"I think it stinks. I don't think it's the way it should be," he said Tuesday.
And that was just the beginning of his little therapy session with the media yesterday.
"What is the criteria of the process? Is it to pick the team that has the best season, that has the season that you like the most and feel best about voting for? Or is it the best team at the end of the year, the team that would win a playoff system if you did have it?"
Pete may be the cool factor of college football coaches, but apparently he doesn't know how to use the internet effectively.
Here is where I step in for him.
One quick type of "BCS formula" on google gave me this site as the first choice and it explains it.
Here is the short hand explanation of the BCS:
- The Harris Poll, made up of 114 voters of the media, makes up 1/3 of the formula.
- The ESPN/USAToday coaches poll, voted on by 60 coaches in the FBS (football bowl subdivision) makes up 1/3 of the formula.
- Six computerized polls (Peter Wolfe, Wes Colley, Sagarin, Seattle Times, Richard Billingsley, Kenneth Massey) rank the top 25 every week. The highest and lowest rankings for each team are thrown out, leaving four rankings. That average makes up 1/3 of the formula.
Upon further review, Pete just didn't take the time to look into the formula.
It's not about a feel good story or any of that crap, its for who the voters think is the best team, just like it has always been. No one outside of Los Angeles feels sorry for you and your team because you are not among the best right now.
Sure, you have shut out three of your last four opponents, but lets take a look at who these teams are:
- Arizona State: The Sun Devils currently sit at 2-6, having lost their last six games. USC beat them 28-0, while Oregon beat them 54-20 with their third string QB. Carroll tried to defend his conference by saying teams have been hit by the injury bug at QB, but it doesn't seem like that argument can hold much water. ASU's season may be looking up, because their next two games are against the other two teams on this list, followed by 3-5 UCLA and 5-3 Arizona. Possibility of a bowl: 15%.
- Washington State: The Cougars are currently 1-8 on the season, the only win coming against Portland State, a 3-5 team from the Big Sky conference in the FCS (football championship subdivision). The Trojans beat them 69-0, but a shutout of a 1-8 team is nothing, especially when they lose to Stanford 58-0. Washington State does not possess a win against an FBS team this season, and would be lucky to get one. Possibility of a bowl: BAHAHAHAHAHA!
- Washington:The Huskies make up the second half of the most inept state in college football this season, looking at a great chance at completing a defeated season. "U-Dub" is currently 0-8 this season and lost to USC 56-0. It is bad enough when you can't win a game, but it's even worse when your rival across the state, who is 1-8, can look at you and say, "Hey, at least we have won a game this season." Possibility of a bowl: About as likely as Ty Willingham getting another coaching gig.
It doesn't help USC's cause to have the fourth game of that stretch be a 17-10 squeaker against Arizona.
So Pete, you were wondering why your team dropped this week from five to seven in the BCS?
It's because your conference down right sucks on top of the fact that you lost to unranked Oregon State.
Look at the teams ahead of you, Pete. Oklahoma lost to #5 Texas. Texas lost to #7 Texas Tech. Alabama, Texas Tech, and Penn State are all undefeated.
Florida is the only other team ahead of you who lost to an unranked team in Ole Miss, but they have since beaten #8 Georgia like a drum and play in a stronger conference.
So, Pete, I hope this explains a lot of things to you so you don't come crying like Adam Morrison again because of your team's lack of consistency and ineptitude in Corvalis.
Like I said earlier, no one outside of Los Angeles feels sorry for you.
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