Monday, December 3, 2007

BCS needs to be ammended or eliminated

Missouri beats Illinois in St. Louis. Missouri beats Kansas in Kansas City (with a 60/40 fan split in favor of KU). Missouri is ranked higher in BCS than the Jayhawks and Illini. Kansas goes to Orange Bowl. Illinois goes to Rose Bowl. Missouri? The Tigers get the Cotton Bowl. This doesn't make sense at all. Let the only BCS bowl be the championship game if this kind of result happens. BCS is only here for a 1/2 matchup. That's why it was instituted. To have rules governing four other bowls is silly. It only makes for unnecessary controversy. Or college football could go to a playoff system. Each BCS conference gets one team in the bracket. Top two ranked teams get a bye. Fight for the championship. If you can't win your conference, you don't deserve a shot at the National Title. But ALL conference champs should get a shot. The only hitch in this argument is what to do with a Hawai'i or Boise State. Possibly then, any non-BCS conference champion that is ranked higher than the lowest of BCS conference champions gets into the playoff. If this causes the bracket to be uneven, one at-large bid will be given to the highest ranked team not currently in the playoff. Wow, that sounds WAY more fair than the current BCS system.

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