Thoughts on the BCS situation?

Question

I would like to know:

A. Who all agrees with me that it seems like the people who should be caring most about the student athletes and coaches (Conference heads and School presidents) don't at all?

B. Who also agrees that they think about the money from the bowl games when deciding against a playoff system?

C. Finally who is for a playoff system to end the controversy found only in Division IA football when crowning a champion?

It sickens me to no end that basketball, baseball, and the rest of the college football divisions can hold playoffs, but the main division cannot due to all sorts of unfounded excuses. Who else agrees?

Let me add something. If anything I have been a fan of college football for too long. That is to correct an answer already posted.

Secondly let me add that will there be teams that would be left out of a playoff system? Yes. What will happen, though, is that the controversy will be substantially weakened and watered down. When you have a choice of six, eight, or whatever teams that have to beat the best of the college football that they don't already play that will only help solidify the number one. That would make the situation better, and not worse as has been suggested by some.

Answer 1

There needs to be a playoff system-I think a four game playoff would be perfect. You use the BCS to narrow down your top four teams and after the conference championship games, you have your playoff with the winner meeting in the National Championship game. I would love to actually see it more than four teams (so a team like Bosie State from last year can contend).

Answer 2

Count me as probably the only college football fan that doesn't mind the BCS system as it is now. Top 2 teams in the BCS standings at the END of the season play. Remember the days when teams could not play each other because they were locked in to different bowl games? This way has been much better, and has offered many first time matchups between great football schools. (USC/Texas and Texas/Michigan even though that wasn't for the national title.)

If there is all the griping and whining that goes on after the Top Two teams are determined with the third and the fourth ranked teams, how much complaining do you think will happen if you decide the Top 8 and three or four other teams will feel like they got screwed.
Look at the College Basketball selection Sunday. And the annual moanfest of a handful of teams not in the top 65. The regular season means practically nothing in college basketball, let's hope they don't ruin college football's regular season.

Answer 3

Playoffs is the only way to go. It is how you decide winners in every other sport, including all the other divisions of college football.

If they don't want to have some long 32 team playoff then AT LEAST let the top 4 teams have a playoff. It makes absolutely NO SENSE that if there were 3 undefeated teams from major conferences a bunch of computers will decide that one doesn't get a chance at a championship. Why don't enough people see the STUPIDITY in that????

Answer 4

Money from the Bowls just like you mentioned above is why there is no playoff and what gets me is they try to say that they can't come up with a solution.That is a bunch of garbage,it doesn't take a brain surgeon to come up with a 4 team playoff.They can still have the bowl games and a playoff by using the bowls.Example:Use the Orange and Fiesta bowls as the semi finals then the Sugar or Rose Bowl for the Championship.Rotate the championship and semi final sites yearly.

Answer 5

I gave up watching college football years ago because it is ridiculous not to have a playoff. It means you have no chance at winning the title unless you are one of the big money superpowers. It made me realize I was wasting my time even watching the regular season games because I went to a smaller school than the "big boys." I quit watching it about five years ago and frankly could care less at this point. When there is a playoff I might come back but for now I will stick to the NFL where it is settled on the field. I do like college basketball though.

Answer 6

A. I don't know if it's entirely true that they don't care about the students. They get them great scholarships and give them an amazing opportunity to play football in great cities. The coaches get fantasticly huge contracts. In the end, I do have to agree that, ultimately, the conference heads and school pres., are out for what will make their school or conference the most profit.

B. Of course they think about money from the bowl game system. How many companies are out there that are willing to fork out millions of dollars to slap their names on a bowl game. Big publicity for the businesses, and tons of money for the colleges and conferences.

C. I think it might be nice if the teams who qualify for the BCS bowl games have to do some kind of a tournament to determine an onfield champion. Either that or some kind of fix to the current BCS system so that we don't have to hope that two teams will clearly separate themselves from everybody else so that there won't be any contraversy in who plays in what games. Of course, neither of this is going to happen anytime soon.

Answer 7

The top eight teams according to the AP Poll square off in a elimination format. No. 1 plays No 8 and so on. The only problem I see is the potential injuries in playing more games. The ratings would be great and the money would flow.

If players themselves have a problem with that format, take up badminton then.

Answer 8

I don't agree on the playoffs because of the attrition rate on mid-majors, not supporting a long football schedule and because we would still have controversy and certain teams got left out of the dance like basketball.

I do agree that college sports, like the NFL/NBA/MLB/NHL, are too greedy to give a right answer when it comes to money. It's too serious of business. Good teachers are more valuable than good athletes, yet we can name every sports star and can't name our eighth grade math teachers. The priorities need to change.