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Imagine yourself sitting in the cozy seats of the Orange Bowl during the fourth quarter of a game between the home-standing Miami Hurricanes and the less than mighty Temple Owls. Miami has just scored their eighth touchdown of the game to go ahead 56-7. You expect them to pull off the dogs and let the reserves get a crack at the hopeless Owls. Not so fast. Miami needs more points to spread the margin of victory as much as it can in the time left. Why, you may ask, would they do a heartless act such as this? The Bowl Championship Series is why my friends. Situations similar to this hypothetical one Miami have happened quite often as top teams battle for the #1 position in the B.C.S. The B.C.S. is sort of an alliance between a group of postseason bowls and some of the top conferences in the nation. However, this system, according to many, still does not crown a true champion. A team could go undefeated throughout the regular season and still not play for the national championship. According to ABC Sports, the Bowl Championship Series standings are made by combining a number of items together. Fortunately, for this new college football season, point spread was eliminated from the formula. All of the oth