Is that a good thing? I wonder. certainly it is for a few teams who get in all the time like Alabama and Clemson. Not so much for those left out which is realistically about 10 others.
It does affect thinking. Every time a head coaching job opens up fans clamor for Nick Saban and Urban Meyer. And if this were done some decade ago likely Pete Carroll. So how exactly good are these guys in attaining the BCS championship game?
Actually not as good as one thinks. Lets start with Pete Carroll. He was here 9 years and appeared in 2 BCS championships and can be said to likely have been shafted in 2003 where the AP said USC was #1 despite the Coaches poll and cockamamie formula saying they weren't. So he had 1 1/2 titles, so to speak and lost one (Dang Texas!). Urban Meyer had exactly 3 Championship appearances and won all. Lord Nick Saban has had 5 championships and lost one in the BCS.
So that is:
Pete Carroll 9 seasons: 1 AP (2003) and 1-1 in BCS finals (*28%). He missed that 2003 and with a 1 loss team in 2008.
Urban Meyer has 17 seasons and is 3-0 in final games (18%). 2 with an SEC team.
Nick Saban has 22 seasons and is 5-1 in BCS finals (27%).And has appeared in the last 3 college playoff games, even when he was #2 in his division and #3 in conference last year.
Its tough to get there. Even Urban in his Ohio State gig is seeing that (2 of the 3 Meyers BCS came while at SEC's Florida)...get the picture?
It does affect thinking. Every time a head coaching job opens up fans clamor for Nick Saban and Urban Meyer. And if this were done some decade ago likely Pete Carroll. So how exactly good are these guys in attaining the BCS championship game?
Actually not as good as one thinks. Lets start with Pete Carroll. He was here 9 years and appeared in 2 BCS championships and can be said to likely have been shafted in 2003 where the AP said USC was #1 despite the Coaches poll and cockamamie formula saying they weren't. So he had 1 1/2 titles, so to speak and lost one (Dang Texas!). Urban Meyer had exactly 3 Championship appearances and won all. Lord Nick Saban has had 5 championships and lost one in the BCS.
So that is:
Pete Carroll 9 seasons: 1 AP (2003) and 1-1 in BCS finals (*28%). He missed that 2003 and with a 1 loss team in 2008.
Urban Meyer has 17 seasons and is 3-0 in final games (18%). 2 with an SEC team.
Nick Saban has 22 seasons and is 5-1 in BCS finals (27%).And has appeared in the last 3 college playoff games, even when he was #2 in his division and #3 in conference last year.
Its tough to get there. Even Urban in his Ohio State gig is seeing that (2 of the 3 Meyers BCS came while at SEC's Florida)...get the picture?
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