National Champions

I’m not sure which of the post-game analysts said it, but the 2003 college football season is summed up with these words: “Any coach who doesn’t vote USC #1 is crazy”. Congrats to SC for their 28-14 victory over Michigan @ the Rose Bowl and for winning at least a share of the national championship. Now, my Sunday night is clear since I don’t need to watch the Nokia “Battle for Second Place” bowl (which I blogged a month ago).

Update: I added a link to a picture my son all decked out in his Trojan gear and smiling wide after winning the national championship (actually, his mother is making faces off camera).

Another Update: I found a great post on the subject of the BCS by Jason Salas via Bryan’s Weblog of Stuff. Jason is a .NET developer and a sportscaster, so his views on the BCS from both sides are facinating (though he did mix up the AP and the Coaches poll).

This entry was posted by DevHawk on January 2, 2004. It was posted in Sports.

Comments:

Funny you feel that way. But all coaches agreed at the beginning of the season to play by the BCS rules, which means the BCS rankings are non-contestable. Maybe feedback from this year will make the BCS better, but the #1 team will be LSU (having just watched them beat OU).
This comment was posted by Darrell on January 04, 2004 at 9:19 PM.
True, but the general consensus from the articles I've read is that the BCS really screwed up on this one. The fact is that the coaches were forced to vote LSU, rather than being allowed to honestly vote their opinion. I wonder how many coaches would have droped USC to #2 if they had had any choice in the matter. Though, truth be told, I'm glad LSU won. I didn't think OU deserved to be there and based on what I've read about the game, they proved that on the field.
This comment was posted by Harry on January 05, 2004 at 5:22 PM.
What I found most interesting about the final coaches poll is that 3 coaches actually broke from their contractual obligation and voted for USC as #1. A couple of weeks ago I heard an interview with Grant Teaff, the Executive Director of the American Football Coaches Association, which is the group that does the coaches poll and agreed to name the BCS champion as their champion, and he claimed that on the final ballot they only had slots for 2-25 -- that they truly couldn't vote for #1 even if they wanted to. So I wonder what those three coaches did, or was Teaff just blowing smoke? More interesting would be to find out who those three coaches were and see if they are invited to participate next year.
This comment was posted by Bryan Daneman on January 06, 2004 at 10:40 AM.

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