Even by the absurd standards of the BCS, having voters not bother to watch an undefeated team play a single game is a new low.
Whether Utah deserved to be ranked No. 1, 2 or 25 isn’t the point of this argument. The Utes deserved to have voters at least see them.
The coaches and Harris polls make up two-thirds of the BCS rankings. The average of six computer formulas is the other third.
Frustration with the BCS is often pointed at those faceless
“computers.” It’s the human opinion polls, however, that are most
subject to bias, laziness or disinterest.
The computers can’t help but plug in Utah’s info. One of them even had the Utes ranked No. 2.
The 61 voters in the coaches’ poll and 114 in the Harris weren’t as
kind. They often voted on what they thought Utah might be, not what
they saw Utah actually was. In a testament to copy-cat voting, almost
everyone had the Utes between No. 7 and No. 10 in the polls.
Then many tuned in Friday for what they admit was the very first
time and saw reality wasn’t perception after all. This wasn’t some
lucky mid-major team; the Utes were big, strong, fast and talented.
“I wouldn’t say I probably was wrong. I was wrong,” said Housel, a former Auburn athletic director who had the Utes ranked 10th.
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“Kam hit this tight end SO HARD, I swear I saw that TE’s soul leave Qwest Field right on that 35 yard line.”