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Don’t expect any major changes for the current BCS system for at least the next six years. ESPN reports that John Swofford, who serves as the BCS Chairman and ACC commissioner, announced today that they will keep the current BCS system of 4 BCS bowl games and one national championship bowl game through the 2014 season.
The announcement wasn’t surprising, as only he and SEC commissioner showed any support for the alternate proposal of a plus-one series, in which the top 4 BCS ranked teams would be matched in two semifinal games and the winners would play in a national title game.
As much as we kick and scream for a BCS playoff system, it will probably won’t happen for a while, and a plus one system is looking like the most probable alternative for at least the next twenty years. That means we can look forward to more BCS Bowl Game whuppings (see George/Hawaii, USC/Illinois, WVU/Oklahoma) while wondering what some of those winning teams might have been able to do against LSU last season, in place of the underachieving Ohio St. Team. Yeah I said it.
I for one, am always going to resent the BCS system for its infamous snub of Cal back in 2004. How a team goes 11-1, with its only loss to the top ranked team AT their stadium, losing only on the last play of the game, and gets shut out of a BCS Bowl game entirely will always be beyond me. I know they’ve tweaked the system now, essentially opening 2 more teams to get in with the addition of the national championship game, but it’s going to be harder and harder to take college football’s post season seriously without any semblance of a playoff. Until then, we can continue to look forward to the GMAC Bowl.
9 comments:
I personally think the BCS is a good idea that makes college football unique and more exciting than any other sport. Unfortunately, it's only "good" and not "great." The BCS could be great without the influence of money. Having conference champions get automatic bids, is in my opinion, the worst part of the BCS and the reason why it's not quite living up to it's potential. Year after year, teams ranked higher in the BCS than a lower ranked conference champion get snubbed for the lower ranked conference champion because the BCS requires that the conference champion play in the BCS. Conferences have each paid large amounts of money to insure that their champions are insured a BCS bowl. This, in my opinion, is the mistake. It causes these "BCS Bowl Game whippings" you're talking about. Back in 2004 when Utah beat Pitt, I think Pitt was ranked like #20 in the nation and had 3 losses. The didn't deserve to be in the BCS. I think the teams that play in the BCS bowls should be the highest ranked teams to fill those slots regardless of whether they are conference champs or whether a conference has like 3 teams that would go to BCS bowls. Of course, that'd never happen because conferences are too afraid of not getting any teams into the BCS bowls, but I think if we want to see the highest quality games played in the BCS bowls, then just take the top ranked 8 or 10 teams in the BCS and stick 'em in the BCS bowls. With this type of system, Cal would have made a BCS bowl in 2004.
"I personally think the BCS is a good idea that makes college football unique and more exciting than any other sport."
Yeah, well your opinion is wrong. How does the BCS make College Football better than March Madness? The BCS Is Worthless. All it did is bring everybody together under one money making organization. It does nothing for the fans or players. If you want to claim that college football is unique (read: confusing and contrived) then say you want us to go back to the traditional Bowl arrangement. Right now, we've got a sh*t sandwich. But at least it's a unique sh*t sandwich, right?
College football is the greatest game in the world, and it would be even greater and more exciting if it had a legitimate ending. Right now, college football is the equivalent of "No Country for Old Men." It starts off badass then you end up thinking, this can't end well and you always end up with a "WTF?" feeling.
" 'I personally think the BCS is a good idea that makes college football unique and more exciting than any other sport.'
Yeah, well your opinion is wrong."
Wow. It's statements like this that keep people from taking the internet seriously. Opinions that state a preference cannot, by definition, be wrong. You can have a different, even opposite, preference, but preferences are incapable of being either right or wrong.
As for the BCS and the Bowl system, I agree that the system is somewhat broken. However, it's also driven by money, which means it's driven by fan attention and viewership. Think something is stupid? Stop paying attention. If enough people do that, the BCS will begin losing money, and they'll have to come up with something that satisfies more people. Bowl games are not played for the sole benefit and amusement of the BCS conference commissioners, so I have some faith that, eventually, market forces will win out on this front.
Geez. "Eric" called Hydrotech a "douche" on his blog. Unnecessary.
I think for the most part that there should be some credit given for being your conference champion. Imagine a playoff system where they took the 8 conference champions, and 8 at-larges (the BCS top-8 remaining teams) and had a 16 team playoff.
You have to throw in the conference champions just for the potential drama in the Cinderella story situations. Imagine if Central Michigan took down OSU last year? Sweet jeebus would that have been sweet.
No Country: Best Movie of the Year, but I still distinctly heard at least two "WTF!?!?"s in the theater when watching it.
Often times, I say "WTFs" when reading HydroTech's opinion. So, maybe "erik"'s views are spot on
Twist, maybe you and Eric can become drinking buddies.
Damn, and I thought you boys were laid back out there in California. That's what they say on the commercials, at least.
To the poster who defined the word "opinion" for me, maybe I need to define the word "joke."
Also, don't get me wrong, I loved "No County." But you gotta admit, the ending wasn't exactly fulfilling.
Keep up the good work, genitalmen.
Damn, and I thought Southern boys were uneducated. That's what they say in the news, at least.
I was waiting for your definition of "joke" too!
Keep up the good work yourself on the blog, and I'll be sure to check it out any time I want to read about Saban and all his hilarious escapades.
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