BCS Problems Continue
With Cal’s home opener against the formidable Sacramento State team impending, the BCS system is undergoing more drama.
To replace the ESPN and AP polls that have fled the system, a Harris Poll has been instituted to measure the opinions of the top football minds of America. However, participants are already backing out of this plan.
The new college football poll being used by the Bowl Championship Series will have to replace five voters on its recently unveiled panel, four who work for ESPN and one whose only connection to college football is his father-in-law.
Lou Holtz, Gerry DiNardo, John Congemi and Sam Smith are not permitted by ESPN to vote in the Harris Interactive College Football Poll because it is being used by the BCS to determine which teams play for the national championship.
Jason Rash, the son-in-law of Troy coach Larry Blakeney, has withdrawn from the 114-member Harris voter panel after the BCS informed the Sun Belt Conference that he did not meet its voter criteria.
That certainly did not take long. Also, apparently some groups have raised eyebrows about the fact that no women belong to the now 109-member panel. Hopefully, a college football playoff system is around the corner…
womens dun play football… why should dey be on da panel?
“-smashT”
Comment by smashT — August 30, 2005 @ 1:01 am
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Comment by DTI — August 31, 2005 @ 4:49 pm