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PAC-12 Commish: Coaches poll a fallacy

EUGENE, OR - NOVEMBER 19: Head coach Lane

Photo credit: Getty/Steve Dykes

Should coaches be involved in voting for a national champion?

This could end up being a moot point once the BCS system is scrapped and the four-team playoff is implemented in 2014, but for now it is a perfectly valid question.

USC coach Lane Kiffin (pictured) said he’d no longer vote in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll after his team was voted preseason No. 1. PAC-12 commissioner...

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