Someone explain the BCS to me!
 

No this isn't a bitch post about how much the BCS sucks. I'm actually partial to it, and it has nothing to do with the fact that the writers have hated on my team all year while the computers have ranked them much higher. I swear.

Anyways, here's what I know.

Winner of the ACC = Orange Bowl "host"
Winner of the SEC = Sugar Bowl "host"
Winner of the Big 12 = Fiesta Bowl "host"
Winners of the PAC10 and Big Ten = Rose Bowl "host"

Yes? No? I realize that the "National Championship" game rotates every year. This year, the Rose Bowl is the Title Game, so the winner of the Big Ten gets picked by another BCS bowl to play? Also, because the Fiesta Bowl loses it's Big 12 Champion (Texas) to the Rose Bowl (presumably) they get first pick of the remaining teams? God I'm so confused.

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Rose Bowl = BCS #1 vs BCS #2

after that, it is the bowl game that has been the longest without being the nat'l championship, this year it would be the Fiesta, that gets to choose the next two teams. this continues for the sugar, then orange bowl would get the 2 remaining teams. normally, the bowls would like to keep the traditional match ups if possible, but if they get a matchup they can't refuse, they usually won't.

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OMG it's that easy?

Gah! Thanks...you know, I have a real hard time calling you dirty. It's awkward. Thanks...shaf?

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Explaination: it sucks.

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OMG it's that easy?

Gah! Thanks...you know, I have a real hard time calling you dirty. It's awkward. Thanks...shaf?

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you are welcome sir.

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ESPN explains it in legal mumbo jumbo

starting next year, there are FIVE games. The 4 traditional bowls, and then an unnamed Nat'l championship game played in the second week of January.

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Rose Bowl = BCS #1 vs BCS #2

after that, it is the bowl game that has been the longest without being the nat'l championship, this year it would be the Fiesta, that gets to choose the next two teams. this continues for the sugar, then orange bowl would get the 2 remaining teams. normally, the bowls would like to keep the traditional match ups if possible, but if they get a matchup they can't refuse, they usually won't.

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Nope.

The bowls retain their traditional tie-ins (Rose - Pac10, Big10; Orange - BigEast, ACC; Fiesta - Big12; Sugar - SEC).

The BCS#1 and #2 go to the Rose Bowl.

The remaining bowls choose their "host" team. They choose in this order this year: Orange, Fiesta, Sugar. If a team loses it's affiliated school, it gets to choose a replacement with at-large school before the other bowls fill their open slots. If two separate bowls lose a tie-in school, the bowl whose school is BCS#1 gets the first choice of at-large teams.

Once each bowl has a "host" school, then the three bowls will choose to fill out their remaining spots in the same order: Orange, Fiesta, Sugar.

Example for this year:

ACC champ - Miami
BigEast champ - WV
Big10 - Penn St
Big12 - Texas (#2)
Pac10 - USC (#1)
SEC - Alabama

So in this scenario, we have:

Rose Bowl - USC vs Texas
Orange Bowl - gets to pick either the ACC champ or the BigEast champ, and they take Miami
Fiesta Bowl - gets to pick a replacement for Texas, so they choose Notre Dame (any team in the top 12 in the final BCS standings is eligible to be picked)
Sugar Bowl - Alabama (SEC tie-in)

Now the bowls fill out their remaining slots:

Orange - takes Penn St (rematch of the 1986 championship game)
Fiesta - takes one of: Va Tech, Ohio St, LSU (whichever at-large team it wants)
Sugar - stuck with West Virginia

Matchups:

Rose - USC/Texas
Orange - Miami/Penn St
Fiesta - ND/(OSU,VaTech,LSU)
Sugar - Alabama/West Virginia

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just because there are tie ins, doesn't mean things still can't get screwed up though.

Let's go Michigan State!

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just because there are tie ins, doesn't mean things still can't get screwed up though.

Let's go Michigan!

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I agree with you!

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just because there are tie ins, doesn't mean things still can't get screwed up though.

Let's go Michigan State!

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WE ARE..... PENN STATE!