The BCS is a farking joke!!!!

[lebomb]

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I know Tressel made a pro-playoff comment recently as well. Hmmmm.

LOL..................Ive said an 8 team playoff for about 5yrs now.

Like I said, its a NO BRAINER

[johngateswhiteley]

Most upper echelon teams are playing a twelve game regular season schedule these days. Play in a conference le game, that's thirteen. A bowl game, fourteen.

At first I thought a four team playoff would suffice, but why not an eight teamer? Or better yet, a 16 team Battle Royale for the national le?

I'd like the powers that be to cut the season to ten scheduled games, plus any conference championship games, then have a sixteen team playoff. At the most, that adds a fifteenth game for the final two teams and a fourteenth for the four semifinalists. Somebody smarter than me can come up with how to get Notre Dame, plus the weaker conferences like the MWC and the WAC involved.

The football version of March Madness would be hotter than the NFL playoffs.

...its tough to say, cause i think 16 teams is too much. nobody outside the top 10, imo, can win the national le usually. but only having 8 is not enough as i think the top 10 should be involved. all i know is if they have a playoff one day it better be more than 4.

[KewlKat00]

but the more teams involved in a playoff, the less each saturday matters... which is, in my opinion, a huge part of college football.

[johngateswhiteley]

but the more teams involved in a playoff, the less each saturday matters... which is, in my opinion, a huge part of college football.

true. but do you think 8 teams is too much?

[samikeyp]

I could live with 8. How would you determine them?

[johngateswhiteley]

I could live with 8. How would you determine the 8?

gotta use some formula like BCS. maybe the BCS playoff series?

[kskonn]

If you really want to see some outcries, have OSU blow out Michigan and then have ND beat USC and end up in the national championship game over michigan. That would really piss some people off.

[kskonn]

yes it would.

Also, I would make ND join a conference. (They are already in the Big East in everything but football) There should be no special rules just to accomodate one school.

There are 4 independent schools not just 1. Personally as a ND fan I would love to see them in a conference, it would give them much more opportunity to go to a BCS game when they don't have a 10-1 season. I know that their other sports teams play in the Big east but I personally would like to see them in the Big 10 . Probably won't happen due to the strength of the Big 10 right now but it would be nice. However if they keep having good seasons they will not join a conference anytime soon They make way to much money(again with the money affecting the right thing to do).

[K-State Spur]

but the more teams involved in a playoff, the less each saturday matters... which is, in my opinion, a huge part of college football.

Sorry, but I don't see it. We all still go nuts for the NFL regular season despite that they have a playoff.

Besides, I'm tired of certain saturdays mattering for some teams (like Florida's loss to Auburn will matter) while other saturdays don't matter (USC's loss to Oregon State may not keep them out of a le).

We've reached the point where there's not one reason for the BCS over a play-off that can hold up against logic and common sense. The only possible explanation for the excuses is that a lot of people are getting payoffs from the bowl committees to prevent it from happening.

[samikeyp]

There are 4 independent schools not just 1. Personally as a ND fan I would love to see them in a conference, it would give them much more opportunity to go to a BCS game when they don't have a 10-1 season. I know that their other sports teams play in the Big east but I personally would like to see them in the Big 10 . Probably won't happen due to the strength of the Big 10 right now but it would be nice. However if they keep having good seasons they will not join a conference anytime soon They make way to much money(again with the money affecting the right thing to do).

You are correct sir and in doing my playoff plan today...they would all be in the Big East. I could also see ND in the Big 11 and Army, Navy, Temple joining the BE.

[johngateswhiteley]

Sorry, but I don't see it. We all still go nuts for the NFL regular season despite that they have a playoff.

Besides, I'm tired of certain saturdays mattering for some teams (like Florida's loss to Auburn will matter) while other saturdays don't matter (USC's loss to Oregon State may not keep them out of a le).

We've reached the point where there's not one reason for the BCS over a play-off that can hold up against logic and common sense. The only possible explanation for the excuses is that a lot of people are getting payoffs from the bowl committees to prevent it from happening.

no:

1. all losses matter, just cause USC is ahead of Florida does not mean their loss did not matter...thats ridiculous

2. if there is a playoff then, yes, the weekends still mean a lot cause you want to get into the top 8 or whatever but they do mean a bit less

...for you cowboys fans, your rough start did not seal your teams fate cause there are playoffs.

[samikeyp]

I agree with JGW...all losses matter, that is why, IMO the regular season would not be diminished.

[KewlKat00]

Sorry, but I don't see it. We all still go nuts for the NFL regular season despite that they have a playoff.

yeah, but not everyone likes the nfl. there is a large group of people that are solely college football fans. sure i would enjoy going to the national championship and i would enjoy even more games that a playoff could provide, but i would also just love to go to the rose bowl. that was always the foundation of our program. i miss that tradition.

Besides, I'm tired of certain saturdays mattering for some teams (like Florida's loss to Auburn will matter) while other saturdays don't matter (USC's loss to Oregon State may not keep them out of a le).

it's not that usc's loss doesn't matter and florida's does, it is the out of conference scheduling that is the difference. usc has arkansas, nebraska, and notre dame. florida has southern miss, ucf, and western carolina all at home, and then fsu (usually good).

I agree with JGW...all losses matter, that is why, IMO the regular season would not be diminished.

i'm not saying that the regular season losses wouldn't matter if there was a playoff, but i think there would be a slightly different feeling. one loss wouldn't be as huge. especially if there is anything more than an 8 team playoff. this week there are 4 teams in the top 16 with 2 losses. that's alot with only 12 games per season, but in the event of a 16 team playoff they would have the opportunity to win a championship.

[K-State Spur]

no:

1. all losses matter, just cause USC is ahead of Florida does not mean their loss did not matter...thats ridiculous

2. if there is a playoff then, yes, the weekends still mean a lot cause you want to get into the top 8 or whatever but they do mean a bit less

...for you cowboys fans, your rough start did not seal your teams fate cause there are playoffs.

1. If USC plays for the national le, tell me how the saturday that they lost to Oregon State matter?

2. They may mean a little less for the teams ranked 1, 2, & 3; but the teams ranked 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 will have games that are significantly more meaningful in October & November. Yeah, a bit of the luster would be taken off of Michigan-tOSU (although fans will always go nuts for a #1 vs. #2 match-up at any time of year), but there would be 3 new games (i.e. LSU - Arkansas) that would have significantly more meaning next week.

I'm a redskin fan and our rough start did seal our fait, but because there is a play-off, their is still a small reason to keep watching on sundays.

[K-State Spur]

yeah, but not everyone likes the nfl. there is a large group of people that are solely college football fans. sure i would enjoy going to the national championship and i would enjoy even more games that a playoff could provide, but i would also just love to go to the rose bowl. that was always the foundation of our program. i miss that tradition.

Well, I'd rather have the NFL's ratings.

[LaMarcus Bryant]

If USC snubs out an SEC school for the championship then we have to look at the bright side.

At least they will be in the position OU was in when OU played USC a few years ago.