I just read some bad news. We can all blame BYU for the current BCS system we have. Yes, ladies and gents, it is because of the undefeated 1984 National Champion BYU team that the big wigs in the 5 major conferences put their heads together and said "We MUST not allow this to happen again! No sub par team shall ever win the national championship again!"
In BYU's defense, were riding an 11 game win streak heading into the season, courtesy of an All-American Steve Young led offense. Also, they did beat then #3 Pittsburgh in the first College football game ever broadcast on ESPN, as well as a Michigan team ranked as high as #2, in the Holiday Bowl. Washington, a 1-loss team, ha the best claim to being the Champion next to BYU, but declined the invite to play against them, opting instead for a big money game against Oklahoma. BYU held opponents to 14 points a game while scoring 35 a game. They won 7 games by at least 31 points, scored over 40 points 5 times, and their first year starter at QB threw for nearly 3900 yards.
After BYU beat Michigan to go 13-0, #2 ranked OU hit a game winning field goal, and the Sooner Schooner took to the field. One problem, though. OU was flagged for an illegal procedure penalty, nullifying the attempt, then docked an additional 15 yards for unsportsmanlike conduct when the wagon wouldn't leave the field... probably because it got stuck in the mud. OU's next attempt was blocked, and the Washington Huskies won. After the game, the Head Coach of Baylor, who the Cougars had beaten by 34 earlier in the season, approached Lavell Edwards and joked "Did you hear about the big investigation going on in Miami? Word is out that the drive of the Sooner Schooner was a Mormon." A few weeks later, BYU was voted #1 and National Champions by all the major polls, the last non major conference team to win it all (Notre Dame counts as a major conference team.)
However, we are still feeling the agony of this great achievement. Starting in the early 90's the major conferences, and Notre dame, began to exclude almost every other team from major bowl games, especially the National Championship. In BCS bowl games, only Hawaii has suffered a loss against AQ foes as an at-large qualifier; Boise State, TCU, and Utah are 4-1 against them. The Undefeated 2008 Utah Utes even beat 12-2 Alabama, 10-3 BYU, 11-2 TCU, and 9-4 Oregon State, yet weren't even given a chance to play in the National Championship game.
Utah, TCU, Boise State, and BYU have all since left their conferences. Boise State moved to the MWC, probably hoping to make it an AQ conference (BYU, TCU, and Utah were all MWC), but BYU is now an independent, Utah is Pac-12, and TCU has accept an invite to the Big 12. They all felt it was necessary to move on in an effort to increase their chances of going to the big game. Now, even major conferences are hating on the BCS. Big 10 officials are stating that they just want a chance at the Rose Bowl every year. Everything else can go east and butt thunder.
To get to the National Title game, you should play through an 8 team bracket. Top two play for champion, the rest go to other big name bowl games. Everyone wins!!!
gosh I hate the BCS...
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