Bowl Championship Series
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Oct 21, 2026
Bradley LoomisHOST
They claimed a national title.
Bradley LoomisHOST
Didn't get to play Nebraska for it, but they were able to claim one and split one, which obviously created the birth of the BCS.
Bradley LoomisHOST
Eventually CFP.
Steve CalhounGUEST
Eventually
Andy StaplesHOST
So that was the thing.
Andy StaplesHOST
Well, but before with the four team or with the BCS, you had these incredible stakes and somebody was getting their heart ripped out and it meant so much.
Andy StaplesHOST
And that was what people cared about.
Andy StaplesHOST
No. No.
Steven GodfreyHOST
yeah.
Steven GodfreyHOST
That's a great point.
Steven GodfreyHOST
I don't want the BCS
Ross DellengerHOST
back, by the way.
Pat SmithHOST
It is a must win situation now moving forward.
Pat SmithHOST
Now, if we were still in the old days of the BCS computer, this would be your rankings this week.
Pat SmithHOST
Miami 1, Ohio State 2, BYU 3, Notre Dame 4, UCLA 5, Georgia would be 6, Texas Tech 7, Ole Miss 8, Indiana 9, Kentucky 10.
Pat SmithHOST
It's crazy to think that UCLA and Kentucky, both in the top ten according to the BCS computer average, Bama would be 11th, Utah would be 12th, Tennessee would be next, followed by Houston, LSU, Wake Forest, Iowa, Florida, Texas, and Oregon.
Pat SmithHOST
That's your BCS computer average for October 19th.
Landrum RobertsHOST
It's really impressive what not only Will Stein, what he's been able to do, but also Bob Chesney.
Landrum RobertsHOST
As I look at UCLA and the rest of their schedule, I know that somebody made reference to it.
Matt FortunaHOST
100-plus years never being able to truly determine national champion.
Matt FortunaHOST
Then you finally get to BCS, and that kind of just added to the chaos.
Matt FortunaHOST
So you get the 14 playoff, which I think was good in theory, but the longer it played out, you realized you probably needed something more.
Matt FortunaHOST
And they go after 10 years of the 14 playoff to a 12 team playoff, which to the power brokers credit was not something any of us like schemed up or ever thought possible.
12 MINS LATER
Doug LesmerisesHOST
Who's the national champ? We can't decide because someone's got to go play in the Rose Bowl and they can't play each other.
Doug LesmerisesHOST
Who's the national champs from drunken sports writers decided who's the national champ.
Doug LesmerisesHOST
We left out an undefeated team in the BCS because there's two spots and three undefeated teams.
Doug LesmerisesHOST
Who's the national champ.
Chris CantyHOST
The aforementioned Georgia Bulldogs were joined by Notre Dame, Indiana, Alabama, and Texas.
Chris CantyHOST
In the CFP era, a regular season loss is not as detrimental to the post-season chase as it was during the days of the BCS.
Chris CantyHOST
Still, there's always conversation about a deserving team from a Power Four conference being left out of the tournament.
Chris CantyHOST
And upsets do help to build the drama as we get into the heart of conference play in, inch closer to the first playoff rankings reveal.
30 MINS LATER
Chris CantyHOST
He gotta stop doing that.
Chris CantyHOST
He gotta stop doing that.
Evan CohenHOST
I gotta tell you, unfortunately, the, it, they've, they've, they're gonna make this worse and I'm, I am, I am someone who did not want to change from the BCS.
Evan CohenHOST
I loved the BCS simply because ev-
Demetri RavanosHOST
A lot of bitching.
Demetri RavanosHOST
OK, then we go to the BCS.
Demetri RavanosHOST
BCS formula is changed literally every single year.
Demetri RavanosHOST
What the what the metrics are that are measured change literally every single year in reaction to fan pushback.
Demetri RavanosHOST
Then we get two SEC teams play in the national championship game.
Veejay HuskeyHOST
So am I.
Veejay HuskeyHOST
There was something, guys, that one day was called the BCS.
Veejay HuskeyHOST
I'm not sure how old you gentlemen are, but there was something called the BCS at one point, who everyone so-called hated.
Veejay HuskeyHOST
Everyone hated the BCS.
Veejay HuskeyHOST
It doesn't matter.
Veejay HuskeyHOST
We need a playoff.
Steve HartmanHOST
2003, they had Oklahoma after they got routed in the Big 12 championship game or Big 8, whatever it was at the time, by Kansas State.
Steve HartmanHOST
Okay.
Josh GrahamHOST
When you created the playoff, you nuked the bowl system.
Josh GrahamHOST
It used to be there were bowl games that you would participate in that were not CFP games, that were not BCS games before the CFP, and you'd still feel great about your season even if you weren't in the BCS game.
Josh GrahamHOST
If you played in the Holiday Bowl, which has history, or the Gator Bowl, or the Alamo Bowl.
Josh GrahamHOST
Let's go back 15 years ago.
Dave BarnettHOST
Well, no matter which team you think is number one, the only place to see them play is on ABC.
Dave BarnettHOST
New Year's Day at 4:30 Eastern, the most talked about bowl championship series in history begins as BCS ranked number three USC looks to prove they are championship material against number four Michigan in the Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi.
Dave BarnettHOST
USC number one in both human polls, not enough for the computers.
Dave BarnettHOST
Now keeping on the option And dragged down at the 45-yard line by Mel Purcell, playing today for the WAC Defensive Player of the Year, who did not make his academics in order to be eligible for this game, Travis Laboy.
Dave BarnettHOST
So there's Oklahoma, despite getting, you know, wiped out by Kansas State at the Big 12 Championship, still number one in the BCS standings, and headed for the Nokia Sugar Bowl matchup with number two LSU.
Dave BarnettHOST
USC pitching, uh, very correctly their matchup with Michigan as a game where they can, uh, win a split national championship.
Dave BarnettHOST
And there have, have been numerous instances where that was the case in college football.
Dave BarnettHOST
The BCS was supposed to prevent all that.
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