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Six Thousand Year Old Man
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Ad Rock
Aug 2000
time: 00:24
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I'm not going to beat this to death... because that's already been done.
There'll always be debate. Look at the Raiders and Steelers bleating about being better than the Patriots last year. Playoffs won't end that.
The NCAA doesn't want to have players playing during exams, but apparently you may still get your playoff
Schedules are assembled some time before the season starts. USC probably had a difficult schedule which was made harder when ND overachieved. By contrast, Miami's sked with Florida, FSU, and Tennessee looked tough - but all 3 teams had off seasons. That's not Miami's fault. As I said, you can only beat who you play.
Yes, you COULD make an argument that USC was the best. And if they had beaten WSU and KSU, I'd agree with you. But they didn't, and I don't see ANYTHING like the controversy we had last year, when Nebraska got into the final. Like it or not, the BCS worked this year.
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Tuberski
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ACK!!! PTHBBPPPTTT!!!!
Feb 2002
time: 23:24
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Here is something to consider.
BCS forming committee; playoff could result eventually
By JOSH DUBOW, AP Sports Writer
January 3, 2003
PHOENIX (AP) -- The Bowl Championship Series will form a committee to discuss changes that eventually could lead to a college football playoff.
One president from each of six conferences -- the Atlantic Coast, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10 and Southeastern -- will be picked for the committee this month. They are expected to make a recommendation in 2005.
``There are four options. We can go back to the old system, we can stay where we are, we can tweak it, or we can go to a playoff,'' BCS coordinator Mike Tranghese said Friday. ``We're going to spend some time and talk about all of them.''
The BCS is committed to a second rotation of the championship bowls, which began Friday night with the Fiesta Bowl between No. 1 Miami and No. 2 Ohio State.
The next three title games will be in the Sugar, Orange and Rose bowls before the contract runs out after the 2005 season.
ABC, which has a $525 million, seven-year contract to televise the BCS games, has an exclusive negotiating period in the second half of 2005 to keep the games on the network.
The BCS was formed in 1998 in an effort to match the top two teams in a national title game. The system is not problem-proof and some people would prefer a playoff system.
``My presidents don't want to play football in December during exams and they don't want to play in the second semester,'' said Tranghese, the Big East commissioner. ``They ask if the regular season is healthy and the answer is a resounding 'Yes.' They ask if a playoff would affect that and the answer is 'Yes.' Just look at basketball.''
A more likely solution would be to add one game after the existing bowls to determine the national champion.
``It's not a home run like everyone thinks. A lot of issues have to be resolved,'' Tranghese said.
In three of the first five years, the BCS system worked smoothly, with a consensus over the top two teams.
But in 2000 and 2001, there were disputes over who should play in the title game, and this year the Rose Bowl was upset about not having its traditional matchup between the Big Ten and Pac-10.
In 2000, Miami believed it should have played Oklahoma for the title instead of Florida State. The Hurricanes beat the Seminoles in the regular season.
Last season, Nebraska played Miami for the title even though the Cornhuskers didn't win their conference.
This year, Ohio State went to the Fiesta Bowl, and the Orange Bowl picked Iowa with the first at-large selection, leaving the Rose Bowl with Big 12 champion Oklahoma against Pac-10 champ Washington State.
The Orange Bowl was dubbed ``Rose Bowl East'' for its matchup between Iowa and Southern California.
The Rose Bowl attendance of 86,848 was the lowest since 1944 in the 91,000-seat stadium. Tranghese said changes for the Rose Bowl will be discussed, but only if they don't hurt the other three BCS games.
``I think what transpired this year blind-sided them,'' he said. ``They didn't expect it. It will take some time for them to adjust.''
Tranghese doesn't see any sentiment for returning to the old system that had conference champions locked into bowls and led to three split championships in eight years.
``I think we had a system 10 years ago that was awful,'' Tranghese said. ``Ten years ago, Ohio State wouldn't be playing Miami. The BCS solved that.''
 ACK!
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Guynemer
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quote:
Originally posted by Six Thousand Year Old Man
The NCAA doesn't want to have players playing during exams, but apparently you may still get your playoff |
Funny... it doesn't stop every other division from holding a playoff during December. Places where academics tend to be more important than athletics...
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Guynemer
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AHEM.
"I'm telling ya--
Ohio State will win tomorrow. 24-10."
To borrow (steal) a catchphrase from my esteemed colleague: WU-TANG.
Granted, the score is a little off. Nonetheless, the first of you to acknowledge me as the Grand Poobah Master of College Football will earn himself a position of great power and wealth when I assert my will over the world's population.
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Guynemer
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And, given my location, everyone here should understand that I certainly did not make that pick out of any great love for the Buckeyes. Neither is it out of any bias when I say that the sure-to-be-controversial pass interference call was incorrect only in that it should have been defensive holding.
Everyone, do you realize what this means? Florida, Florida State, and Miami all LOST their bowl games. There is a word for this sort of thing, I just can't place it...
...oh, yes. Heaven.
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Guynemer
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I'd also like to point out that Ohio State won the 1st annual GGNCAACFT. See? My system works! Love me, for I am your king!
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04-01-2003 03:22
Like Conference USA or....the WAC? Just because they are smaller doens't necessarily mean that the conference is junk. I think that if they make a committee, it should have ppl from EACH conference instead of a select few.
what's up? I'm just stopping by.
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