Final Four or BCS Bowl???

**Knownothing** · 03-26-2007, 03:09 PM

Final Four no problem.

Now if you change the question to football national title game. Then I would probably go with the national title game.

But the final four you still have a chance to win it all. BCS bowl you can get blown out like Iowa vs. USC

**mwitt** · 03-26-2007, 03:35 PM

Originally Posted by Knownothing

But the final four you still have a chance to win it all. BCS bowl you can get blown out like Iowa vs. USC

Or you can get blown out in the Final Four and not even make the championship.

Us being in the BCS means we either won the Big XII or we came close to winning it and absolutely dominated everyone else. I think being in the BCS is a better representative of being among the best teams in the country.

George Mason was a good story last year, but they weren't one of the four best teams in the nation.

**EggMcClone** · 03-26-2007, 03:35 PM

It's easier for teams to fluke their way into a BCS game but you really have to earn a final four berth. To have your school one of the last four playing would be an awesome feeling. Not that it would suck to be in a BCS game but most of the focus that week is still on the national title game so maybe that would be a better comparison.

**benjay** · 03-26-2007, 03:41 PM

The focus on the Final Four lasts a week. The focus on the BCS bowl games is a full month of pure publicity.

**mwitt** · 03-26-2007, 03:44 PM

Originally Posted by EggMcClone

It's easier for teams to fluke their way into a BCS game but you really have to earn a final four berth. To have your school one of the last four playing would be an awesome feeling. Not that it would suck to be in a BCS game but most of the focus that week is still on the national title game so maybe that would be a better comparison.

How do you fluke your way into the BCS when you play in the Big XII?

I think a fair comparison would be Boise State/George Mason.

Which do you think was there moreso based on the quality of the team and which was more fluke-ish?

I would argue that George Mason was more of a fluke because things like that never happen, while Boise State has been knocking on the door of the BCS for a few years now, and it was not completely unprecedented as we saw a team from a mid-major conference in the BCS just a few years prior (Utah).

While it is an outstanding story for George Mason, one that will be told years from now, it likely won't happen to them again -- and it isn't because Jim Larranaga is a bad coach.

I'm not trying to degrade their accomplishment last year because what they did was amazing, and it's still unbelievable to think of the way they took down UConn. I just think that the stars really aligned for them.

**CyTom** · 03-26-2007, 03:47 PM

BCS as long as we weren't a 8-5 team that gets lucky in the Big XII championship game. If we went 11-2 and into a BCS game great! With an 11-2 type record it means Chizik is succeeding and we're consistently getting $$$ and recruits.

**EggMcClone** · 03-26-2007, 04:27 PM

Easy two-step process to fluking your way into the BCS
1. Win a weak division
2. Pull off one upset

To me, the bigger fluke is beating a few crappy teams and one upset in a conference championship game rather than earning your way into the tournament and beating four good teams in a row.

Another easy process:
Be Notre Dame

The Final Four makes you prove it against everyone else while you can be placed in the BCS based on your name or your conference regardless of how weak it is.