Wednesday, June 08, 2005

ESPN pulls out of coaches' poll, BCS process



ESPN withdrew from the college football coaches' poll Tuesday, the second major news organization to say it didn't want to be a part of the Bowl Championship Series' weekly rankings.

The cable sports network said it no longer wanted its name attached to the rankings unless all ballots were made public, not just the final ones. USA Today will continue running the poll, which helps determine who plays for the national championship.

In December, The Associated Press told the BCS to stop using its media poll in its weekly formula.

Full Story (ESPN)

2 comments:

Jay said...

Dump the whole thing. All we need is a 64 team playoff.

MarxistGopher said...

I think was intended to be a joke, but I really think a 32 team playoff isnt that bad of an idea. They could seed them based on the BCS rankings and play at the bowls in the later rounds.
Can you imagine how much fun that would be?! Not to mention how much money and interest it would generate?!

Ahh, its nice to dream...