Am I the only one who likes the BCS?

[Shogun]

Just wondering.

 

[ajcardfan]

Let's put it this way. If the NFL was decided by a system like the BCS, we'd be watching the Giants and Titans today and people would be trying to convince themselves we have a "true champion".


The BCS sucks. And, worst of all, it's unamerican!

 

[Skkorpion]

Seems the right team ends up being the National champion every year.

 

[MaoTosiFanClub]

Don't like it but I've come to accept it. The bowl games provide too much money to local economies for the current system to be scrapped. From a local standpoint, how much would the City of Tempe and ASU like it if the Insight Bowl and the 60k fans that migrate to Mill and the stadium every December simply went away? And that's without mentioning how much it would affect the Fiesta Bowl, which would only host an large contingency of fans every other year at most.

 

[HooverDam]

Don't like it but I've come to accept it. The bowl games provide too much money to local economies for the current system to be scrapped. From a local standpoint, how much would the City of Tempe and ASU like it if the Insight Bowl and the 60k fans that migrate to Mill and the stadium every December simply went away? And that's without mentioning how much it would affect the Fiesta Bowl, which would only host an large contingency of fans every other year at most.

I don't think Ive seen any College playoff format that would do either of the things you're proposing here.

I imagine if say an 8 team college playoff happened, each game would be hosted on the sites of the current BCS bowls. There would still be many teams that didn't make that top 8 and for those teams, the current bowls would remain in place and be sort of like the NIT, a reward for good teams that weren't quite good enough for that top tier.

 

[coyoteshockeyfan]

I like it better than what preceded it (letting sportswriters vote on the national champion), but the system is still poor compared to even just a four team playoff. Pretty simple, have two of your BCS bowls become the semifinal games (switching off with the other two every year), then your BCS championship game a week or two later with the winners. All of the other bowls stay the same, and everybody wins.

 

[MaoTosiFanClub]

I don't think Ive seen any College playoff format that would do either of the things you're proposing here.

That's because you are not seeing the big picture. A college playoff kills the bowl system and many local economies will assuredly be hurt especially that of Arizona.

I imagine if say an 8 team college playoff happened, each game would be hosted on the sites of the current BCS bowls.

Yeah, and almost nobody would travel to the first (and perhaps second) round games except the big-wigs just like only a few travel to the first weekend or the regionals of the basketball NCAA Tournament. 99.9% of fans can't follow their teams for three straight weeks to three different faraway locations. Not to mention,the current bowl game system is around the holidays which allows people to travel for several days at a time pumping money into the local economies. In your system people would be in and out of the host city within 48 hours hurting restaurants and hotels in places like Phoenix, LA, Miami, and New Orleans.

There would still be many teams that didn't make that top 8 and for those teams, the current bowls would remain in place and be sort of like the NIT, a reward for good teams that weren't quite good enough for that top tier.

And have you seen the attendance of NIT games played on neutral courts? Hell, even on home courts in the NIT? The reality is nobody would go to any lesser bowl games anymore and they would go away. Explain that to all those bowl committees and cities that need that money.

 

[HooverDam]

That's because you are not seeing the big picture. A college playoff kills the bowl system and many local economies will assuredly be hurt especially that of Arizona.

There's no evidence of this except you asserting it.

Yeah, and almost nobody would travel to the first (and perhaps second) round games except the big-wigs just like only a few travel to the first weekend or the regionals of the basketball NCAA Tournament. 99.9% of fans can't follow their teams for three straight weeks to three different faraway locations. Not to mention,the current bowl game system is around the holidays which allows people to travel for several days at a time pumping money into the local economies. In your system people would be in and out of the host city within 48 hours hurting restaurants and hotels in places like Phoenix, LA, Miami, and New Orleans.

Maybe 1st round games could be home games for the higher ranked teams first off. Second off I highly doubt attendance and travel would be a big issue, there'd always be corporate types filling stadiums at the very least.

And have you seen the attendance of NIT games played on neutral courts? Hell, even on home courts in the NIT? The reality is nobody would go to any lesser bowl games anymore and they would go away. Explain that to all those bowl committees and cities that need that money.

You do realize that the NIT is playing for 66th place right? Thats slightly different than top 25 teams going at it in a bowl. By your logic the lower tier bowls ought to be dead right now since the fans of those schools know they have no shot to be in the title game, and some know they dont even have much of a shot at the top 25.

 

[Southpaw]

I like it better than what was in pace before the BCS. College football is all about making money and a lot of it. The BCS makes huge $$$$$ for the NCAA and its members. It ain't going away. Watch out for the +1 game. That would make even more money for them.

 

[boisesuns]

I like it because it gives Boise a chance to get into a bigger bowl, but it still seems like they still have to compete against the "Names" of the bigger schools. (Like this years vs. Ohio State, even though Boise had a higher ranking in the BCS)

It seems like the championship game gets it right most of the time. There is some debates every year, but there will always be that even if there is a playoff.

It also seems like teams that take care of their business on the field, get rewarded. The fact that Utah went undefeated this year is a good thing for Non Bcs schools, because they have to be at least included in the conversation.

 

[Skkorpion]

I like it because it gives Boise a chance to get into a bigger bowl, but it still seems like they still have to compete against the "Names" of the bigger schools. (Like this years vs. Ohio State, even though Boise had a higher ranking in the BCS)

It seems like the championship game gets it right most of the time. There is some debates every year, but there will always be that even if there is a playoff.

It also seems like teams that take care of their business on the field, get rewarded. The fact that Utah went undefeated this year is a good thing for Non Bcs schools, because they have to be at least included in the conversation.

I concur. Utah, Boise St. and Hawaii (last year) would never get a sniff at a major bowl without the BCS.

 

[boisesuns]

I concur. Utah, Boise St. and Hawaii (last year) would never get a sniff at a major bowl without the BCS.

The next step is breaking into the national title conversation. A lot has to happen before that ever works out. For Utah and Boise State they need to keep winning and going to BCS games and win those. Eventually with the right combination of a strong schedule (Pretty difficult in their conferences) they may get some consideration. Utah finishing as the only undefeated last year and Bose a few years prior, only helps the cause.

Still, if there is more than one undefeated BCS team, forget about it.

I think it could happen if say Utah goes undefeated again this year, and there is one BCS team with no losses and the rest have 2.