playing out the bcs playoffs

What a terribly disappointing BCS postseason. The Humanitarian Bowl was awesome, as was Penn State's win in the Capital One bowl. But the premiere 5 BCS games fell flat. The best was a 17-10 win for Boise State.

But it didn't have to be like that. Here's what could have happened with an 8-team playoff.

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January 1st, Friday
Sugar: #1 Alabama (SEC) vs #8 Ohio State (Big Ten)

These teams both won, but I don't think there's any doubt that Alabama would roll OSU.

Fiesta: #2 Texas (Big 12) vs #7 Oregon (Pac-10)

This one might be closer than you think, but assuming Colt McCoy was healthy coming into this game, it's most likely going to be Texas.

Orange: #3 Cincinnati (Big East) vs #6 Boise State (At-Large)

A round one face-off of undefeated teams. Based on their bowl performances, you'd think Boise State advances.

Rose: #4 TCU (non-BCS automatic) vs #5 Florida (At-Large)

TCU is a great team, but Florida had the most dominating bowl performance.

January 9th, Saturday
Semifinal #1: Sugar winner vs Rose winner (likely Alabama vs Florida)

After the way Florida showed up for the postseason, who is turning this game down? Who wins? Who knows.

Semifinal #2: Fiesta winner vs Orange winner (likely Texas vs Boise State)

Boise State already proved they can beat Oklahoma and a team from Texas in the Fiesta Bowl, I wouldn't doubt they could win this game. Look at this Final Four. It's got great storylines, a rematch, a non-BCS underdog. (Since Alabama is apparently the undisputed national champion, you could pencil them in. But which undefeated team would they play? For Boise to win the national championship, they would have to knock off 3 undefeated teams (Cincinatti, Texas and Alabama).

January 18th, Monday: BCS Championship

Even if we would end up with Alabama-Texas, it would be great. The system would have worked. All the contenders got a fair shot and you'd end up with #1 vs #2.

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The way this season ended, yes we got #1 vs #2, but two teams finished undefeated, Alabama and Boise State.

Can you really say that Alabama is the clear champion? Because Boise is from the WAC? Their 07 Fiesta Bowl performance (against Adrian Peterson, mind you) showed that they can play with anyone. So let Alabama raise their crown. It's not their fault. But they haven't outlasted everyone.