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...Bowl Championship Series (BCS) showdown between Lou Holtz's new team and his old team is not as impossible as it may have once seemed...
...Gamecocks must do to figure in the BCS rankings and reach the Sugar Bowl is win the SEC Championship game, but first they have to get there, which is easier than it may sound...
...Notre Dame (5-2) doesn't even appear among the top-15 in the BCS rankings, but as surprising as it may sound, the Fighting Irish have a better shot than any other team of heading to a BCS Bowl game as it stands...
...other words, under the current BCS system, playing an extra game against a bad team will always hurt a team's BCS ranking. Yes, the BCS rankings would have looked more favorably upon the Michigan football players if they had chosen to spend their weekend in Hawaii binge drinking and sunbathing rather than playing an actual football game. If the Wolverines had triumphed 73-0 over the Rainbows, the BCS would still have given them a slap in the face...
While the BCS should reward teams for playing difficult schedules, why on earth should a team be penalized for playing an extra game in Hawaii? It is only a matter of time before such a disaster costs a team the national championship...