Segregation Bowl

[Stallion]

pretty good line by a TCU Fan who is billing the Fiesta Bowl as the 'Segregation Bowl" because TCU and BSU are "Separate but Equal". Plessey v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plessy_v._Ferguson

[expony18]

really wikipedia?

[Stallion]

I cited the case to an official reporter

But here you go Justice Marshall 163 U.S. 537
16 S. Ct. 1138; 41 L. Ed. 256; 1896 U.S. LEXIS 3390

[SMU 86]

The BCS definitely did a good job segregating those two schools from the BCS school's bowl games.

[ponyte]

I think it is good that two top ranked undefeated teams are meeting. The problem is at a minimum it should be Ciny and TCU. The BSC found a way to protect its Precious.

[expony18]

still. sad that you referenced wikipedia

[BRStang]

Yeah, I do hate TCU, but this is pretty shameful. Why not TCU/Florida? Is it subjective or do they have some formula for it? I don't know. I'm asking. Stallion?

[Stallion]

the guy who made the joke didn't even cite the case, but with my legal expertise and acumen I decided to put into a legal framework that even a kid lawyer like you might get. Hence Wikipedia for your benefit

[SMU 86]

Yeah, I do hate TCU, but this is pretty shameful. Why not TCU/Florida? Is it subjective or do they have some formula for it? I don't know. I'm asking. Stallion?

The BCS did it so they don't run the risk of TCU and/or Boise beating a BCS school.

[ponyscott]

I think it is good that two top ranked undefeated teams are meeting. The problem is at a minimum it should be Ciny and TCU. The BSC found a way to protect its Precious.

I mean really..... the #1 is against the #2...why shouldn't it be #3 VS #4? Makes too much sense I guess....and Boise State beat Oklahoma in a BCS game and that game is still mentioned as one of the top sports stories and bowl games in the last decade. It creates interest in CF and that's not a bad thing.

[expony18]

haha thanks

[BRStang]

Yeah, I do hate TCU, but this is pretty shameful. Why not TCU/Florida? Is it subjective or do they have some formula for it? I don't know. I'm asking. Stallion?

The BCS did it so they don't run the risk of TCU and/or Boise beating a BCS school.

No, I know that's what it appears, but is there some type of formula that the BCS can hang their hat on? I suppose that if there isn't right now, they'll make one up when the questions start mounting.

[FroggieFever]

http://news.cnet.com/2100-1038_3-5997332.html

Wikipedia is about as good a source of accurate information as Britannica, the venerable standard-bearer of facts about the world around us, according to a study published this week in the journal Nature.

[SMU2007]

Yeah, I do hate TCU, but this is pretty shameful. Why not TCU/Florida? Is it subjective or do they have some formula for it? I don't know. I'm asking. Stallion?

The BCS did it so they don't run the risk of TCU and/or Boise beating a BCS school.

No they didn't. Boise beat OU a few years ago...irrelevant

[SMU 86]

No real formula just the bowl reps choosing who they want if the team does not automatically go to that bowl. It is not just what it appears that is really what happened.