<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Get The Picture]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://blutarsky.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Senator Blutarsky]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://blutarsky.wordpress.com/author/blutarsky/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[&#8220;I&#8217;m probably a little prejudiced, but it did what we&nbsp;wanted.&#8221;]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Roy Kramer has not come to bury the BCS, <a href="http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2013/dec/11/fond-memoriesbcs-founder-kramer-believes-it-has/?sportscollege" target="_blank">but to praise it</a>.  And you know what?  It&#8217;s hard to argue with what he has to say about it.</p>
<p>Plus, you have to chuckle at this back-handed epitaph:</p>
<blockquote><p>Florida State and Auburn were the clear-cut choices to play in this season&#8217;s BCS title finale after Ohio State got upset last Saturday in the Big Ten championship game. A four-team playoff will debut next season, which would have been very difficult to determine had it arrived a year early.</p>
<p>Alabama, the SEC West runner-up to Auburn, is third in the polls, and a fourth team would have been selected among Big Ten champion Michigan State, Big 12 champion Baylor and Pac-12 champion Stanford.</p>
<p>&#8220;You talk about controversy,&#8221; Kramer said. &#8220;You tell me who that fourth team is. I&#8217;m not going to have to worry about that one.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>I don&#8217;t know about you, but I&#8217;m looking forward to the interview with whomever says the last rites over the eight-team playoff.</p>
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