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BCS Playoffs Now Forum » Forum: Top 8 from BCS Rankings - Recent Posts http://www.bcsplayoffsnow.com/forum/top-8-from-bcs-rankings Just another bbPress community en-US Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:27:55 +0000 usmc_0203 on "Dear BCS" http://www.bcsplayoffsnow.com/topic/dear-bcs#post-8 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:15:00 +0000 usmc_0203 8@http://www.bcsplayoffsnow.com/ Dear BCS, As your infamous Bowl Championship Series was created in 1998 to address the problems of the past in crowning a collegiate football champion, let us continue to evolve using common sense to find an even better solution. As I'm sure you will admit, the BCS is far from an ideal solution and can surely be improved upon with little change to our beloved status quo. From the 2000 season when a 10-1 Florida State team was ranked ahead of a 10-1 Miami team that had not lost since the first game of the season and beat FSU in a head to head matchup, to 2009, when five undefeated teams remained with only two getting the opportunity to play for a national championship, there has been no shortage of BCS controversy. Let me propose a solution: The BCS Playoff (8 teams) Let me show you how this would work, and how much excitement it would bring to the greatest sport on the planet, college football, as well as the windfall of money it would produce for schools, conferences and cities around the country. Let's take this past season as an example: Final BCS Rankings (end of regular season) 1 - Alabama 2 - Texas 3 - Cincinnati 4 - TCU 5 - Florida 6 - Boise St 7 - Oregon 8 - Ohio State 9 - Georgia Tech Georgia Tech was the ACC champion, but did not make the top 8 of the BCS rankings. The eight playoff teams could either be made up of the champions of the six BCS conferences plus two at large bids (this would result in Georgia Tech being in and Boise State being out), or it could just be the top eight teams regardless of conference. I think the latter is the better solution, especially given the example above where I don't think many would argue that Georgia Tech deserves a spot over an undefeated Boise St that has proven itself in the BCS in the past. But I am sure the ACC would have a major problem with not having a spot in the playoff and that could cause problems. You could also make it the six BCS conference champions plus two at large non-BCS conference teams. That would have put Boise St in and knock Florida out (Sorry Gators, next time win your conference championship game). In reality, the Big East has no business being a BCS conference anyway, but I'm trying to stick as close to the current system as possible and would not have made a difference this year anyway, so we'll leave that alone. For our example of how this playoff would look, let's go with the top ranked eight teams regardless of conference (sorry Georgia Tech, you've got to sit this one out). The regular season ended 05Dec09. The two weeks later the playoffs begin: Fiesta Bowl - Glendale, AZ (Fri 18Dec09, 8pm ET) 2 Texas vs 7 Oregon Capital One Bowl - Orlando, FL (Sat 19Dec09, 1pm ET) 3 Cincinnati vs 6 Boise St Cotton Bowl - Dallas, TX (Sat 19Dec09, 4pm ET) 4 TCU vs 5 Florida Orange Bowl - Miami Gardens, FL (Sat 19Dec09, 8pm ET) 1 Alabama vs 8 Ohio St Are you salivating looking at these matchups? because I sure am. Just imagine the excitement and enormous TV audiences that would go with a weekend of football like this. Fans would of course make the flight or drive, and football fans who are not fans of either Texas or Oregon, for example, would still tune in and watch the game because the result actually matters. Playoff Week 2: Sugar Bowl - New Orleans, LA (Sat 01Jan10, 4pm ET) Winner of Alabama/Ohio St vs Winner of TCU/Florida Rose Bowl - Pasadena, CA (Sat 01Jan10, 8pm ET) Winner of Texas/Oregon vs Winner of Cinci/BSU Playoff Week 3: BCS National Championship - Pasadena, CA (Mon 11Jan10, 8pm ET) Sugar Bowl Winner vs Rose Bowl Winner And there you have it, a bonafide, undisputed, national champion. What a beautiful concept. Of course the location of the BCS Championship would continue to rotate between Glendale, Pasadena, New Orleans, and Miami Gardens, and the Fiesta, Sugar, Orange, and Rose would rotate being a first or second round playoff venue.