Quote:You can't have your cake and eat it too. While they weren't deserving of playing for a national championship by nature of playing exactly zero ranked teams, NIU and Fresno would have both been worthy BCS bowl teams if they had won out. 

 

One team who is not really deserving of their status as a BCS team is Stanford in my opinion. They lost to unranked Utah and  #25 USC. Sure they won their conference and played a grinder of a schedule, but those are some bad losses. They would have been better off losing to ASU. Then I would respect their standing.

 

Not deserving? Stanford was the first team to beat then-#2 Oregon - and they did it convincingly. Even before that game, Stanford was ranked in the top 15. Where were you hiding that week?

 

But the real reason Stanford is in it is the win over ASU. As the Pacific 12 champions, they automatically go to the Rose Bowl.

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