[OutsiderFan]

Why do you say no chance?  What proof do you have that there is no chance?

If Notre Dame falls hard in the polls, why couldn't it happen?  Anyone who pays attention to the BCS knows it comes up with crazy results all the time.  The polls don't account for head-to-head match-ups.  If more people vote Stanford higher on the last polls, Stanford will be ahead of Notre Dame, even with 2 losses, and a head-to-head one.  David Shaw will be able to make a very strong argument for why Stanford is more deserving than Notre Dame, namely the B.S. ref calls when his team got jobbed in South Bend, and the fact Hogan wasn't playing then.

This is the kind of controversy the BCS LOVES and I hate as a college football fan.  Again, it might not make logical sense, but the BCS isn't about logic.  It's about numbers. 

Plus, Stanford will be peaking at the right time.  The New York Giants were 9-7 in the NFL regular season in 2011.  They won the Super Bowl.  Stanford has just as much right to play for the BCS Championship with two losses as the Giants had to be in the NFL playoffs last year.

And I KNOW David Shaw would make that point while campaigning for Stanford to be ranked higher in the BCS rankings over the next two weeks, if there is an opening for Stanford to get to #2.  Absent a playoff, you can't play yourself into a championship, but the BCS can make an effort to reward the teams playing the best at the end of the year, regardless of record, and especially with the circumstances surrounding Stanford's two losses.

But my greater question is why is Stanford getting so little respect in the polls after knocking off Oregon and holding a team nobody thought could be stopped, to 14 points?  How USC was rewarded last year and Stanford wasn't, really bothers me, and I want answers!

[OutsiderFan]

Why do you say no chance?  What proof do you have that there is no chance?

If Notre Dame falls hard in the polls, why couldn't it happen?  Anyone who pays attention to the BCS knows it comes up with crazy results all the time.  The polls don't account for head-to-head match-ups.  If more people vote Stanford higher on the last polls, Stanford will be ahead of Notre Dame, even with 2 losses, and a head-to-head one.  David Shaw will be able to make a very strong argument for why Stanford is more deserving than Notre Dame, namely the B.S. ref calls when his team got jobbed in South Bend, and the fact Hogan wasn't playing then.

This is the kind of controversy the BCS LOVES and I hate as a college football fan.  Again, it might not make logical sense, but the BCS isn't about logic.  It's about numbers. 

Plus, Stanford will be peaking at the right time.  The New York Giants were 9-7 in the NFL regular season in 2011.  They won the Super Bowl.  Stanford has just as much right to play for the BCS Championship with two losses as the Giants had to be in the NFL playoffs last year.

And I KNOW David Shaw would make that point while campaigning for Stanford to be ranked higher in the BCS rankings over the next two weeks, if there is an opening for Stanford to get to #2.  Absent a playoff, you can't play yourself into a championship, but the BCS can make an effort to reward the teams playing the best at the end of the year, regardless of record, and especially with the circumstances surrounding Stanford's two losses.

But my greater question is why is Stanford getting so little respect in the polls after knocking off Oregon and holding a team nobody thought could be stopped, to 14 points?  How USC was rewarded last year and Stanford wasn't, really bothers me, and I want answers!