Florida President sets a plan for BCS NC

[lynyrd skynyrd]

"NO" vote from me, keep the system just the way it is.

 

[BIGBAM]

My take: Get rid of the BCS revolving site,still have your bowl games for
the other teams,and have the rose bowl and sugar bowl get at large bids from
anywhere in the country without the traditional locked in conferences of
big 10 vs pac 10 or sec vs at large. The winner of the rose would play the winner of the sugar for the title. That way we have the plus one system with only 4 possible teams in the run. Then to even it out get rid of all conference championships or drop the 12 game. Either way all conf's should still have 12 teams to balance the competition factor even though we know the others dont compare to the sec. The national championship would then be determined with only a 13 game season for each 1-A team in order to win the big one.

 

[GrayTide]

In order to make the conference championship meaningful and at the same time give perennial doormats a chance at a lesser tier bowl game you need to re-structure the conferences. Teams such as Vandy, Duke, Army, Navy, Northwestern, Wake Forest, SMU, Stanford, Tulane and Rice, etc (all schools with relatively high academic standards) rarely, if ever get a bowl bid. By taking these teams out of their existing conferences and putting them in a new conference with teams that have similar academic standards allows them to be competitive and gives them a chance at a lesser level bowl. This would also require filling their spots in the SEC, ACC, PAC 10 and Big 11 to keep the conferences at 12 team levels. Of course Vandy would not want to give up its 1/12 of $120n million SEC pot but who really cares what Vandy wants? It is about more money and bigger team and conference payoffs. There needs to be a major overhaul in order to get to a real on the field champion and that includes realigning conferences ultimately.

 

[bayoutider]

I favor a 4 team playoff 1vs4 & 2 vs3 winners play for it all. I also favor either having everyone join a conference and play a conference championship or do away with conference championship games. I am against Notre Dame getting special treatment such as getting a BCS bid if they lose fewer than 4 games in a season.

As some have said, if you didn't make the top 4 then you should have done better in the regular season, see you next year.

 

[BamaJama17]

Personally, I welcome all criticism and I'm perfectly happy that there are people that disagree with me and the conclusions that I've come to.

In addition, I don't think that adding a playoff would threaten the standing of the other bowls any more than declaring some of them BCS threatened the others. I mean, the peach bowl would still be played, we'd still have the cotton and we'd still have the independence, and music city etc. etc. Honestly I really don't see it that much different than what we have now other than the addition of 2 games for 4 teams.

Of course there would have to be some tweaking to the model I drew above, because it doesn't make provisions for conference champions and Notre Dame would probably get their usual sweet heart deal and would also have to be included. So, I guess scrap the bottom two teams and add Oklahoma and Notre Dame. I dunno, it would all have to be argued out and there are tons and tons of ways to organize something like this.

Well I am not trying to shot down you're ideas because I still agree with some of them but not all.

I agree with the fact of a playoff game if 2 teams are still undefeated.

Yes Notre Dame would use the sweet heart card which is not fair but thats life for NCAA football. Its just all these other small school that can't get into a bowl and have to complain about thing like this.

 

[GrayTide]

I favor a 4 team playoff 1vs4 & 2 vs3 winners play for it all. I also favor either having everyone join a conference and play a conference championship or do away with conference championship games. I am against Notre Dame getting special treatment such as getting a BCS bid if they lose fewer than 4 games in a season.

As some have said, if you didn't make the top 4 then you should have done better in the regular season, see you next year.

I agree. Let the season go back to a regular 10 game schedule. 8 conference games and 2 non conference games. Conference championship games would be the 11th game. 1 vs 3 and 2 vs 4 is the 12th game and the two winners play for the NC in game 13. The bowls are preserved and the season is no longer than it currently is. As you said, if you don't win your conference championship and finish in the top 4 then it is your fault no bellyaching.

 

[davefrat]

They should just do the conference champion of each conference in some sort of tournament. I'm a firm believer that you dont deserve to play for a national title if you cant win a conference title. They could seed the conference champions according to win/loss record and strength of schedule. Oh yeah, and no slots for independents...make ND join a conference.

right on about ND. i've long had enough of them being able to negotiate themselves in and out of every situation because they are "good" for college football.

 

[davefrat]

btw, as for the BCS, how long has it been in existence and how many times has it been "tweaked?" every season? i don't necessarily agree that you have to win your conference to win the national title...if you have a playoff. but, if the BCS remains, then you should have to win a conference title to play for the national title. remember a few years back when oklahoma didn't even win their division but played for the national title? and if ND refuses to join a conference, then let them sit out in the cold.

 

[FitToBeTide]

I'm thinking it will be difficult for conference presidents to agree to anything that cuts out revenue from less regular season games played. The sweet deals given by tv networks for televised games is too lucrative to sacrifice. The formula would need to show a way to generate more bucks for conference coffers, without losing what you have by bowl games, and produce a championship game. I may be off in my thinking, but money seems to be the overarching concern, whatever else the panjandrum may be saying.

I had heard also the argument by school administrations about the amount of time that it would take to run a championship playoff series. By the way, not a view held by non-Div. I schools with a viable playoff system.

 

[GORILLA BALL]

SEC Pres's shot it down. Why why why.

i think the presidents are concerned about the season extending another week or so, but in reality i think they are scared to mess with the bowls.