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The American Football Coaches Association, which oversees the college football coaches' poll that counts for one-third of the Bowl Championship Series selection process, is considering making the coaches' poll completely anonymous, to the point that not only will the public not know how each coach voted, but the public won't even know which coaches have a vote.
That is, to be blunt, gutless.
What are the coaches afraid of? Why aren't they willing to stand by their opinions? By rule, the members of the media who vote in the Associated Press poll all make their ballots public each week. Why can't the coaches do the same?
For the past four seasons, the coaches' ballots were secret each week -- with the exception of the final poll of the regular season. I would have preferred to make them public each week, but I can live with that policy, because the final poll is the only one that really matters. But now the coaches want to be much more secretive than that.
The latest proposal from the coaches is to make everything about the poll anonymous. The executive director of the Coaches Association, former Baylor coach Grant Teaff, says it's just about having the best possible poll, and that anonymity might make the poll better.
But the truth is, college football coaches are accustomed to doing things their own way, without anyone questioning them, and they want their poll to function like that as well: Coaches want to vote as they please, without any accountability. That's a bad way to choose a national champion.
Why Are College Football Coaches Afraid to Stand by Their Poll Votes?
May 8, 2009 – 7:47 AM
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