Florida Gators Favored To Win BCS Championship

Posted on | December 7, 2008 | No Comments

The Florida Gators are back in the National Championship game for the 2nd time in 3 years after beating the Alabama Crimson Tide and are rumored to be a 3 point ATS (Against The Spread) favorite against the Oklahoma Sooners.

A quick look at the BCS standings shows that the human voters put Oklahoma and Florida into the championship while the computers favored a Texas vs Oklahoma matchup.  The computers have not been favorable to the Gators all year EVEN after beating the #1 team and having Ole Miss (the team they lost to) move into the Top 25.

Not so long ago, the computers had more influence in the final rankings than they do now and luckily they now only account of the BCS calculation.   Just like many college football fans, I am in favor of a college football playoff and like most fans, I know we are stuck with the BCS.  However, just like the Big 12 North tie-breaker, it is time to re-think the computers.  Wait a minute, if you get rid of the computers…Texas would have played and probably beaten Missouri on Saturday night.  If the human voters are going to the official selection committee for the BCS National Championship game, then let’s leave it up to the human voters and get rid of the computers.

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