Hey BCS, try this...
by CRIMSONandWHITE on Jan 10, 2012 9:56 AM MST
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I have reached the point where I just don't care about the college football post season anymore. While I like watching the bowl games, when it comes to the selections of the bowl games...as well as who wins what...I just can't take it seriously anymore. I know there have been several propositions about a playoff, but I think this one is fairly unique, and it's probably more realistic than most other playoff ideas.
Here is how it works, it would be a playoff consisting of 16 teams. Now, here is the thing, a part of my formula would use the current BCS rankings exactly the way they are set up today. To be clear, I am not using the BCS rankings as my playoff spots, but I'm using them as an aid. So here is what happens, there are 11 conferences, right? (I'm not including the independents, who would be forced to join a conference if this were to take place). Anyway, you have 16 seats; the first 11 of these seats are claimed by the conference champions. The order of which these first 11 seats are awarded would be determined by the BCS rankings, which are not to change after the regular season, and play absolutely no role in deciding who the national champion is. Also, if any of the conference champions are unranked, then win-loss record would be used as well as any other method necessary for breaking a tie. The other five seats, (12-16), are wild cards...they are the five most highly ranked NON-conference champions in the country.
The process of this playoff is simple; every week, it's highest seat possible versus lowest seat possible, (#1 vs #16, #2 vs #15, etc. Due to the fact that this playoff would be 4 weeks long, and many schedules would be tough, the playoff games would take place on neutral fields. The BCS may choose to make these playoff games the bowl games if they wish to do so. Anyway, what do you think? Comments are welcome.
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I don't get your seeding of at-larges
In this season’s case, why would Alabama get a 12 seed behind the Sun Belt champ at #11? I care less about the SB champ, and more about the fact that the #5 team having to play Alabama has a harder draw than the #6 team that draws the SB conf champ. Makes no sense.
Also, you can’t force Indy’s to join a conference. I’d simply give them a bar to clear, say top 10, and if they’re there they deserve one of the at-large spots.
Also, I don’t like the idea of games at neutral fields. I’d prefer higher seed hosts until the finals, perhaps the semis.
What I’m trying to do is two things. #1, I’m guaranteeing a spot in the playoffs for conference champions. #2, I’m trying to avoid conference bias. If the Sun Belt champ has a slightly easier road then Alabama, I don’t consider that a devastating drawback. If you didn’t win your conference, then you’re probably not the national champion, so my system is a lot harsher on teams that didn’t win their conference.
by CRIMSONandWHITE on Jan 10, 2012 11:22 AM MST up reply actions
Hmmmm...
I guess I don’t understand why you use the BCS rankins to determine 1-11 of conf champs, but not 1-16?
I actually don’t mind the BCS ranking system, but like you, the only true playoff includes all conf champs. If the Sun Belt or WAC champ is made the 16 seed and an SEC team is made 12, I don’t have a problem with that.
by fountainofute on Jan 10, 2012 12:12 PM MST up reply actions
Dan Wetzel has the best Playoff Proposal I've seen
Read death to the BCS. Those guys have it down.
by UnHoly Ram on Jan 10, 2012 11:27 AM MST reply actions 3 recs
this, a million times this ^^^^^
they have everything to the last little detail figured out
by khaostheory117 on Jan 10, 2012 12:22 PM MST up reply actions
Got to agree....
Wetzel’s system made more sense than anything else I have seen. Totally based on THIS season’s merit (as much as possible anyway).
So, it has ZERO chance of every happening. Not enough bowing to ‘Tradition’.
What is best in life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women. Especially BYU. - Conan the Barbarian (ok, maybe he didn't say the BYU part)
I like conference champions getting auto bids...however,
I don’t agree with the seeding. I think you could use the BCS standings to seed the teams and keep them in a bracket, so the seeding is only used initially. Also, it is not feasible to use neutral sites. Fans will not travel week after week, and you would have empty stadiums. Just as the Pac-12 hit a home run by having the championship game be hosted by the top seeded team, a playoff would need the same setup for logistics and a guaranteed crowd. Third, what would happen to the bowls and how would they be used? There are some heavy hitters that need to be kept happy. The Rose is going to have a big say on whatever happens, you need to had a plan in place that all 120 shoals benefit from, the conferences like, Notre Dame likes, and the big time bowls are cool with, and doesn’t have them playing past the middle of January or through exams in December. I have a plan that tries to keep everyone happy that I’ll post later.
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