If the BCS did such a good job, I wouldn't be complaining.David wrote:The idea of a 64 team playoff in college football is absolutely insane. The idea of a smaller playoff system "using the present bowl games" will not work. With that being said, there is a choice to be made playoffs or bowl games. The bowl games are not going to roll over and leave anytime soon.
One of the things that make the present bowl season so great is the period between the final games and the bowl itself. The extra three or four weeks gives teams a chance to rest and heal. Coaching staffs are allotted more time to scout and devise a game plan. In theory we should be seeing the best game both teams in any given bowl have in them for the season. With a playoff system teams will be so worn down at the end of it all that the games won't be played at the level we are used to seeing.
The only problems with the BCS system of determining the NC (not the BCS bowls in whole) is making certain we have #1 and #2 playing in the NC game, or the possiblity of having a #3 that is as good as #1 and/or #2.
The BCS should be concerned with those two problems rather than trying to include the Week Sisters of the Poor in their non-championship bowls.
How do you propose they 'secure' #1 vs. #2? Just wondering.
They weren't able to do it in 2003.
Eric, you are flat out wrong, LSU did share the national title with USC.
Ask anybody.
Now, as far as putting together competitive games, I think the BCS has done a pretty decent job, including 2003, as I mostly thought the Sugar Bowl was a very competitive arrangement.
But no, it wasn't a legitimate national championship game.
That's been an ongoing problem for the BCS, this year's pairing being one of the 'few' exceptons.
Don't even bring up 2004, that one was probably the worst example of the BCS getting it 'wrong'. USC & Oklahoma? I think Oklahoma showed in 2003 that they don't always play to win.
Nevertheless it's possible, likely even, USC was the best team that year.
That being said, I'm not going to give plaudits to the BCS, for getting it 'right' every other year.