College football playoffs?
For those of you who favor a playoff in football, does this tounament cause some pause for you? The big reason I always hear when people are arguing for a playoff in football is that it provides a "true champion". With one game left the elite eight there is a good chance that no team in the top 10 will even make the final four. No one can argue that any of the remaining 5 teams have been the best team in college basketball this season. I don't care for the bcs but I would like to see the old bowl system (pre-bcs) restored. The bowls allow for the whole season to count. The unintended consequences of a playoff are a bigger risk than most will let on.
It's a lot easier to justify a lower-seeded team being left out than #3 in the country with a same record as #1 and #2. Ultimately all the whining over whether VCU deserved the NCAA tourney or not in bb is moot, because we're talking about #68 here! But it highlights a point...no matter what, somebody's going to bitch about it not being good enough.
However, I think football can still do better. Much better. Four teams is substantially better than just two. Is it enough? Probably not. But its exponentially better than two. Some years some deserving teams will still be left out for sure...and that cannot be avoided...but it's not a reason to suggest what we have in college right now is "working good enough". Because it's not.
March 28th, 2011 at 11:41 AM ^
Aren't the AP and USA today polls, which are voted, a big factor in who gets to play in the BCS title game?
March 28th, 2011 at 11:41 AM ^
Aren't the AP and USA today polls, which are voted, a big factor in who gets to play in the BCS title game?