I don't really understand the resistance to taking the current number of teams that play in BCS games, including the championship game, and having those teams in a playoff format. I guess that would be ten but eight just sounds better. The biggest hang up would be that all the conferences with a championship game would probably have to drop them. It also bugs me that they say they won't do this because they don't want the kids to play too many games. Well, then why are all the conferences pretty much going to have a championship game now, not to mention the entire league added a 12th game a few years ago. Drop the championship games and the 12th regular season game, which most teams schedule a cupcake anyway, and their only playing one more game than usual if they make it to the championship game. Take the top 8 and let them settle it on the field. This would certainly not diminish the season for teams like Boise and TCU that can't afford a loss. I don't think it would diminish the season for any conference, considering most teams will not be in the top 8 with even 1 loss. Maybe SEC teams can afford to lose 1 but look how many SEC teams have 1 loss or less right now. Just imagine these games for the first week of the BCS national playoffs. 8 Nebraska vs. 1 Oregon > Nebraska because I hate the sac 10 5 LSU vs. 4 Boise St. > LSU of course 6 Stanford vs. 3 TCU > TCU because we need a Cinderella 7 Wisconsin vs. 2 Auburn > Auburn by a lot So we get Nebraska and LSU > Tigers, maybe TCU and Auburn > Awburn again by a lot more So LSU and Auburn, hey what do you know, maybe they will get it right and this will happen anyway!
Plus one would be perfect compromise. 1and 4 play2 and 3 play then winners play the weekend before the superbowl. Still use bcs to select teams. Everyone happy. Still have bowl games and have a playoff game
+1 for plus one. It's the only playoff idea or compromise that crowns a champion without destroying the week to week excitement, frustration, and controversy that we as much as we hate to admit it LOVE.
:tigbas We would still have the bcs drama. Instead of the picks of 1and2 being the story it would be moved to 4and5. Have the coaches pole worth 1/4 the ap worth1/4 and the computers worth1/2. That would give an unified title. Still have the bowl games and then one more that would be a big payday. Get ap to be involved so we would have a unified title with no more split titles like LSU/usc in 03
every argument against a playoff is so sickeningly myopic and antiquated. "but if the best teams actually play each other, there won't be anymore controversy about who the best is." WHAT?????? What kind of argument is that? You'd rather controversy over a great football tournament and true champion. there are some weird people out there, son.
This, because if the BCS rankings still come into play for the decision of who should be in the playoff, from 4-8 team, it would still make the regular season as important as it could be, under those conditions. I don't think it would diminish the regular season at all. With so many factors that go into the BCS formula teams would still be fighting for the perfect season, just so they could get into the playoffs. Top 4-8 make it, you ain't getting there if you are 9-3, but beat nobody. By doing so, it could eliminate crap conferences like the Big East from getting automatic bids. If it is done by only the top 4-8 teams make it to the playoffs, whether you win your conference or not shouldn't matter. Use the BCS bowls, themselves as the playoff games and only invite the top 8 teams to play in them. It would force conferences, like the Big East and ACC to improve in order to be able to be considered for the BCS Bowls and the playoffs. Mediocrity wouldn't even be considered. Of course this isn't perfect, nor do I think any of the conferences would go for it, but this would be my perfect scenerio. One day we can only hope for some sort of playoff system that allows only the BEST teams in the country to play for the MNC. The cupcake schedule teams with inflated records ARE NOT the best teams in the country.
Excellent posting. They sound like people arguing that the earth is flat. The arguments about the regular season is complete crap. The NFL has a playoff, and last time I checked, more people watch the NFL regular season than any other sport. A playoff would generate MORE money. The real problem is that some conferences (I'm looking at you, Big 10) would prefer to not share the revenue generated by an actual NCAA championship tournament with the "unworthy" conferences.
how would you do it? Would the BCS be scrapped all together? If so, would you take conference champs and at large? How would you determine the at large? I sat and thought about this all day yesterday, and I was going strictly on the BCS top 16. It's pretty easy if you take the top 16 of the BCS to still keep the integrity of the BCS bowls, however you would have to add 1 location to the BCS, which would probably be the Cotton Bowl. So what you would do is take the top 16, and since this year the big show is in Glendale, you play the first round at the higher seed's home field. Then it breaks off into 4 BCS bowl games, those 4 would then break off into 3 games played at the rotating big daddy, which as said earlier this year would be the Fiesta. Now, what sucks about that, is what's the point of having conference champions and championship games, if a team like this year's South Carolina would be left out, even if they won the conference. So the question now is, what do you do about conference champions? Do they get an automatic spot, even if they have 3 or 4 loss season? If that happens, who gets left out? I want someone on here to come out and give a detailed scenario as to how a playoff would work with the rankings and records, who gets in? who gets left out?
