What if the principle of the BCS was
applied to History?
Otherwise
known as what happens when sports fans with Ph.D.’s in History have either a)
too much time on their hands, or b) are procrastinating from grading finals.
Lisa
Beckenbaugh deserves the original credit for this
wonderful application of the BCS. It probably came from being subjected to one
too many anti-BCS rant from her husband Terry.
This
started on our Fantasy Football League bulletin board, but I moved it here so
it could be shared further.
Future
contributions welcome!
Derek Blakeley (dwblakeley@yahoo.com)
BCS
DECLARES GERMANY WINNER OF WORLD WAR II: US Ranked 4th |
|
Lisa Beckenbaugh After determining the Big-12 championship game participants the
BCS computers were put to work on other major contests and today the BCS
declared Germany to be the winner of World War II. |
head contests––they consider each contest to
be only a single, equally-weighted event." France had a single loss against Germany and following a
preseason #1 ranking they only fell to #2." |
Comments:
Adam
Kane
That might possibly have been the best post in the history of the
LCFFL..and certainly the best BCS related post. Point for the lady.
Steve
Hanson
Best. Post. Ever.
Hanno Bulhof
With
Steve-O on this one: beats anything I ever wrote, that's for sure
BCS
robs Britain of Championship Aspirations |
|
Derek Blakeley The BCS has clearly shafted British hopes at the World
Championship. |
Coach Churchill, stopped their
losing streak and then started turning their season around with hard fought
success in North Africa and Burma. But do people remember those games? No.
Not when the Americans start running up gaudy scores in late season routs–after sitting on their duffs for the first half of the
season. |