Title: NCAA's Illegitimate Love Child (AKA BCS)
Category: disappointed
Blog Entry:
Would you get rid of your own kid if it wasn't performing up to the expectations you thought it would? Probably not. So asking the NCAA to do this to their baby would be wrong would it not? Obviously that's a little stretch in comparison but it seems to be the reality of things. The argument is change the BCS, it doesn't work. Put in a new system, anything but the BCS. This is where I stray from that line of thinking.
Let's not make a new system, let's just make the BCS better. Everyone talks about a playoff system. Is that really what you want? Isn't the no playoffs what make college football exciting? In this writers opinion, college football is better than other sports because of the mere fact that it doesn't have the traditional playoff scheme that everything else has. It's unique and that's what makes it the controversial topic of college football.
Let's not scrap it and come up with something new. Let's take this already good foundation and build it upon it. Like the "We don't make the computers you work with, we make the computers you work with faster". I think this approach would be a much better approach to the changing of the BCS.
Let's add another factor into the BCS. Why not let the nation vote on this? Afterall, they're the one's who make college football. They're the major factor in why this sport is so exciting. Without them, NCAA football would be nothing. Take the recent Ole Miss game where there were a little over 27k in attendance. Don't let them vote on any team. Obviously, you would get homers that would vote their team #1 regardless. Make it so you could only vote a team up or down 2 spots from the coaches poll.
Controversy At End Of Season
Any time there would be a controversy at the end of a season, do a round robin where each of the teams in the controversial situation would play each other all once. Team with best record would take the National Championship. If it resulted in a three or two way tie, go to the national vote in conjuction with coaches and AP poll.
National Vote
This would rid the controversial #2 and #3 teams from having a hissy fit. You wouldn't need to make it so it counted as much but if the majority of the nation voted for #3 to be #2, there should be some say. Afterall, it's what the nation wants and would result in more people agreeing with the outcome. You could even restrict voting on your own teams if you wanted to.
Summary
That all being said, there's obviously flaws in the above method (as with any system besides a play off system - even then there would be controversy for the bubble teams) but there are ways to keep the BCS in effect and use it as the foundation but have other things in place for controversial season ending standings. If the BCS works out where it's clear who should be #1 and #2 and play for the title great, but have something there in case it doesn't work that way. Set standards on what would come into effect first and what holds more weight.
So discuss, debate, call me an idiot, do as you wish but let's hear some opinions besides a playoff.
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