And the College Football season begins!!!

[Crothian]

I understand that's what it is supposed to do (and that you love to point it out), but all the discussion will be about the teams that were left out and how they deserver their chance and we should have a playoff system.

Those teams had their chance. They new the system we have at the beginning of the year. Sure, playoffs would be better but we don't have them. But what we do have is better then the old system. Everyone complains about the BCS when the BCS does exacly what it was set up to do. And it was needed.

 

[drothgery]

I'm not at all convinced the BCS/Bowl Alliance/Bowl Coallition is much better than the old system. We still have split championships (1994, 2003), undefeated major-conference teams that don't get a share of the championship (most recently Auburn in 2004), undefeated minor-conference teams not getting a real chance to show they're legit (most recently last year's Utah team), and highly contraversial selections for the big bowl games. And unless Texas, Alabama, and Virginia Tech have a sudden losing streak, the last vestige of tradition in the bowls -- the Big 10 vs. Pac 10 Rose Bowl -- will have happened once in four years.

 

[Dimwhit]

After reading an article at ESPN.com, I'm starting to think that a selection committee might be the way to go, like they have in college hoops. But with more people on the committee

 

[fett527]

After reading an article at ESPN.com, I'm starting to think that a selection committee might be the way to go, like they have in college hoops. But with more people on the committee

I have always liked this method and I have seen no reason it wouldn't work. Set it up in a similar fashion to college BBall. obvioulsy you can't have as many teams, but it could work.

 

[Crothian]

That would be cool to do it like BBall

 

[Dimwhit]

I have always liked this method and I have seen no reason it wouldn't work. Set it up in a similar fashion to college BBall. obvioulsy you can't have as many teams, but it could work.

And it would only have to be for the 4 BCS bowls. The rest of the bowls can be decided through traditional means (never really a ton of controversy with them).

It would solve most, if not all, of the current problems. You could still have the BCS standings to use as a guide, but teams like Auburn last year and (maybe) VT this year would have a fair shot of selection to the title game, if it's deserved.

 

[Crothian]

Until then they need to force these teams to play each other. We need non conferance games that are not push overs.

 

[Dimwhit]

Until then they need to force these teams to play each other. We need non conferance games that are not push overs.

I wish there was a way to enforce that. My first thought was to eliminate games with 1-AA teams, but that's not fair to the 1-AA teams that really gear up for those big matches.

 

[fett527]

Until then they need to force these teams to play each other. We need non conferance games that are not push overs.

Texas is in the spot they're in because of the victory over OSU. OSU is still ranked highly as a 2 loss team because it was a close game. Maybe more programs will realize this and step up. i've said it before, but the Buckeyes have big non-conference,home/home games for the next 8 years or so. Texas, VaTech, Miami and USC.

 

[Dungannon]

Not to mention that the 1-AA team will make more money by going to a 1-A powerhouse than they will on the rest of their schedule combined.