2000: FLORIDA STATE JUMPS MIAMI AND WASHINGTON
• At the end of the 2000 regular season the BCS had a clear no. 1 team to play in its championship, the 12-0 Oklahoma Sooners, with three one-loss teams as possible opponents: Florida State, Miami and Washington. Miami was ranked no. 2 in the country, having beaten Florida State and losing to Washington early in the year on the road. Washington's lone loss came on the road to a 10-2 Oregon team. But the second spot in the championship game went to FSU, not to the Miami team that had beaten them, or Washington, the team that had beaten the 'Canes. Of course FSU was hammered by Oklahoma while UM and UW went on to convincing wins. So how many BCS execs does it take to screw in a light bulb?
eriiclikewhoa January 6th, 2009 at 02:37 PM
Obama needs to make the Playoff system happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that should be the first bill he passes :)
Spencer January 7th, 2009 at 03:10 AM
You missed the BIGGEST injustice of the BCS-era...the 2004 Utah Utes. They were undefeated, not one team came within 2 touchdowns of them all year (and they played their second stringers the entire second half of most games). When NO ONE comes within 2 touchdowns of you all year, how can you just hand the trophy to someone else. USC, Auburn, and Utah were all deserving that year. Utah should have been matched up with Auburn so that either Utah or Auburn had a competing claim to the National Title, along with USC.
andy January 7th, 2009 at 04:44 AM
Utah Fans, you went undefeated in the MOUNTAIN WEST CONF. not a major confrence, that would have been like throwing Boise State in the National title game. You would have thought that was rediculous, well guess what so is Utah playing in the title game! No one cares about Utah outside of Utah. You play in a crap hole confrence where any Big 12, SEC or PAC10 team could dominate year in and year out. Be glad you beat Bama the only real game you had all year. And Don't say BYU or TCU. TCU barely Beat Boise State. and BYU lost and they sucked anyway. Because they're from your crappy confrence! Their is a BCS injustice here, but it's certainly not UTAH It's Texas. But the fact remains that's there is a reason they don't place MOUNTAIN WEST teams in a Title position, cuz They're MOUNTAIN WEST teams!
Michael January 7th, 2009 at 12:53 PM
I didn't realize that the 2007 Sugar Bowl wasn't a BCS Bowl Game...who knew...apparently this blogger did
Tyrel January 7th, 2009 at 01:59 PM
What about Auburn in 2004? They shithammered everyone they played, then had to watch chokelahoma get raped by USC. The bcs sucks ass.
marc January 7th, 2009 at 02:32 PM
I can't believe you left off the 2003 fiasco when USC finished the regular season as a consensus #1 in both the Coach's & AP Polls but were relegated to the Rose Bowl & a split national title with LSU. That's quite an oversight.
The Slovak January 7th, 2009 at 02:39 PM
all you Utah, Boise St, small conference haters. I don't seem to see the big bad SEC, PAC 10 or Big 12 in any hurry to travel to Utah, Boise, Salt Lake, etc to play one of these teams during the season, how about Texas run up to Utah for a 2nd or 3rd game of the season, HMMMMM, no hurry is there. How about heading up to the BLUE turf Alabama, Florida, Oklahoma (that's right, the broncos already took care of sooner nation)
stalefish January 7th, 2009 at 03:26 PM
What about the 2003/2004 BCS title game where USC was ranked #1 in the polls but LSU & Oklahoma played for the championship. There was a split #1 decision that the BCS was supposed to eliminate.
Lance January 7th, 2009 at 04:28 PM
This has got to be one of the dumbest lists I've ever read. First off, how'd that work for Cal in 2004 after being left out of the Rose Bowl after Mack Brown 'whined' Texas in? Oh yeah, they got housed by a Texas Tech team that UT beat badly on the road earlier in the year. Also, Colorado beat Texas to win the Big XII in 2004, not Nebraska. By the way, the 2007 Georgia squad did go to a BCS game, it's called the Sugar Bowl. How can you leave out Auburn in 2004? Not only missing a shot at the championship, but not even getting a split is hands down the biggest travesty in the BCS era.
phil January 7th, 2009 at 04:33 PM
First off the second place team in 2007 (Georgia) did play in a BCS bowl gam, the sugar bowl, so there goes that argument. Second, didnt LSU lose after ohio state and back its own way into the game with 2 losses after USC lost?