A Solution to NCAA BCS Mess

[cyclone22]

I made this while I was watching the BORING AZZ Bama/Lsu game, and thought this method looks A LOT better than what I was forced to watch.

My thoughts is:
1.) Each of the 8 top ranked conference champs into an 8 team playoff.
2.) All other good teams that did not win conference (bama, stanford etc.) play in the money bowls (yes I know they wouldn't be as prestigious, but still great match-ups).
3.) This method the only fair and LESS-BIASED way to crown a National Champ. No more ESPN talking heads debating and promoting. No more EYE TESTS. You win your conference, your in the tourney.
4.) SEC fans would hate this, but why wouldnt they want to see their best team compete against the rest of the country's best teams.
5.) Would make conference championship games even more exciting, and make weekly games more meaningful.


Let me know what you think. Thanks.

 

[everyyard]

But how does Notre Dame get a national title? That is part of the whole problem right?

 

[dualthreat]

i want iowa state in the lou holtz bowl

 

[DesertClone1]

LOL at the Lou Holtz bowl.

 

[cyclone22]

But how does Notre Dame get a national title? That is part of the whole problem right?

They'd be forced to join the Big East where the rest of their athletics already are. And there would have to be a rule each conference must have 12-14 teams or something. But they get the auto-bid to the Lou Holtz bowl just incase.

 

[yler4cy]

Love the Lou Holtz Bowlth

 

[JUKEBOX]

Left side of the bracket is pretty easy for the SEC to win.
Conference USA, Big 10, and ACC.

 

[EZpickins]

Expand to 12 teams. Give top 4 seeds bye's and include 4 at-large bids. This includes the good teams that might not have won their respective conference (i.e. Bama, Stanford, KSU, etc.)

Mad props to the Lou Holthz Bowl! Hilarious!

 

[HFCS]

BCS ratings would still be great for seeding the top 8 champs and selecting the top 8 champs.

Computer component should be 1/2 instead of 1/3 though.

 

[JUKEBOX]

Expand to 12 teams. Give top 4 seeds bye's and include 4 at-large bids. This includes the good teams that might not have won their respective conference (i.e. Bama, Stanford, KSU, etc.)

Mad props to the Lou Holthz Bowl! Hilarious!

I'm against at-large bids. If you didn't win your conference, you don't deserve to go.

 

[Hugs4ISU]

Will NOT happen. The teams in the championship game would end up playing a 16-game season! Football is a bad enough sport from an injury perspective, and people want to make it as long as an NFL season for some teams? Forget it.

The +1 thing is getting all the support now, and likely will happen. It is a GREAT compromise. The players playing in the championship game only have to play one more game than most other blow-playing teams.

 

[HoopsTournament]

Will NOT happen. The teams in the championship game would end up playing a 16-game season! Football is a bad enough sport from an injury perspective, and people want to make it as long as an NFL season for some teams? Forget it.

The +1 thing is getting all the support now, and likely will happen. It is a GREAT compromise. The players playing in the championship game only have to play one more game than most other blow-playing teams.

15 games. - only one more than plus one and the same that the d-2 champ usually plays.

 

[jgfeilmeier]

But how does Notre Dame get a national title? That is part of the whole problem right?

easy join a cofrence

 

[ess108]

This eight team playoff has TCU and Southern Miss in? I don't think conference USA or the Mountain West should get an automatic bid. Have the top 2 seeds get a bye and the remaining four teams play each other.

 

[ajk4st8]

All these senarios that reward the same top 20 teams every year financially... really hurts ISU.

 

[DeereClone]

Since it seems very likely tbe bowl system will be around for a long time, I would like to see them use the current BCS system to get ratings of the teams, then just go straight down the list for bowl match ups. The National Championship is 1V2, then after that, whoever ponies up the most money for a payout gets 3V4, then 5V6, and on down the road. Stop messing with teams jumping each other, conference tie ins, and the political side of things.

This would get some great bowl matchups all across the board.

 

[CyAndrew23]

Just wondering why C-USA gets a bid but not the WAC, MAC, and Sun Belt.
The competition is about the same.

Although I like the concept, you need to have at-large bids in the system.
Do you also support no wild cards in the NFL?
What about in March Madness?
Just because you lose a game or two doesn't mean you shouldn't get a shot.

 

[CyFever]

My thoughts is:
1.) Each of the 8 top ranked conference champs into an 8 team playoff.
2.) All other good teams that did not win conference (bama, stanford etc.) play in the money bowls (yes I know they wouldn't be as prestigious, but still great match-ups).
3.) This method the only fair and LESS-BIASED way to crown a National Champ. No more ESPN talking heads debating and promoting. No more EYE TESTS. You win your conference, your in the tourney.
4.) SEC fans would hate this, but why wouldnt they want to see their best team compete against the rest of the country's best teams.
5.) Would make conference championship games even more exciting, and make weekly games more meaningful.

For the past few years I have been in favor of a very similar setup. The key aspect is that you have to win your conference first before you can win the national championship.

Instead of top 8 ranked conference champs, I would say the 6 BCS conference champs and 2 at-large conference champs. Really amounts to the same thing though.

If each conference has a championship game, this is essentially a 16 team tournament.

Every team in a BSC conference has a shot at the title and are completely in control of their own destiny. The other teams have maybe a 1/3 chance at completely controlling their own destiny, but it's a far better chance than they have right now, which is basically zero.

 

[cyclone22]

Will NOT happen. The teams in the championship game would end up playing a 16-game season! Football is a bad enough sport from an injury perspective, and people want to make it as long as an NFL season for some teams? Forget it.

The +1 thing is getting all the support now, and likely will happen. It is a GREAT compromise. The players playing in the championship game only have to play one more game than most other blow-playing teams.

Yea obv it would never happen cuz the BCS is making $ the way it is. But if it did, all you would have to do is cut one or two non-conference games out of your schedule (like the games against cupcakes), and with the date spread out. I dont see this as a huge issue.

 

[cyclone22]

Just wondering why C-USA gets a bid but not the WAC, MAC, and Sun Belt.
The competition is about the same.

Although I like the concept, you need to have at-large bids in the system.
Do you also support no wild cards in the NFL?
What about in March Madness?
Just because you lose a game or two doesn't mean you shouldn't get a shot.

1. CUSA beats the other three because their champion is ranked higher in the BCS than the other 3 champions.

2. As for losing a game or two, unless it is some kind of LSU/Bama situation, most conference champions have at least one or two losses.

3. NFL is different than college, because playoffs are based on results not BIAS'ed rankings. And March Madness is Basketball, where there is a lot more parody (cough cough Butler, cough cough).