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            <title>BCS DECLARES GERMANY WINNER OF WORLD WAR II, and other stuff.</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Update:&nbsp; This came to me unsourced in email.&nbsp;&nbsp;Based on referrals, it appears that it might have orginated here, in the forums at Footballguys.com.&nbsp; Or, maybe here.&nbsp; Does anybody *actually* know the origin? -the Armorer


US Ranked 4th

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.

&quot;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.&quot;

Questioned about the #4 ranking of the United States the BCS commissioner stated &quot;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.&quot;

German Chancellor Adolph Hiter said &quot;Yes, we lost to the US; but we defeated #2 ranked France in only 6 weeks.&quot; Herr Hitler has been criticized for seeking dramatic victories to earn 'style points' to enhance Germany's rankings. Hitler protested &quot;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.&quot;

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

Japan was ranked #3 with victories including Manchuria, Borneo and the Philippines.
Makes as much sense as anything else these days.&nbsp; H/t, Mike L.]]></description>
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            <title>Comment from Katherine Optima Maximae on 2008-12-05</title>
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                <![CDATA[Heh.&nbsp; I thought that maybe you had read this article in the WSJ:<br />
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<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122843733979781467.html" rel="nofollow"><strong>Japanese General re-writes WWII History</strong></a>.<br />]]>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:19:54 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from Damian on 2008-12-05</title>
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                <![CDATA[A&nbsp;blog up here <a href="http://alsocanadian.blogspot.com/2008/12/toronto-maple-leafs-win-stanley-cup.html" rel="nofollow">did something similar</a> with the Canadian parliamentary question and a couple of hapless Canadian hockey teams the other day.&nbsp; Always funny - and eye-opening - when you superimpose a different context on to a particularly arcane set of rules.<br />]]>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:17:46 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2008-12-05</title>
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                All of us - we&apos;re bobbing for cannon balls!
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            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:59:20 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from Casey on 2008-12-05</title>
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                <![CDATA[Nice history of Saint Barbara!<br />
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Was the link about the BCS a put-on, or real? It reminds me of this <a href="http://www.satirewire.com/news/march02/madness.shtml" rel="nofollow">satire</a> of March Madness. :)<br />
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            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:58:19 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from fdcol63 on 2008-12-05</title>
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                Who&apos;s playing in the Punch Bowl?
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