Tuesday, October 23, 2007
BCS
Over the last few years there has been a lot of debate over whether or not the NCAA should implement a college football playoff. I think that the NCAA should stop avoiding the issues the BCS presents and create a college football playoff system. Look at what happened to Auburn in 2004. Three teams went undefeated that year; Auburn, USC, and Oklahoma, however Auburn was denied a shot at the national title. They came out third in the BCS polls and played in the Sugar Bowl instead (which they won). The fact they were denied a shot at the National Championship becasue of where they started in the polls is absolutely ridiculous (USC and Oklahoma were #1 and #2). The NCAA needs to create an eight team playoff in which the Champions of the six major conferences are given automatic bids while teams like Boisie State fight for at large bids. The National Championship shouldn't be decided by computers and numbers, it should be decided on the field by the two teams who make it to the final round of the tournament. Teams would play every team in their conference and those with the best records would be declared their Conference champions. Schools would have to abandon their non-conference schedules so that every team in the conference could play. Many people would love to see a college football playoff and the television ratings would be extremely high. Just think of the revenue a college football tournament would generate and how much fun it would be to see the best teams in the country represent their conferences in their quest to the National title.
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Kevin - I agree with this agruement. I've thought about a BCS playoff because I don't think it's fair to choose the teams who makes the National Championship when more than 2 teams can go undefeated. Auburn and Boise State proved this and showed how the BCS standings can be inaffective. A change needs to be made. The NCAA basketball bracket makes it clear who the champion is and how they won. It's a fair way to win. I feel that this is what needs to happen in football. I don't think that there needs to be 6 teams who play in the playoff but I think that it's possible it find out how many teams there should be and what teams should be in it in order to make it fair. However, the standings are also on toughness of schedule. Some teams may go undefeated but not play any good teams so it won't affect where they should stand. As long as the schedule is somewhat tough and have a great season I feel that teams should be in playoffs. I also agree that in could make teams more money!
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