Should Alabama be ineligible for the coaches poll, hence out of BCS Championship?

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No. Cincy and Texas would be a horrible NCG and Alabama is the best team in the country. No reason why they shouldn't play for the Championship against an overrated Texas team with an overpaid coach. But for the sake of Cincy fans, at least they have a reason to argue about how they got screwed out of the BCS title game and their coach in the same season :D

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Didn't read it, but my answer is yes to anything that rules AL ineligible.
 
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A web-site that is trying to argue the #1 team in the country out of it's bowl game should not have the word fantasy as part of it's name and emblazoned all over the place.
 
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It might be, but I really don't care at this point, and neither do most college football fans.
 
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How can they expect anyone to follow the rules when they do not enforce even the Biggest of all?
 
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Should Alabama be ineligible for the coaches poll, hence out of BCS Championship?

December 10th, 2009 by Vince Mullins

From reader Steve via e-mail, rock solid research and based in fact, but I fear this will likely go the way of the “Barack Obama was not born in the USA so he cannot be President” campaign. But let’s see if we can break down this BC-Mess, shall we? Please forward to your favorite blogs, websites and writers:
It appears that either the USA Today Coaches poll members must re-vote in order to recalculate the final BCS standings, OR The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame, Inc. should move up the University Cincinnati’s football team to play the University of Texas football team in the BCS Championship game.
At the bottom of the AFCA page with the Coaches Votes it specifically states:
“The AFCA prohibits coaches from voting for schools on major NCAA probation.”
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/usatpoll.htm
And I think it is very clear they are on “major” probation due to a textbook scandal.
http://www.ncaa.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/061109aaa.html
Even though they appealed, the infractions are not set aside per below NCAA Bylaw:

32.10.2 – Determinations of fact and violations arrived at by the Committee on Infractions shall not be set aside on appeal.
http://www.ncaapublications.com/Uploads/PDF/2007-08_d1_manual8716ea01-9388-4d68-bb93-2b6ff5ba2e36.pdf
Based on these circumstances, the University of Alabama football team is required receive 0 (zero) points from the USA Today Coaches poll, giving them a recalculated BCS average of 0.6656, thus moving them down to number 8 on the BCS final standings:

http://msn.foxsports.com/id/10485922_37_1.pdf
 
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That only applies to teams that have been sanctioned (banned) from postseason play in conjunction with the probation. Does not apply to Bama.
 
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Tidal Surge said:
That only applies to teams that have been sanctioned (banned) from postseason play in conjunction with the probation. Does not apply to Bama.
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Then why does it say teams on major probation at the bottom of the USA today poll?
 
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warrior said:
Then why does it say teams on major probation at the bottom of the USA today poll?
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That statement about "major probation" is simply too vague. When the NCAA placed Bama on probation due to "textbook gate" there was similar misinformation published.
 
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I hate Bama just as much as the next Vol fan. I lived in Texas for 6 years so I hope Bama lays it to the other UT just as bad as they did Florida and keep the NC in the SEC. A Texas vs Cinci NC game would be horrible.
 
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linkage to article


It appears that either the USA Today Coaches poll members must re-vote in order to recalculate the final BCS standings, OR The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame, Inc. should move up the University Cincinnati’s football team to play the University of Texas football team in the BCS Championship game.

At the bottom of the AFCA page with the Coaches Votes it specifically states:

“The AFCA prohibits coaches from voting for schools on major NCAA probation.” ( more )
 
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Didn't this apply to Auburn back in 1993 or whenever it was they went undefeated and was ineligible for postseason? Meaning they were never in the Coaches Poll at all? I thought I remember everyone trying to make a scenario where they won the AP National Title.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
Didn't this apply to Auburn back in 1993 or whenever it was they went undefeated and was ineligible for postseason? Meaning they were never in the Coaches Poll at all? I thought I remember everyone trying to make a scenario where they won the AP National Title.
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Correct, but FSU still won the AP Title.
 
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