Miami of Ohio would have made it if they were in a better conference, but they did not. It has been 12 years and not one team outside of the the teams have made it to the BCS.
Secondly, no one remebers the regular season record, just the end results. My playoff is not for the NFL just college football.
The only thing the almanac talks of is champions.
My plan enhances the regular season, because the conference games will determine the ticket. And tough out of conference games will be scheduled , because it will not cost the teams a chance at the playoffs.
Thank you for your thoughts as it helps me gather material and other ideas.
1. I am not giving a middle finger to those conferences, the BCS has already done it. No team from any of those conference that your are talking about have sniffed the BCS as an at large team since 1997. This playoff format is based on college football today.
2. I specifically choose sites that have large college football audiences and static brackets. The schedule needs to be re-worked and I know that. For instance my original thought puts the championship game against the wildcat playoff in the NFL. I see this being a huge challenge for Big 10 teams to travel to Florida and then New Orleans, but regardless the stadiums will be filled with conference sponsors and the general public, because of the large metropolitan markets I located the bowls. Not all Michigan fans live in Ann Arbor. Alumni is spread throughout the country.
3. If you do not have seeding static then it becomes to confusing and subjective. I tried to pair up the strong conference with the weaker conferences in the first round while keeping it as regional as possible. Sometimes teams with 7 losses win the championship in the NFL i.e the Giants in 2008. Does their record diminish the results? Here would be the match-ups back to 2007.
2009
Ohio State vs. Georgia Tech
Alabama vs. Cincinnati
Texas vs. Boise St
Oregon vs. TCU
2008
Penn State vs. Virginia Tech
Florida vs. Cincinnati
Oklahaoma vs. Boise St.
USC vs. Utah
2007
Ohio State vs. Virginia Tech
LSU vs. West Virginia
Oklahoma vs. Hawaii
USC vs. BYU
Only 2 teams were not current BCS teams in 3 years:
2008 Boise St.
2007 BYU
Not one rematch was repeated. The brackets look pretty balance to me.
Keith Elson
If you allow the entrance into the playoff to be decided by the regular season conference championship you would greatly enhance the regular season match-ups. No expansion, make it static. Playoff participants are 8 conference championship teams from the top 8 conferences.
The current BCS system has never allowed the MAC, Conference USA, Sun Belt conferences to sniff the BCS as an at large team. So unfortunately these schools are already not given a fair chance. Mostly because the football they play is second tier to the:
SEC, Big 12, Big 10, Pac-10, ACC, MWC, Big East, and WAC conferences.
On quick side note: 6 teams will leave the WAC and MWC left out and they deserve a shot.
Dear Harvey,
I devolped this format yesterday during my lunch because I was sick of not watching any bowl games. As an avid college football fan I am sick of the debates of who is the champion every other year. It makes my favorite sport a sham. The world is changing all the time to improve itself so please read below on a format for a bowl playoff system. I have included TV programming site loacations that will excite the TV stations. The only people that suffer are the BCS board members because they will really have no purpose.
1st you let the players vote on the format vs. current BCS format. It is really their opinion that counts since the schools are making millions and not paying them. College Football is now the 2nd most popular sport in America. If the playoff format passes then the next question is how many teams. This is really not a difficult answer, it is 8. How are these teams determined. They are the conference champions of the following conferences (no particular order):
BIG 12, SEC, BIG TEN, PAC-10, BIG EAST, ACC, MOUNTAIN WEST, AND THE WAC. No at large teams period! If you want in win your conference!!!!
Now how do you seed these teams, it is so subjective. The beauty is you do not! I will explain letter in my brackets. What about the regular season?? Won’t a playoff diminish the regular. Actually no, in my opinion it enhances it. Each team will play 9 conference games and up to 3 out of conference games. Now these out of conference games have no bearing over you spot in the playoffs. So in essence you could go 9-3 and still make the bracket if you take care of business. Notre Dame and Navy (independents must join a conference). It makes the most sense for Notre Dame to join the Big 10 and Navy to join the Big East (it is in Virginia) and it improves that conference. The conference’s have the digression to determine if they want their representative in the bracket to be determined by overall record and tie breaker or conference championship game.
The bracket’s are static and not dynamic. They have been pre-determined for regional match-ups and to keep the bowl system and parade’s going. So what bowls participate?
West Coast Bracket
Cotton Bowl-Cowboys stadium
Fiesta Bowl-Glendale
Rose Bowl-Pasadena
East Coast Bracket
Gator Bowl-Jacksonville
Orange Bowl-Miami
Sugar-New Orleans
The first round games will commence on the 4th Thursday of December. That Match-up will be:
Big 10 Champion vs. ACC Champion in the Orange Bowl on Fox (Primetime)
4th Saturday in December will be the following match-ups:
SEC Champion vs. Big East Champion in the Gator Bowl on CBS (12 P.M. Eastern)
Big 12 Champion vs. WAC Champion in the Cotton Bowl on ABC (3:30 P.M. Eastern)
Pac-10 Champion vs. Mountain West Champion in the Fiesta Bowl on Fox (Primetime)
The semi-finals will be on the 5th Saturday in December or the 1st Saturday in January and will be the following match-ups:
Big 10/ACC winner vs. SEC/Big East winner in the Sugar Bowl on CBS (3:30 P.M. Eastern)
Big 12/WAC winner vs. Pac-10/MWC winner in the Rose Bowl on ABC (Primetime)
The finals will rotate between the following sites as the do now:
Glendale
Pasadena
Miami
New Orleans
The match-up will be on the 2nd Saturday in January:
Big10/ACC/SEC/Big East winner vs. Big 12/WAC/Pac-10/MWC Champion in a rotating bowl on Fox (Primetime)
Student Athletes- Because the 6 week gap between the conference championship game and the championship and BCS bowl is diminshed there will be less injuries. Most players will have an extended showcase. The participants will be on a stage that will promote them. Since the tournament is during most schools winter break and after finals it is really a perfect timing.
Fans
About 70% of fans want a playoff without a plan. The bowl locations are in wonderful locations that would boost all of the local economies. Fans would embrace a playoff.
Bowls
This plan would not add or detract any current bowls, but it greatly increases the importance of the Gator and Cotton bowls. These bowls were chosen because of regional location, size (all pro stadiums), and local ecomomies. The other bowls would not be less important than they already are and are important to most above average programs.
Regular Season
This format would be great for the conference schedules as this is what determines your ticket to the bowls. For example how much would the BIG 12 north games be highlighted if they could play for a national championship. It also does not penalize late losses. The out of conference schedule can be maintained or increased because schools would not be penalized for out of conference losses. For example Army and Navy, Notre Dame and USC, Tennessee and UCLA go on.
I hope you present this format and I least argue some flaws and let me rebuttal.
Yours Truly,
Keith Elson
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