Caesar CXXXVII Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Saw new two movies about college football, can't understand how you Americans deside your collage football champions ! Please use simple explanation... Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docoflove1974 Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Well, a simple explanation would be impossible. There are various national polls, some done by coaches, others by newspaper and Internet sportswriters, which get compiled in a database. The polls start pretty much at the start of the season, although there are pre-season rankings. Once approximately 4 weeks of the season has gone by, the polls in the database are weighted according to schedule (weak vs. strong opponents), and there's a number that's spit out by some computer. I've forgotten how many bowl games there are in general (too damned many, IMO), but there is a Bowl Championship series, which takes the "most important" bowl games in the system (Rose Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Orange Bowl and Sugar Bowl), which go to the top 8 teams--the winners of certain major football conferences (Big XII, Big 10, Pac 10, SEC and a few others). The Championship Game is one of these 4 bowls--it rotates every year--which pits the top 2 teams from the BCS computations. This is the system that has been in place in some form or another for the last 15 years. More information can be found here: The BCS is... But if there is a quick summary...it's a major pain in the ass that few truly understand...even the coaches are befuddled. Most likely the movies you saw didn't follow this story line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephele Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Contenders for championship titles are invited to write their names on a scrap of parchment, which they then place into a Goblet of Fire. Later on, the Goblet spits out the chosen names... Oh, wait... I'm getting confused with a Harry Potter movie. Ah, all football stuff is arcane to me, anyway. -- Nephele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Pilus Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 The system is the way it is because of archaic traditions. Most people agree that it's a disaster, but it's going to take a good deal of politicking to change it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caesar CXXXVII Posted March 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Thanks for the info. doco. I was and now I am Vas ist das ?? Even albert the brain would (If he was with us today) find it impossible to understand . Rating a team even before the season opens ? I wonder, are they trying to change it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docoflove1974 Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Um, well, no, they're not. As PP said, everyone bitches and moans about it every year, but the Powers That Be have decided that no changes are necessarily, so the status quo will be held. It needs to be blown to smitherines, but it ain't gonna happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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