If yes, please tell me why you think the BCS is a better system for selecting a national champion than a playoff.
If no, that's great, but please don't bother answering. Thank you.
2006-08-03 13:06:32 · 8 answers · asked by Lmeister 4 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
I won't say the BCS is perfect, but I'm not sure how a playoff would work.
I will use March Madness as an example. Was George Mason the 4th best team in all of college basketball last year? Was Florida the best from start to finish? The NFL uses a playoff--was Pittsburgh the best team in the entire NFL last year (or did they get hot and gel at the right time--Seahawks fans, don't start on the refs, that's not important in this thread)?
A playoff would be a great system, but ANY team can beat any other team--Fresno State almost beat USC last year and then finished 3rd in the WAC. It doesn't determine the best 2 teams (it determines the 2 hottest teams at the moment). In actuality, the regular season for college football is one big playoff. If you go undefeated (and no other team or 1 other team does), you will probably play for the championship (unless you are from the WAC).
The BCS is far from perfect--I would like to see humans receive less pull and the computer guru's be held accountable for their formulas. I would also like to see NO polls or anything until week 9 or 10. Give the teams a chance to show what they have on the field. As it is now, Oklahoma is/was a pre-season top 5 team. They lost their QB. Can a pollster justify sending them down out of the top 10 by losing one player? What if the Sooners do well and win their first 5 games, can they get into the top 5 if teams like Ohio State and Texas beat Northern Illinois and Rice? not if they aren't ranked in the top 5 at the start of the season.
Basically, there is no perfect way to determine the teams that should play for the title, but if a team doesn't lose all year, they have a pretty good shot at winning the crystal ball.
2006-08-03 13:44:19 · answer #1 · answered by former history major 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The BCS works, but we're not using it to its fullest potential.
Because of the bowls and BCS implications, college football is the only sport where the REGULAR SEASON MATTERS. Who cares what happened if your school lost a few basketball games? If they get into the Field of 65 come March, they've got a good shot at winning the title (just go on a 6-game win streak...ask the '84 Villanova Wildcats, who were 16-10 in the regular season, but beat Georgetown to win the National Title). If you lose two games in college football's regular season, your chances of winning a title are near-zero. With that in mind, I don't think a 8- or 16-team playoff is a good idea. It give teams with 2, 3 or maybe even 4 losses (in a field of 16) a chance to win and there's nearly no way a team with more than 1 loss can legitimately make that claim. So it seems to me (I got the idea from Phil Steele) that you take the BCS #1 thorough #4 and let them battle it out. The semifinals would be played on 1 Jan, rotated between two of the four BCS bowl games and the National Championship would be played the Saturday or Sunday of the bye week between the NFL conference championships and the Super Bowl. #1 seed would play #4 and #2 would play #3 on 1 Jan, and the winners would play for the title. Who outside those top four can legitimately claim to have a right to play for a title? My supposition would be "not a one of 'em". This way, the college football regular season will continue to be critically relevant, the bowl system as we know it would be saved and we'd finally figure out who the best team in the nation is, and the NCAA would make a HEAP of additional revenue while only adding ONE EXTRA GAME to the season, so the academic extremists won't have reason to complain about masses of players being gone for additional lengths of time in practices and playoff games. I've heard heaps of ideas on this subject, but Phil's strikes me as being most fundamentally sound (it eliminates the controversy and drama that's marred all but two of the 9 BCS championships) and keeps the traditions of college football intact.
2006-08-04 02:14:15 · answer #2 · answered by sablerogue29 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Just in view that the BCS is an benefit over the method institution soccer had earlier than the BCS doesn't suggest large enhancements do not nonetheless ought to be made. Virginia Tech received off to a tough begin, however they have got been on a tear as off past due and I guess might beat Oregon. Wisconsin has been gambling satisfactory soccer and deserve a shot on the championship. The BCS nonetheless does not paintings.
2016-08-28 13:06:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I think it works. In my opinion, if a playoff were instituted, it would make the regular season less meaningful. As it is right now, teams feel like if they lose one game it can cost them a shot at the championship. It just makes it more exciting to know that every game is important. The regular season is almost like a playoff if you think about it.
One thing that I wouldn't mind is if they would make a final National Championship game after the BCS games. After they are played, there could be one more game between the two best looking teams of the BCS games.
2006-08-03 13:23:34 · answer #4 · answered by Scarlet N Gray '12 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No! And I'm going to answer anyways. Why the hell would a computerized pornographic system actually work? Come on, stupid people would think that piece of **** system works. It's sad that other divisions in NCAA football can create a playoff system consisting of conference champions and win-loss records. But determining a national champion based on sportswriters and coaches votes? If you want to vote, watch CNN. If you want a real national championship based on performance ON THE FIELD, create a playoff.
2006-08-04 00:57:24 · answer #5 · answered by Lorenzo V 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The BCS is not perfect but it works. You youngsters should go back to the 50's, 60;s 70's and 80's and see how many times good teams were shafted because the system used people who some times voted illogically.
Computers plus people make the best polls.
2006-08-03 14:00:02 · answer #6 · answered by smitty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even when you have a playoff, some teams r gonna be snubbed or gonna complain about their seed. And who wants to wait til the end of January to figure out who the champ will be.The BCS needs to be tweaked, but not given up on.
2006-08-03 13:16:49 · answer #7 · answered by rnelsunshine8 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes! I just love when there are multiple undefeated teams and only 2 get to play for a mythical championship *rolls eyes*
2006-08-03 13:38:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋