It is very simple. If you are a true college football fan, you don’t like something about the BCS. Seemingly every year we have some controversy. The time for all this GARBAGE to end is NOW!Another year and here we are with the same mess. A few years back we had split national champions when LSU defeated Oklahoma and USC defeated Michigan. Last season, college football fans were subject to the whole USC/Auburn controversy. USC won the Orange Bowl over Oklahoma 55-19, while Auburn beat Virginia Tech 16-13 in the Sugar Bowl.
In the latest BCS rankings, Texas pulled ahead of USC by percentage points to snag the #1 ranking. Unfortunately, USC has done everything in their power to be the best team, including a win over Notre Dame. On the other hand, Texas has made a case for #1 with convincing victories over the likes of Ohio State and Texas Tech. USC coach Pete Carroll told ESPN, “I don’t know how you get mad at a computer.” Either way, these two will probably play for the national championship, no problem. Right? Wrong. Enter Virginia Tech who is also undefeated. If they can pull out wins against #13 Boston College, and #6 Miami, the Hokies will make a strong case to play for the national championship.
Every year we have this problem. The solution is actually quite simple in theory, yet almost impossible in reality. The bowl games are all about sponsorship and money, lots of money. Money that neither the athletes, nor the true fans of college football see. It is time to do away with the superstar bowl games and go to a playoff, and the formula is quite simple. My working solution is the Elite 8 of college football. A point value, (20 for #1, 15 for #2 and so on) will be assessed to each team using the same formulas used today, (polls and the computers.) The top eight teams will battle it out in an 8-team playoff in the same manner as the Elite 8 in NCAA basketball. The 1st place team will play the 8th place team and so on. This method will give us sports fanatics an undisputed national champion every year, no controversy.
What about the Bowl games and remaining teams you may ask. That is also very simple in theory, but reality might bite us in the behind. The next 12 ranked teams will play in the major Bowl games, and yes, the corporate sponsors will have to lose money, darn. For example, the #9 Notre Dame will play the #10 Florida State in the Rose Bowl. #11 Penn State will play #12 Ohio State in the Orange Bowl. #13 Boston College will play #14 Oregon in the Sugar Bowl. #15 Wisconsin will play #16 Florida in the Cotton Bowl. #17 Texas Tech will play #18 West Virginia in the Fiesta Bowl. #19 Auburn will play #20 TCU in the Fiesta Bowl. The remaining top teams ranked past #20 may be upset, but they should have won the big games they lost, (for example Michigan.) These teams will receive invites to the lesser Bowl games.
This is the scheme college football fans should want to see. It will give us all a clear champion, and we still get exciting major Bowl games. Yes, some corporations will lose money over this, but it is about damn time to get the money out of college sports anyways. If the athletes cannot legally take a cut of the money, I am not losing any sleep over it. The change needs to happen now. The BCS has been under hard scrutiny for years now. When a team can go an entire season doing everything they need to do by winning every game, and still not have a chance at the title, SOMETHING IS WRONG!
4 replies on “A Solution to the BCmesS”
a little thing I think you meant “assessed” instead of “assed” in your article[“A point value, (20 for #1, 15 for #2 and so on) will be assed to each team”
But other than that, I thought it was a good article. And yea, something needs to be done with the BCS, it’s never has and probably never will work
woah thanks for pointing that out, mustve had some dirty thoughts on my mind when I was typing this up in class today.
Ugh… Okay so lets say that the #8 and #9 team have the same record. Then how do you decide who gets in the playoff? By using the polls. But I thought the polls didn’t work? That’s the problem.
What makes college football great is that every game is a playoff game. With 1 loss your hopes of winning the nationalychampionship could be ruined. I think the system now sucks, but a playoff is certainly not the solution. In college football there will always be controversy.
Good article, I just disagree.
I know I think the polls and computers are actually pretty accurate. I see the room for controversy at 8 and 9, but like I said later on about teams further down in the rankings, you should have won that big game that you lost. I see that maybe someone will have a similiar record, but in reality, the #8 seed will not win the title. Controversy will always be there, but I think this formula is the most decisive.