B C S C O N T R O V E R S Y
Stories are listed roughly
in reverse chronological order.
• With Oregon
win there is more split
talk. 1,
2
• A playoff is
no panacea, Sally Jenkins writes.
• An Oklahoma writer comes
to the BCS's defense.
• The Buffs and Gary Barnett come to grips with having
to pull for Nebraska.
• A large share of AP
voters say they will treat the Fiesta Bowl as the title game if NU should
beat Miami.
• Should the coaches'
votes remain secret?
• The coaches' poll gets some OWH scrutiny: 1,
2
• Tom Osborne defends
the BCS.
• Fate smiles
on nice people, says L.A. Times columnist Dana Parsons.
• Don't
blame Nebraska, says an L.A. writer. Don't
blame the BCS, says a Pittsburgh columnist. Just blame
the Buffs, says Denver's Woody Paige.
• Trev
Alberts and Dennis
Dodd propose fixes for the system. The N.Y. Times' Joe
Drape says the BCS works fine, and Ray
Ratto sarcastically agrees.
• As the BCS formula smiles on NU (1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6),
some folks can't believe it: Chris
Fowler, Sally
Jenkins, Terry
Frei, Chris
Dufresne, Bill
Plaschke, Dave
Hyde, Blair
Kerkhoff, Mike
Bianchi, Dave
Krieger, Gil
LeBreton, Mark
Blaudschun, Kevin
Sherrington, Tom
Deinhart, Neill
Woelk. But not everyone is outraged: John
Donovan, Mike
Lopresti, Mike Griffith, Frank
Solich.
• Coaches Barnett & Solich comment.
• NU picks up fractional BCS points as TCU beats Southern Miss.
• From ESPN.com, arguments on behalf of Nebraska, Colorado and others. Also, FSN's John Fricke and ESPN's Ron Gilmore make a case for NU.
• Voters say anti-Nebraska subterfuge must not be tolerated in the AP poll.
• Richard Billingsley defends his ratings.
• LSU-Tennessee isn't the only remaining game with BCS implications.
• Frank Solich, Bill Byrne and the players serve up a rebuttal to the noisy no-Roses-for-NU crowd: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• With NU at No. 3 in the BCS rankings, things could come up Roses if Tennessee should stumble.
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