The take-away story is that Hal the computer has done it again. No, it is not 2001, but the results are the same — fictional at best.
The first BCS rankings were released last Sunday, and I am far from impressed with the leaderboard. It’s too bad they couldn’t have rescheduled the release of the first Bowl Championship Series standings for a week when the teams were ready.
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