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Message: [QUOTE="longtimefan, post: 151520, member: 212"] Here's what is most telling: the powers that be have decided (apparently) to revise the whole BCS thing, mostly because of the worrisome trend of declining ratings--not just the championship game, of course. But re: the whole LSU vs Alabama rematch brouhaha--it is not a good idea to have such a [I]regional[/I] game as a [I]national[/I] championship game. It's better to see contrasting styles. We really didn't need a replay of the November game, but that's what we got. I would hope going forward that they would institute a rule about only league champions being eligible. (Note: I was totally against Nebraska's playing in the game when they had not won the Big 12, back in the early '00's). And, by the way, the canard about how the current system protects the sanctity of the regular season was exposed again. It didn't matter who won the game in early November in Tuscaloosa--LSU and Alabama were playing again in January. [/QUOTE]