This is what it would look like if the playoff seeds are strictly based on BCS Standings. I contemplated giving the at large teams #7 and #8, but that wouldn't work. Winning your conference gets you in the playoffs, but no guarantees of seeding.
Sat, Dec. 23rd
Cotton Bowl
(#4 Florida vs #5 LSU)
Gator Bowl
(#3 Michigan vs #6 Louisville)
Fiesta Bowl
(#2 USC vs #7 Oklahoma)
Orange Bowl
(#1 Ohio State vs #8 Georgia Tech)
New Year's Day (this year Mon, Jan 1st)
Rose Bowl
(#1 Ohio State vs #4 Florida)
Sugar Bowl
(#2 USC vs #3 Michigan)
About One Week After New Year's Day (this year Mon, Jan 8th)
National Championship Game
(#1 Ohio State vs ?????)
Under this plan, Ohio State gets rewarded for beating UM, by getting GT in the first round. And would you look at that final four, Florida has a shot at the title game, and we would actually get a fair answer as to who should play OSU for all the marbles. If you can't see that this is an improvement over this, then I don't know what more I can say.
where's boise state?
ReplyDeletewhat about wisconsin?
what about the "toilet bowl" between the two worst teams? i'd watch it. maybe have the worst team play the I-AA or Division II champion? who knows?
The rest of the teams would still get invited to the existing lineup of bowls.
ReplyDeleteAs for Boise State and Wisconsin, since they didn't win a BCS conference, they would be looking for an at-large playoff seed.
The top 2 at-large berths according to the BCS are Michigan and LSU, currently.
They didn't get enough love from the polls or the computers to be ahead of them, and quite frankly, although I like both teams, they don't deserve to be in the national title picture.
i've got an idea for the national championship game. memorial stadium in champaign could host it every year. it's not like it'll be a home field advantage because the illini will never make it and it's right in the middle of the country. screw warm weather, this is football.
ReplyDeletealso, i'm waiting for the earl to respond to my "toilet bowl" idea.