Playboy's 2004 Pigskin Preview
September, 2004
Playboy's 2004 Pigskin PreviewThe Bowl Championship System has never worked. It has always tripped over its formula for determining a national champion, but last season it fell flat on its face. It couldn't match up USC and LSU, clearly the nation's two best teams, in the game every fan wanted to see. Instead, LSU played Oklahoma--which Kansas State had clobbered for the Big 12 title--in a pseudo national championship at the Sugar Bowl, while USC faced twice-beaten Michigan in the Rose Bowl.The...