<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/bc32f0ce-f1a8-49cf-8f68-15a06b80306c/2F73D268-E94C-4B5E-BFD4-C671335E141F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.sandiego.edu/vista/article.php?article_id=2008120435" href="http://www.sandiego.edu/vista/article.php?article_id=2008120435" style="font-size: 11px;">www.sandiego.edu</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sandiego.edu/vista/article.php?article_id=2008120435"><DIV> Also, there is the point that the BCS makes the regular season important. The BCS is based on regular season rankings, which means that every game counts. Without the BCS, the earth shattering upset that was Oregon State over USC earlier this year means nothing; USC is still ranked No. 5 and so would still be included in both a playoff and a plus-one.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sandiego.edu/vista/article.php?article_id=2008120435"><DIV> So why does the BCS work? The BCS is set up to provide five games, one of which determines the national champion, between the 10 best teams in the country. This scenario almost always plays out. More importantly, the National Championship game rarely fails to pit the two best teams in the country against one another. Even though it is riddled with controversy, the BCS fundamentally works in that it provides a forum for the 10 best teams in the country to play one another with the two best teams vying for the National Championship title. </DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/2F73D268-E94C-4B5E-BFD4-C671335E141F/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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