BCS Computer Error Places Five Teams In Orange Bowl
Written by Andy   
Monday, 07 December 2009 12:10

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The BCS system has been much maligned, often criticized by those in favor of a playoff system as a result of some controversial bowl match-ups and championship games. This year will be no different. Due to a computer error, the BCS has provided more fodder to its opposition, as five teams have been slated to play in the Orange Bowl.

"Well, I'm not quite sure how that happened," said a BCS spokesman. "There was obviously a glitch within our computer software, and our final printout told us the Orange Bowl should have five teams this year. We were under the gun to get the producers of the BCS selection show a final printout so we just went with it. The computer is rarely wrong anyway."

Iowa, Georgia Tech, Oklahoma State, Florida St. and West Virginia received invitations to play in the bowl, which, for this year, has become a round robin tournament.

"A round robin was our only solution," said the spokesman. "Four games for each school will be a lot in a short period of time, and some injuries will inevitably occur due to severe fatigue, muscle cramping and dehydration, but we're stuck with it now." 

The BCS rules dictate that the computer must be blindly followed when it comes to bowl invitations instead of double checking ranking formulas and other equations. 

"It's just the rules. There's nothing we can do. Besides, more teams can say they played in a BCS bowl, so what's it really hurting. If these teams didn't want to feel like they got a raw deal, then they should have gone undefeated. Like TCU, Boise St. and Cincinnati."



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