The BCS has to go!
This season, now more than ever, has shown how terrible this system is. First, look at the Big 12 Championship Game. The South division had a three way tie between Oklahoma, Texas, and Texas Tech. When the BCS came out with its poll that Oklahoma was higher than the team that beat them head to head. That is a major reason why this system flat out is unfair to small non-BCS conferences and now apparantly to teams like Texas. I know it has been said many, many times. But they have to get a playoff system now! How can they honestly sit and determine that Oklahoma, deserves to be in this title game more that a USC, Texas, Texas Tech, Utah, Boise State, Penn State, or maybe even Alabama. The polls are so rich school and big school bias that schools like Utah and Boise State will never get a chance to show how good they really are. Not to bash on Oklahoma but they clearly DID NOT deserve to be in that Big 12 game last night. Sure they have scored alot of points, and put a hurt on some teams but what it really should come down to is who beat who, not who beat who by how much. Scoring over 60 points five games in a row is quite a feat but it also can show a lack of sportsmanship in running up the score when you could be resting your starters so that they don't get hurt.
The Pac-10, yes does not have a conference championship game, but why doesn't USC deserve to be in that Nat'l Title game as much as Oklahoma does. Maybe if they would have run up the score every game they would have gotten more "style points" from the computer polls.
Florida, does in my deserve to be there. They won when they needed to and beat a very good Alabama team in the SEC championship. They won the East division out right and has a shot at the National Title game. They beat number one who was undefeated. Florida is the only team that deserves to be where they are.
Oklahoma, and Ohio State do not deserve to be in the positions they are in. Ohio State most out of any school in the top ten does not deserve a BCS Bowl this season.
The National Title game SHOULD have been between Florida, USC, or Florida Texas. When you beat your rival in mid season, but they end up jumping you in the polls when you are tied, that is the biggest screw up of the BCS this year. This has to be the final season for this madness. This clearly shows how bad this system really is. Now they're going to have four to five schools that had outstanding seasons and deserved just as much of a shot at that title as the teams that will never get that chance. The BCS must change before this season ruins anymore teams seasons down the road. Because of the BCS's circumstances, they probably will not change anytime soon, which is a sad thing.
I'd like to have all of you who comment and read this post to give me what you think your playoff bracket should be if the BCS would have had a playoff system this year. Thanks and GO UTES!!
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Except that you have no ACC team in there. If there ever is to be a playoff, you know that all BCS conference champions will expect to be admitted. It would be a small price to pay to keep the team down south out of the playoff.
by Ute in DC on Dec 7, 2008 6:08 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Just went off BCS Rankings
I just went off the BCS rankings thats why there wasn’t any ACC teams in there. not like any of those schools deserved it this year anyways. VT is a good team but they have four losses. I think yeah they could work out a system with the conference champs. But they would need to start including the Mountain West into the mix to make it fair so that teams from the MWC, like Utah, TCU, BYU, and even Boise State don’t have to have a flawless season to make it in.
by scotmichie5 on Dec 7, 2008 9:51 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
I think the BCS should implement two rules:
1st, have to be conference champion to play in the National Title game. So no Oklahoma in 2003, no discussion of Texas this year or Michigan two years ago. If you’re not the best team in your conference, you can’t be the best team in the country.
2nd, if your champion has 4 losses they are no longer eligible for an automatic bid. Actually, if it were up to me, I’d make it 3 losses (KState in 2003 and Pitt in 2004), but at least a 4-loss blockout would restrict some of the losers.
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by displacedute on Dec 8, 2008 5:02 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Alternative:
All teams that meet one of these criteria would participate:
1) Won all your games
2) Ended above the first gap of 0.06 in the BCS standings
Format:
1 teams: Start over using the second gap of 0.06 in the standings.
2 teams: Use the current system.
3 teams: Use a play in game at a neutral site the first week of bowl season for #2 and #3.
4 teams: Use the host bowl of the #1 team and the current NCG as semi finals.
5-8 teams: Use play in games hosted by the favored teams as needed the first week of bowl season. Arrange the teams by BCS rankings for the BCS games.
Every season since the current BCS formula has been used generated 2-6 teams.
This year this would have included: Utah, Boise State, Oklahoma, Florida and Texas.
Utah an Boise State would have played in Rice Eccles (or maybe in Provo if a 50,000+ stadium size requirement is imposed) for the opportunity to play Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl. Florida and Texas would play in what is now the NCG. The winners of these two games would meet in the title game.
by utesfan100 on Dec 14, 2008 3:02 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

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