BCS Bull. A real playoff idea. | lwhite49's Blog

With a little fine tuning, I think we could crown a legitimate, National Champion each year and still provide all the post season bowls with some very good matchups. First, expand Div 1A to 128 teams. Each team would play five conference games and one rivalry game. The conference games would be against those teams in the same conference division, the rivalry game could be any team. After the sixth game, conference divisional standings would be used to determine matchups for the beginning of the "playoffs". Independents would be rated based on performance over the same period. No games the seventh week (TV would just have to suffer). During the off week 64 games would be computer generated based on divisional standings. Top seeds from one conference vs bottom seeds from other conferences (1 vs 6, 2 vs 5, 3 vs 4, etc.). Independents would be scheduled in based on their first 6 games. With 128 teams there would be 64 games resulting in 64 winners and 64 losers. You lose, you're out and move to the loser's bracket. Winners advance. Games for the following week for both the winners bracket and the losers bracket are scheduled and distributed on Sundays. With 64 winners there would be 32 games resulting in 32 winners and 32 losers. Each week half the undefeated teams would be eliminated - 16, 8, 4, 2. The last 2 teams play for the championship. Everyone else is in the losers bracket so some very interesting bowl matchups could be created based on W/L records. Two teams from the same conference could end up in the championship game, but they would have to advance through a schedule that could include teams from every other conference. Teams would have 6 weeks to get ready at the beginning of the year, and, for the second half of the season would have a week between games to prepare for their next opponent. Not a perfect system, but something to think about.

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November 18, 2008 01:00 AM ET

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November 18, 2008 02:19 AM ET

agreed. no words for that... but at least your thinking! Thats too much of change though. It would have to be a system that keeps the regular season and bowls in tact(meaning the same as they are now) but encorporates a playoff somehow. There's a few sports writers who have had great ideas that would make everyone happy, but when your dealing with old rich white guys, good luck on the "it makes everyone happy" arguement...

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November 18, 2008 02:30 AM ET

here's the scenario I came up with...little less complicated than yours and it keeps everything intact. The only draw back is a few teams would have to play a couple extra games, but whats a couple gonna do?

It goes like this: All bowl games, except for the BCS bowls, are played with all FBS(D1) teams that qualify for bowls under original rules. The top six teams after those bowl games qualify for the BCP or the playoff.(You would have to win a bowl game to be considered.)

Top two seeds get a bye to the Rose and Fiesta Bowl. The top seed gets to play in the Rose Bowl. The four remaining will play in the Sugar and Orange bowl. So, you have teams A, B, C, D, E, and F. A and B are the top seeds.

C and F will play in the Sugar. D and E will have it out in the Orange Bowl. The worst seed remaining after that, will play the top seed(team A) in the Rose Bowl. The best seed remaining after the Sugar and Orange will play team B in the Fiesta Bowl.

The winners of the Rose and Fiesta will play in the National Championship Game.

November 18, 2008 02:32 AM ET

you can read the whole blog about my proposal at...

http://www.fannation.com/blogs/post/186519

November 18, 2008 11:07 AM ET

Both lwhite49 and DCforkIN'em need to join my group about wanting a playoff for major college football.

How 'bout 'em

Marietta, GA

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November 19, 2008 01:36 PM ET

You have all lost your minds. I have seen 100 theorys on how to make the system better. Only one of the theorys can possibly be selected. Therefore, 99 theorists would be outraged and complain about the system that was selected. Everyone, take a step back, and look at the current state of the sport. There is no reason to change.