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Fixing the BCS Mess

By trav424, Section College
Posted on Sun Jan 06 2008 at 9:34 PM EST
More on: BCS, college football, NCAA, florida, usc, west, virginia, kansas, missouri, south florida, hawaii, conferences, oklahoma, texas, bracket, georgia, california, big 12, big 10, sec, acc, pac 10, everything, sports (all tags)

With every game, and every "championship", the system in place in college football (BCS) becomes clearer that it needs to be fixed. The easy solution is a playoff. But even that can't reach a consensus agreement. How would we decide is in the playoff? Would it be 64 teams like in college basketball? Wouldn't some teams still get the shaft? And would ALL the conferences agree (Big 10)? Not everyone can be satisfied, but he is THE plan. The plan to end all the questions and controversy surrounding the game today.

2) No more conference championship games. No more divisions within a conference. Every team plays every other team in its conference, plus three non-conference games. The team with the most victories at the end of the season is deemed the conference champion. This takes out the argument that a playoff would make the regular season less important.

3) The winners of the 11 conferences are put into a pool of 16 teams (made up of five of the best teams not winning its conference).

4) A selection committee made up of sports writers, analysts, and NCAA officials take the 16 teams and seed them accordingly (1-16). The 16 are then broken up into four pods where they will play in a playoff, eventually matching up two teams to play for the championship. The highest seeded team in each contest will play host to the game. The semifinals and finals will be held at a neutral stadium.

5) Another plan to keep teams and conferences competitive is the recycle plan. The five best teams in division 1-AA will move up and replace the five worst teams in division 1-A. The new teams will be placed in the same division as the teams they are replacing.

-Why would this system work where others have failed? Simple, it addresses all areas. Teams are paid lots of money for participating in bowl games. But hosting a playoff game would kick much more cash your way. Fans packing a stadium, ESPN filming live from the field. Not to mention advertising and television revenue.

-This system would keep the regular season important. Teams would no longer have to worry about strength of schedule. They would only plays teams in its conference, and would then get a chance to prove itself in a playoff. This system would also give the small teams a chance to prove themselves. If an underdog team can finish undefeated in the WAC, they will be given a chance to prove its talent in a playoff against the best of the best.