*** The BCS is set up to reward the 2 best teams ***

Quote Originally Posted by oddsbuster:

West Virginia was moving the ball up and down the field in the 1st half. I remember I was playing poker and watching the game that night. And I would never wager with another online. No disrespect i'm wagering enough on them @ -1 so there is no reason at all for me to make another wager @ -7. I'm ok with being called delusional. I can still get up and put my pant's on in the morning. As long as i know i'm right that's all that matter's to me. The BCS was a fail in my eyes. And in your eyes it wasn't and that's just fine... 

The BCS didn't fail, the Big 12 Conference failed. They have reaped what they sowed. Now maybe the next time the SEC approaches them with a playoff proposal, they'll listen. Oklahoma State has no legitimate grip with anyone except the officials of the Big 12 conference.

Okla St. has nobody to blame but their own head coach for being left out. 

Would Saban ever say Oklahoma State is more deserving? HELL NO! Gundy should've been politicking for his team from the start. Or, at least keep his trap shut.  But WTF say that Bama is actually better than Okla State?  If he doesn't think they're better, why would other voters?

Yes, he said it before the Okla game, but the damage is done. 

He should've learned from Urban Meyers.  No rematch. Hell, he should've quoted Urban.  Straight from an SEC coach.  He should've dug up any vague references from Saban implying that a conference champ wasn't deserving of a BCS championship appearance. 

Even his justification on national TV after the Sooner victory was weak. People would rather see a 39-36 game vs a 9-6 game?  What kind of lame-ass justification is that?  If I were a voter, I'd try to pick the 2 deserving teams, not the most entertaining teams. I'd pick Houston vs Boise State otherwise.

How about Okla. St. has better wins? Or Bama had their chance already? Or teams that don't win their conference aren't deserving.  Something.  Geezus. You'd never know he had $500,000 bonus riding on a BCS championship appearance.

Whatever. The SEC voted against that same playoff proposal, too

The SEC made the proposal, and nobody voted because there wasn't a vote.  And there wasn't a vote because none of the AQ conferences except the ACC would consider it.

You could stop right there.  Just b/c the "traditional" powers of a conference aren't good one year, doesn't justify throwing objectivity out the window.

All you've done is explain the rationale of a pollster choosing Alabama over Oklahoma State b/c he's a moron.