Did anything roid krammer touch not turn to shit? --- Rick McMahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> (Only a playoff will solve this problem. If not a > playoff then they > should revert back to the way things were before > Roid Kramer came up > with this lame-brain BCS idea. Rick) > > > BCS officials like direction > > Harris Interactive's poll would fill void in 'human' > element > > By B.G. Brooks, Rocky Mountain News > > ENGLEWOOD - Unless the pool of prospective new > voters unexpectedly runs > dry, the Bowl Championship Series has settled on the > alternative poll it > will use to help crown college football's 2005 > national champ. > > BCS coordinator Kevin Weiberg said Tuesday the > Collegiate Commissioners > Association "generally is comfortable with what is > being done" by Harris > Interactive - the polling organization commissioned > last month to study > the feasibility of creating a new Top 25 to replace > The Associated Press > poll in the contentious BCS formula. > > The 11-member CCA, plus Notre Dame, is conducting > its summer meetings > here this week. > > Weiberg said The Harris BCS Poll - not yet the > official name - likely > will include just over 100 voters selected from > among former college > players, coaches, administrators and members of the > media. > > Harris sent out letters last week to prospective > voters to gauge their > interest in participating, and once that recruitment > process is complete > Weiberg said the BCS would officially announce the > latest tweak to a > system that has drawn fire almost since its > inception. > > "We just need a little more time to let Harris do > its work," said > Weiberg, commissioner of the Big 12 Conference. > "Right now we are on a > course to go forward; there's enough of a consensus > among our group. . . > . This is the path we're on." > > In a release last week, the BCS said an announcement > could be made in > mid-July. Weiberg said Tuesday it could be finalized > "soon," but added, > "I'm not going to stand here today and say we're > going to eliminate all > the controversy going forward." > > In December, AP announced it was withdrawing its > poll from the BCS > process. The reason: Many AP voters expressed > discomfort at being "news > makers" in what almost annually has evolved into a > controversial process. > > AP's exit left the BCS ranking system with the USA > Today/ESPN coaches' > poll as the only "human" element used in the process > that determines > which two teams compete for the BCS national > championship. > > Earlier this month, ESPN backed out of the coaches' > poll, which also has > come under criticism because of the participants' > decision to reveal > their votes. However, some of that criticism was > alleviated last month > with the American Football Coaches Association's > announcement that > coaches would reveal their voting for the critical > final BCS tabulation. > > Likewise, Weiberg said only the final Harris poll > would be revealed, > adding that voters could make their weekly voting > public if desired. > Also, there could be poll taken following the BCS > championship game, as > the AP does now. > > Weiberg and two fellow conference commissioners - > the Mountain West's > Craig Thompson and Karl Benson of the Western > Athletic Conference - > cited the Harris organization's longstanding polling > credibility as > positives in the altered BCS formula. > > "I like the objectivity involved. . . . For the most > part, you're > talking about people who don't have a horse in the > race," said Thompson, > noting that Harris has a "stand-alone reputation" in > the polling business. > > With the change, "There might be reason to be a > little apprehensive > (but) Harris has credibility," added Benson, who > claimed he "never > doubted" the fairness of past BCS systems. > > With the alternative poll, the BCS selection process > will retain its two > "human" elements and six computers. Each "human" > poll accounted for > one-third of a team's BCS ranking, with the machines > offering the final > third. > > Weiberg expects a similar weight once the Harris > poll is part of the > formula. Before last season, the BCS announced that > the AP and USA > Today/ESPN polls would be given more weight than in > seasons past, an > alteration that amplified the significance of AP's > eventual withdrawal > from the process. > > The AP Top 25 included 65 media voters, while 63 > coaches voted in the > USA Today/ESPN poll. Harris Interactive, which is > based in Rochester, > N.Y., and conducts The Harris Poll, reportedly > issued 111 inquiries to > former players, coaches, administrators and media to > explore interest in > the latest BCS endeavor. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 303-892-5466 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > RTF mailing list > RTF@rolltidefan.net > http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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