Question by johndeere2510: college football bcs / playoff idea – what do you think ?
Multi-part question:
1. DO we need a full 8-team playoff (4 games, then 2 games, then one final), or can we put the top 8 teams into the 4 bowls (Rose, Fiesta, etc), THEN do another round of polls & computers to determine who is #1 and #2 – then they play a week later in the Champ. game on Jan 7th ?
2. The “WAC Conference clause” (Boise state last year, Hawaii this year…) Does any undefeated team, regardless of schedule strength, automatically deserve a spot in a playoff system?
3. Are the conferences “mini-playoffs” throughout the year, meaning that we SHOULD only allow Conference Champions into the playoff system and/or BCS title game ?
4. Are all the “upsets” because the real culprit is the pre-season and early season polls are making predictions (Michigan, USC this year etc) based NOT on actual performance, but on pure speculation ? (the BCS at least waits until SOME games have been played to release the first ratings)
Gotta love the topic…. Thanks
Best answer:
Answer by Joseph R
question number 1 i fully agree with your statement.
question number 2 no if for example say a team from the mid american conference goes undefeated i do not thibk that they should have a title shot. some conferences are just to powerfull.
question number 3 no!
question number 4 i agree.
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That works pretty good. But all confrences have to have a Confrence championship game. It’s not fair the teams like mizzou had to play a confrence championship game. And confrences like the Big 10, the pac 10, and the Big east don’t have one.
Yahoo sports, The Wetzel Plan. I think this is the perfect plan
1) No. To be TRULY fair, we need a 16 team playoff with all the conference champions (all D-1 conferences) getting an automatic birth in the playoffs and 4-5 at large bids possibly using the BCS system to determine that.
2) Yes. If you have an undefeated season you should at least be given a shot at the national championship. No matter what conference you are in…that’s still an amazing feat and look how well Boise State played last year. They beat a very good Oklahoma team.
3) No. Definitely not.
4) Yes, 100% agree. It’s based on past years and how they THINK new recruits or new starters are going to perform this year. Very bad.