BCS Mess

College Football, Major Sports

Posted by josh_weisman, October 30, 2008 - 9:25 am

BCS Mess?

It’s that time of year again…to talk about how the BCS is terrible for college football and the annual argument for a playoff begins.  The season is in its final month and a half and shaping up to be surrounded by a world of controversy.

The BCS is hoping for one of the remaining unbeatens to lose and pray that two teams stay undefeated so that nothing happens.  Not likely.  Of the remaining unbeatens, Penn State has the best chance of going undefeated.  Their remaining games are Iowa, Indiana and Michigan State.  Alabama perhaps has the toughest schedule playing at LSU, Mississippi State and then the SEC championship game.  Texas has two tough games remaining…and epic showdown with Texas Tech in Lubbock and then the Big 12 championship game, most likely against Missouri.

So what happens if Penn State is the only undefeated team left after championship weekend? Chaos my friends; chaos.  Let’s look at the possible one loss teams that are vying for the national title:  USC, Georgia, Florida, OSU, Oklahoma, Texas Tech, Texas, Alabama.  How the hell would the BCS determine which team would play undefeated Penn State? Ya…I don’t know either.  So let’s say Alabama loses to either Florida or Georgia in the SEC championship game and Texas loses to either Texas Tech next weekend or Missouri in the Big 12 championship game.  Does that mean the SEC winner deserves to go over the Big 12 winner or vice versa? What about USC.  They will win the Pac-10 for another year, do they deserve some love?  There is one answer to this problem….PLAYOFFS? PLAYOFFS? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? PLAYOFFS?

Ahh…the wonderful rant from Jim Mora. I couldn’t have said it better. It’s about damn time Jim.  College football is the best regular season in the sports world because every game means so much.  The so called “experts” argue that a playoff would diminish the regular season.  Well…do the NFL playoffs ruin the regular season? Not at all.  The playoff system would also give some of the smaller conference teams a chance to play with the big boys.  Utah, Boise State and TCU if they all win out would have to get some consideration to play.  So how would it work…14 teams, 3 weeks and one true national champion determined on the field.  We can use the BCS standings to determine the top 14 teams and then play based on rankings like the NCAA tournaments with two #1 seeds.  So: here is what the playoffs would look like after championship weekend:

 The final four games might be the most watched games in the history of college football.  These would be epic match ups that we have never seen before.  Now…we can argue who makes it into the top 14 but once in…this would be the most exciting playoffs in history!

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