington State 15. Virginia Tech 16. Washington 17. South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. 18. Florida State 19. Georgia 20. Syracuse 21. Boston College Boston College, main campus at Chestnut Hill, Mass.; coeducational; Jesuit; est. and opened 1863. Actually a university, the school's Chestnut Hill campus comprises colleges of arts and sciences and business administration, the graduate school, and schools of nursing 22. Fresno State 23. Brigham Young 24. Louisville 25. North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. State CAPTION(S): 4 boxes Box: (1) TICKETS (see text) (2) EXPERTS' consensus: WOLF'S PICKS (see text) (3) BCS STANDINGS (4) AP TOP 25 |
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