Don’t play with rematches

There are discussions about an Ohio State-Michigan rematch in the BCS championship game. So if Michigan wins the first one today and Ohio State wins the second Jan. 8, will there be a tiebreaker?

MICHAEL YOUNAN

Castaic

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The loser of the Ohio State-Michigan game will have lost only to the No. 1 team in the country. Florida’s only loss was to Auburn. USC lost to Oregon State, probably the 40th-best team in the country.

Why are the BCS computers and human voters acting as if the USC-Oregon State game never happened?

Why are the BCS computers and human voters crediting USC with wins over Cal, Notre Dame and UCLA before those games have even been played?

Why do I sense something strange going on?

PHILLIP A. PARRA

Pasadena

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January 5, 2012: The USC Trojans defeated the Texas Longhorns yesterday, 14-13, in the long-awaited rematch of their thrilling 2006 game in which the Trojans were robbed of a win by replay officials. The Trojans won on the final play after an official review, a protest review by Texas Coach Mack Brown, and a protest review of the protest review by USC Coach Pete Carroll.

It was the first BCS championship contest wherein every play was reviewed, causing the longest game in football history, 11 hours 14 minutes.

The few dozen fans who were remaining from the original crowd of 82,000 booed the decision, but Commissioner of Officials Joe (Whistle) Blower stood firm. “Over the years, our statistics show that replay officials are correct almost 80% of the time, only slightly less than the on-field refs. We shall, however, review the various reviews, although it will be too late to affect the outcome of the game.”

JOEL RAPP

Los Angeles