After some further investigation, it appears that MIT graduate and NCAA and BCS lackey Jeff Sagarin has lost his ever-loving mind. For those of you that don’t know who Sagarin is, he is the nerd that runs one of the computer polls that sets the BCS standings.
Here is a letter I sent him this morning:
So let me get this straight…
You have USC and Oklahoma first and second like about everyone else. But you stray violently in the middle where you rank undefeated Auburn fifth, Cal with one loss at third and ahead of them, and Arizona fucking state eighth? Hell, you have Oregon State ahead of Florida State, and OSU has FIVE LOSSES!!!! FSU would beat Oregon State so bad, the cops might file assault charges against the Noles. Yet you continue to adversely affect an already horrible and flawed system.
If your west coast bias wasn’t so obvious, it’d almost be pathetic. The trouble is, you are playing with people’s athletic careers and with people’s jobs and the way you go about this is a joke. Maybe you ought to lay off the high priced coffee and dope and look around. There is good football being played at a high level in the southeast as well. You’re obviously either too smart for your own good or completely oblivious to some very obvious sports facts. I am guessing that it’s more than a little of both.
I cannot fathom how you somehow got yourself associated with the NCAA and the BCS. But then again, when a crooked and flawed system and a crooked organization needed some “computer credibility,” I guess you turned out to be the obvious choice.
Thanks for nothing, you know-nothing ass-clown.
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I don’t think that’s going to get me on his Christmas card list, but I doubt he reads his email anyway.
One good thing did happen last night. #24 ranked “vaunted” Bowling Green (former opponent of Oklahoma) gave up 49 points to Toledo. BG gave up 35 unanswered points to start the second half and 42 second half points overall.
Of course, I’m sure that will somehow STILL bolster the sooners’ BCS ranking.
Remember, fair readers…it’s important that you all root heavily for Notre Dame this weekend. If they can beat USC, then there’s nothing guys like Sagarin can do to prevent Auburn from playing Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl. Only Auburn could prevent that, and I firmly believe that Auburn is going to lay a number on Tennessee in the SEC title game that may get us beat for years down the road, but we have no choice.
More to come later today as the “short day” winds down…
War Eagle!!
What say you?