I told my friends about this a few months ago then saw it on collegefootball.com. Here's my idea: Every conference champion (11 teams) make the playoffs automatically. Then the NCAA gives out 5 at-large bids at large bids, giving you a total of 16 teams. Those teams then use the bigger bowl games to play out the playoffs, and the teams that went 6-5 or 7-4 still get to play in the Poinsettia Bowl, Las Vegas Bowl, or whatever other bowl that's out there.
This way the only schools that will complain probably will have 2 or 3 losses, and one lose won't ruin your season.
2006-11-21 13:04:06 · 4 answers · asked by That Guy 1 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Sounds good to me. Or to appease the NCAA buttheads that created the BCS, use the BCS to rank teams based on their record against strength of schedule. This way, only the best of the best make the playoff and the other bowls wouldn't be screwed out of their tie-ins with the conferences unless those tie-ins belonged to teams who finished in the top 16.
2006-11-22 04:14:55 · answer #1 · answered by bigvol662004 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would never work! They wouldn't be able to control who gets to the title game and a team that won't bring a lot of revenue might mess up all the finances. That's really what it is about. I am an Alabama fan so this is a very impartial observation, but look at what happened to Auburn two years ago. They put together a better crowd draw than Auburn and USC would have been.
2006-11-21 23:42:21 · answer #2 · answered by tim b 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeah, i agree, that would be the best possible idea.
this whole BCS standings stuff sucks! my mountaineers are 9-1(looking to finish 11-1 with a big win over rutgers on the last game of the season) and we wont b in the championship but michigan at 11-1 will? lol thats so dumb...although i have figured out a way wvu could make it...
1. if USC beats ND this weekend, then UCLA beats USC next week
2. if FL loses to FL STATE or to Arkansas
3. if arkansas loses to LSU or Florida
4.if we win the rest of our games
anyways enough with my boys...yeah the BCS is BS without the C...its retarded...why not have playoffs? high school has playoffs, NFL has playoffs...its the dumbest thing ever......how can u go 11-1 and ur season not mean anything if u dont make the championship game? it needs to be changed..and it needs to b changed QUICK! next yr i hope there is a playoff system..16teams sounds good...me n u look like we feel the same way about this BS BCS ranking BS! lol
2006-11-21 21:13:17 · answer #3 · answered by tcstyles24 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Sounds good. I've been advocating something similar for a while now as well.
2006-11-21 21:08:13 · answer #4 · answered by mesquitemachine 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋