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BCS again holds NCAA hostage

Is that Josh Groban I hear singing? Or is it Dick Harmon singing in the shower? Either way, the sound is hauntingly beautiful.

Can you imagine . . . . .?

What if there was a ban on any polls after the end of the regular season? No national champion except based on the final regular season poll. The bowl games have become ridiculous and too numerous to be meaningful. Or what if the fans and media did not support the BCS? Just ignore it (though that would never happen). But I really wonder if there is some element of antitrust involved in all of this. There is litigation over all sorts of things. Why not get some bright minds together and challenge the BCS university presidents, including former Utahn Gordon Gee, who is from all accounts, one of the worst offenders in this crowd. The whole situation iof offensive and disgusting.

If Boise jumps Utah I will never watch college football on television again.

It sounds like Dick is just bitter that his team has never been able to crash the BCS party. Maybe next year

The BCS is really messed up, the folks who run the thing must have got their degrees from UU.

The BCS is the system in place, deal with it. It rewards the better teams in the long run. Do you want to release the games before the championship games are played. Maybe basketball should do the same. Quit giving the BYU whine perspective. If the cougars were the team in waiting you would no problem with it Dick!

Boise fans don't want Boise State to jump Utah, they want Boise State to get the bid over an Ohio State team that has stunk it up at the BCS bowls the past several years.

Either team in isolation would have easily made a BCS bowl and likewise both should go now. The current BCS system pits mid-major teams against each other unlike the NCAAB system that allows you to root for other mid-majors.

The playoffs need to come soon and not just an 8 team playoff or the mid-majors will get left out again.

Why doesn't the largest of the Non-BCS Bowls break ties with their conference tie-ins, find sponsors to pony the money and a TV network, and create the Non-BCS Championship Game for all non-BCS teams to be eligible for. And no way ever let a team from a BCS conference participate in it!

Although, there is no FBS(Div. I-A) playoff, there are 88 college football teams in playoffs to find a champion of their divisions: 16 teams in the FCS (Div. I-AA) including Weber State; 24 teams in Division II; 32 teams in Division III; and, 16 teams in the NAIA Football Championship. Only the FBS and NJCAA do not have playoffs. And so it will be, opinion and popularity and money until the end of time. Life isn't fair; anyone who says otherwise, is selling something.

This is unbelievable... TCU should be in the Las Vegas Bowl no question. Harmon just mentioned that the LV Bowl will selected #3 BYU over #2 TCU for "economic" reasons, and I'm sure many BYU fans would be happy about that. But how about getting snubbed by the BCS year after year for "economic" reasons. The BCS would take a 6-6 Notre Dame any day over an undefeated Utah or BYU for those same "economic" reasons.

If "our" Las Vegas Bowl takes the conference's #3 team over the #2 team, our conference has no leg to stand on when wondering why we don't have an auto-bid into BCS bowls.

LV Bowl... take TCU this year, it's the ONLY right thing to do.

Yes, I would rather see Utah in a BC$ game than Boise State. However, when you compare the two teams' statistics, scoring offenses and defenses. Boise appears to be the better team. Yes strength of schedule can be cited, but Boise has blown out most of their opponents. Even their game vs. Oregon was a blowout up until the 4th quarter when the Ducks mustered up a comeback rally. Whereas Utah has had some close calls. If the pollsters take these things into consideration, then it might be Utah in the Las Vegas bowl this year. Will it happen? Likely not, but possibility is a little scary for some.
Anyway, give us a playoff and we won't have to read and write comments like this anymore.

What is UU? Union University?

Utah fans are not whining or complaining that the BCS holds them hostage. The Utes are going to the BCS for the second time in five years.

Go Utes!

It caught my attention that the author used the fact that Boise State plays in a weaker conference as a reason that Utah should go to a BCS game. It's the same argument Mountain West teams take umbridge at when their conference schedule is compared to those at the Big Six conferences.

If Utah fans are upset that their season is over but have to wait another 2 weeks, during which time they may get leap-frogged, they can remedy this. Schedule another game so your season ends a week later with the other major-conference teams. And do what it takes to add a conference championship game. The championship game is what vaulted Florida to the national title game a few years ago and may do the same thing again this year.

if the MWC had a conference championship game it wouldn't have its bowl picture held hostage. I'm not bashing the conf., I'm just pointing out a fact.

Not one SEC or Big 12 team is being held out of a BCS game because of Utah. Instead, those that won't go are held out by the rule that only two teams from a conference can go to a BCS game.

A lot depends right now on the Pac Ten and whether two teams or one go to a BCS game. If both Oregon State and USC win out, both will go. If either loses one of their remaining games, that team likely will not go, although if Oregon State loses to Oregon and USC to UCLA, Oregon State still goes to the Rose Bowl.

Cougtucky- Come on, please. You are going to go the route of comparing statistics to determine who is better? BSU scored .1 ponts per game more than Utah, against comparably weaker defenses. Sure Utah gave up 4 more points per game, but please. You make it sound like Boise is statistically superior than Utah. Check out all the stats and get back to me. Its alot closer than you think. Personally I think the pollsters will look at the fact that Utah has wins over three teams currently in the top 20, Boise has one. I'd love to see both teams make it, but the Utes better get the nod over Boise. And there is no way there should be a play-in between the top non-BCS teams. That is adding insult to injury and another reason for the critics to say told you so.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL MUST HAVE A 16 TEAM PLAYOFF SYSTEM-

NO OTHER WAY TO REALLY SATISFY THE REAL NEED TO DETERMINE A TRUE NATIONAL CHAMPION!!!

IT IS A JOKE IT ISNT IN PLACE NOW-

Hey, Do unto other, Here is one Cougar that would rather see TCU in the LV Bowl. I'd rather go to San Diego, especially if BSU is there.

Boise is much more deserving than Ohio State. Everyone knows it, but the money grubbers are not going to give the non-BCS orphans one more cent than they absolutely have to.

BCS - It's not about equity or fairness; it's not about competition and championships. IT'S ABOUT MONEY!!!