BCS DECLARES GERMANY WINNER OF WORLD WAR II... US Ranked 4th

[Pavarotti]

Saw this on the GLB message board, pretty amusing.

After determining the Big-12 championship game participants the BCS
computers were put to work on other major contests and today the BCS
declared Germany to be the winner of World War II.

"Germany put together an incredible number of victories beginning with
the annexation of Austria and the Sudetenland and continuing on into
conference play with defeats of Poland, France, Norway, Sweden,
Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands. Their only losses came against
the US and Russia; however considering their entire body of
work--including an incredibly tough Strength of Schedule--our
computers deemed them worthy of the #1 ranking."

Questioned about the #4 ranking of the United States the BCS
commissioner stated "The US only had two major victories--Japan and
Germany. The computer models, unlike humans, aren't influenced by
head-to-head contests--they consider each contest to be only a single,
equally-weighted event."

German Chancellor Adolph Hiter said "Yes, we lost to the US; but we
defeated #2 ranked France in only 6 weeks." Herr Hitler has been
criticized for seeking dramatic victories to earn 'style points' to
enhance Germany's rankings. Hitler protested "Our contest with Poland
was in doubt until the final day and the conditions in Norway were
incredibly challenging and demanded the application of additional
forces."

The French ranking has also come under scrutiny. The BCS commented "
France had a single loss against Germany and following a preseason #1
ranking they only fell to #2."

Japan was ranked #3 with victories including Manchuria, Borneo and the
Philippines.

United States head coach Harry S Truman was criticized by many as
having poor taste for scheduling a "politicking" interview during
halftime of the German bombing raids over Great Britain.

In that interview, Truman stated, "Any way you look at it, there is
going to be a really good military force that gets left out. But when
you come right down to it, our head-to-head victory over the Germans
has to be the deciding factor."

A US fan also made the point that "Germany is getting all the style
points right now because of their sexy offense, which continues to
obliterate weaker opponents and show off their might after the battle
is already won. But what about defense?"

 

[BigE]

link please

 

[Pavarotti]

Take your pick of a dozen different message boards and emails.

 

[artRAMinMN]

link please

Take your pick of a dozen different message boards and emails.

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=Germany+ ... eBsIIJAIN0

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[ram4life]

I don't find the humor. I lived through the WWII period and there was nothing funny about Hitler's values.

 

[Sometimes]

I didn't really find it funny either. I'm the king of inappropriate humor, but this was just lazy, stupid and seems to entirely ignore the actual atrocities of the war.

 

[RamChris]

Boy, Pav, the chances you take when you venture into humor, eh?

I got the humor, wasn't put off by the Hitlerian references, everybody knows of the atrocities, but ya gotta laugh in this life, even in war. Base humor is not everyone's cup of tea, but depending on my mood, I enjoy it from time to time.

Good one, Pav.

 

[Pavarotti]

Hey, I'm willing to let the thread die. To me it wasn't as much about the humor, as it was the absurdity of the BCS.

Oh well, my sincerest apologies to anyone who was offended, be assured that was not my intent, and I am sorry.

 

[david coxxx]

This is great