B.C.S.

B.C.S., he says, is in many ways, “a lie,” unable to explain the Meissner effect.

Dr. Hirsch is a bull-in-a-china-shop contrarian taking aim at B.C.S. theory, which was devised in 1957 by three physicists — John Bardeen, Leon N. Cooper and J. Robert Schrieffer — to explain how superconductivity works.

Indeed, much of Michigan’s most illustrious football history came in the first half of the 20th century, and the Wolverines have not claimed a national title since the 1997 season, before the B.C.S. and the playoff were used to determine the champion.

Indeed, depending on the yardstick and the spinmeister, the power brokers could still act quicker than they did in 2012 to replace the B.C.S.

Oregon and Auburn go head-to-head for the first time since the 2011 B.C.S.