It's true that it can work both ways- help or hurt; however, for parity I'd like to see either all conferences have the same liability in those regards. Either all play a conference championship game or none. I would have no idea where to start solving this one........any ideas? Conf. # of teams Independents....Four Sun Belt...........Eight Big East...........Eight Big East..........Eight WAC...............Nine MW................Nine Big 10.............Eleven SEC...............Twelve ACC...............Twelve Big 12.............Twelve MAC...............Twelve Conf. USA........Twelve
No doubt and I agree USC is a really good team this year, but the puss 10 is weak weak weak. The second best team in the conference is ranked #18 in the BCS and who else do they have? The big East has 3 in the top 15, the Big Ten has 3 in the top 10, the SEC has 3 in the top 10 and 5 in the top 20, the ACC has 4 in the top 25, the big 12 has 4 in the top 25, even the WAC has 2 in the top 25 so what's so great about the puss 10? http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/standings
I have been working on this for quite some time. I can get the rest of the BCS conferences to 12 teams rather easily. Big 11 Ten Add either Marshal, Bowling Green, or Miami (OH) Not Notre Dame, the Big east needs them Big East Add ND, Army, Navy, and Marshall (if they don't go to Big Ten) or Memphis PAC-10 The easy answer is Boise and Fresno. My only problem with that is that you completely rob any dignity from the WAC if that happens. I would prefer to add San Jose St. and San Diego St. Now you take the most consistent 12 teams (attendance,winning %) remaining from the MWC and Wac, to form a new conference. Use the remaining teams to fill in the Sun Belt, and to replace teams taken from C-USA.
I'm not saying that The Pac-10 is a great conference or anything, all I'm saying is that playing Nebraska, Arkansas, and Notre Dame OOC makes up for a lot of that. Thus you have a situation where USC does play a pretty tough schedule, and their weak opponents (Stanford, Washington, ect) aren't nearly as bad as some of the sister mary of the poor teams that we play OOC in the SEC.
yes but dont forget it was something we agreed to just like the pac 10 agreed to the bcs, we cant complain when it doesnt work for us. we sold our souls for the SECCG for $$$$, nothing more. well roy kramer & co did as well as our universities. its our bed, lets lie in it together. if we were to ever revamp the system and go to a playoffs, a champ. game for each conference participating would be essential and would change the current crap we have now. I remember the rose bowl almost didnt join the bcs til the last minute. They graced us with their presence. (oh and i dont wanna spoon.)
Then all major conferences play all 11 teams in their conference, that way you have no title games, and no undisputed conference champs. The 6 Champs get automatic berths along with the top mid-major and top non-conference champ from a BCS leauge. They are seeded by the BCS rankings and the top 4 seeds get home games (but you have to be a conference champion, so Michigan this year could not host a playoff game) You then take your final four to the site of one of the four BCS bowls, where they have a march madness style semifinal one week and finals the next week. Take the rest of the good teams and slot them into the remaining bowls.
Indeed we did and I'm not complaining just stating facts and arguing against anyone that says the pac 10 is a good conference this year, it's just not accurate.
There is one glaring and major flaw with your idea. Until this is eliminated, the system will suck. I'm still in the process of creating my playoff scenario, but I want NO POLL of any type having any say so in who's in and who's out.
I wasn't really thinking about the effect of a conference CG on a team's NC chances. Actually, this year, if Florida is to have any prayer of a shot at the big game, the SECCG gives that to them. The unfairness is that those other teams get to sit back and watch the other contenders do battle while they risk nothing. USC vs. Cal would be a decent CC game. So would OSU Wisconsin. It would even the field a little if all of the pretenders to the throne had to knock off a conference divisional champion before they can call it a season.
