BCS No More: College Football Needs Playoffs | Michael Shull's College & Pro Sports Blog

Here's an excerpt from an article I wrote for College Sports Fans on the need in college football for a playoff system.

For years there has been a need for a playoff system in Division I-A (Football Bowl Subdivision) football. The creation of the BCS in 1999 was supposed to cure this ill, but it has only compounded the problem. An undefeated Auburn was shunned in 2004, Boise State’s undefeated 2006 season which included a win over heavily-favored Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl was not worthy of a chance at a National Championship and this season will see at least one one-loss team in the BCS Championship with other qualified one-loss conference champions on the outside looking in.
In the past few months the idea of a college football playoff has a renewed fire. When interviewed the night before his election win over John McCain, President-elect Barack Obama said that an 8-team playoff was a must. A few short weeks later, Obama told 60 Minutes that he would “throw his weight around” to see what he can do to get an 8-team college football playoff started. While I love Obama’s enthusiasm on the topic there is a lot more that needs to be ironed out.
Below you will find my plan for a 16-team college football playoff. I am certain that many will disagree with me on this topic and I expect it. If you have a better plan email it to me and we’ll add it in our alternate plans & comments section.
Before getting into the details, the regular season needs to be cut back to 11 games for every team. Since Conference Championship Games are basically a must in today’s game, we need to require every conference to have a Championship Game. Also, no more 13th game of the season @ Hawaii to end the regular season for BCS Conference teams. Last season it was Washington, this year Cincinnati travels to face the Warriors despite having 12 games under their belts already and just a week ago Washington State fell to 2-11 with a loss @ Hawaii.

Want to read the rest? Trust me, it is worth it. Like my ideas or not, this is a heck of a lot better than the BS that is the BCS! Check out my entire college football playoff debate article today and let me know what you think!