Losing Early vs. Losing Late

[Ford]

Personally, I think the notion of losing a game late being more detrimental to your NC hopes is one of the weakest arguments around. To me, a resume is a resume is a resume, regardless of when the games occurred. I understand the argument favoring a team "playing the best football at the end of the year", but should scheduling/timing really be a deciding factor? Should teams abandon scheduling traditions in this new age of college football parity in order to lessen the disastrous effect of losing? Just seems silly to me...

Anyone care to disagree?

I ask this because I keep hearing how Texas Tech will have no chance at the national championship if they lose in Norman, based on the timing of their loss. To me, exclude them based on the merits of their resume (weak OOC games), not the timing of the potential loss.

[SkinsHokieFan]

One the strangest conventions in college football is just that

A loss in November hurts much more then a loss in September. You at least get a chance to work your way back up, that is the thinking

Look at Florida this year

[DCSaints_fan]

Personally I think Mizzou was robbed last year when they got left out of the BCS altogether because they had to play a title game which they lost to Oklahoma