I agree totally with what you just said... but the problem in this scenario wouldn't be with USC and Texas... the problem would be with picking the #3 and #4 teams. Especially if #4 ended up beating #3 in the plus-one national "championship" game..the game that is supposed to "decide it all on the field". Well, guess what, if they pick a one-loss LSU and Miami as the #3 and #4 but leave out a one-loss Texas Tech, Bama, UCLA, and Penn St., then what have they solved? Nothing. And say Texas Tech beats Bama in the Cotton Bowl and UCLA beats Penn St. in some other bowl... do Texas Tech and UCLA not have a claim that they should've had the right to play for a chance at the title? (Sounds like Auburn's gripe from '04) And thus nothing is solved...
They've solved leaving out two deserving teams that otherwise would not have got a chance to show they were the best. Also, a 1 loss Bama, Tech, and UCLA would have all lost to 1 of the 4 teams ahead of them...hardly controversy. Penn State would be left out, but that's better than leaving 2 teams out. Because if your doomsday scenario plays out, it only proves the fact that USC and UT ..as the only undefeated teams, and ranked 1 and 2, were not the best teams...and that strengthens the case for not allowing the current system to shut out teams #3 and #4. I'm not advocating it's perfect, that's why I said the best 'workable' system...I'm saying it's better than the current one.
Hardly controversy? Think about it: Bama, Texas Tech, and UCLA could all say "at least we lost to top-5 teams..hell, LSU lost to unranked Tennessee and Miami lost to teens-ranked FSU". You bet there'd be controversy. It's not really all that doomsday of a scenario. In fact something similiar would happen almost every year because the difference between #4 and #5 and #6 is often very tiny, so who gets to play for the national title would be decided by a combination of wacky computer polls and biased media polls. Sound familiar?
As a fan I like the idea. A college superbowl would been an awesome sporting event to witness. I do understand that there would be some problems of #5,6, or 7 ranked teams complaining but there was one thing that they could have controlled. Losing there one game. Undefeated teams have more to complain about than a one loss team. If you wanted to be a part of the big dance then you should have taken care of business. What about just having all conferences having to play a championship game? I would much rather see titles settled on the field than having to rely on voters who in no way shape or form take part in the action.
Not until they lose a game. Can you really blame them. I can only imagine what the attitude of this board would be if we wouldn't make the National Title game after winning 25-30 straight games. As much as I don't like them, they're still the champs until someone beats them. Can't really blame it on their schedule either, because they had a pretty tough one this year. IMO it was quite a bit tougher than the cupcake schedule Texas has had (It's not really UT's fault. They scheduled a tough out of conference game. They can't control whether or not the BigXII blows.).
lets see, a system where the top ranked teams play each other and someone is bitchin' about the 5th ranked team crying? Try some metamucil for that backup that's affecting your frontal lobes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :dis:
I think the best playoff system (which will nevr happen) would be that every conference has a championship game and thw winners of these games would be in the playoffs. I think there are 12 D-1 conferences. This would make a 12 team playoff. The top 4 seeds get a bye. The regular season would still be important because if you dont win the coference, your out. I'm no saying this is perfect, but I'd watch it. Oh, if Notre Dame is too proud to join a conference, too bad for them.
I think every sport in the world should eliminate their playoff system and use a poll system like college football...
Just imagine if the plus-one formula becomes reality and you have 3 undefeated teams and then have to pick from eight one-loss teams to be the #4 seed. How would you do it? The pollsters? The computers? Pick whoever lost their game earliest in the season? It's the same host of problems we have now, can't you see that?
The BCS conferences would break off from the NCAA and form their own championship before they would ever have a system that gave just as much of a shot to the other leagues in a playoff scenario without them having a good chance to have a second team in the hunt. No way they would agree to 1/12 of a shot.
