Impressive Texas win is next step in pro-playoff perfect storm
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It’s already easy to criticize the BCS, but it’s even easier when USC looks very impressive in their win against Penn St. and the upstart Utah Utes complete their perfect season by dismantling Alabama. Both USC and Utah have legitimate arguments that they are the best team in the country.
If Texas works over Ohio State, you can add another team to that list. And the more, the better.
While it’s great for fans to see an exciting BCS title game, the perfect storm would be completed if Florida narrowly beats Oklahoma in a boring game. The idea is for neither team to look particularly good, which would only strengthen the position of USC, Utah and, potentially, Texas.
We could look back on the 2008-09 season as the year that the BCS shot itself in the proverbial head.
John…do you think the BCS governance is actually considering a playoff scenario for the future? Not just a +1 game, but an actual tournament? These guys are totally missing the boat. I haven’t looked at bowl ratings but would think an 8-team, 7 bowl championship tournament would draw more than all of the current bowls combined. Not to mention, lend credibility to an organization that could use some.
T-Bone – No, I don’t think the powers-that-be want to consider a playoff, but they are no doubt under plenty of pressure to do so, especially now since President-elect Obama has chimed in with his support of a playoff.
Every fan that supports the idea of a playoff should be rooting for the messiest finish possible to the college football season. The messier the better, because that will continue to put the pressure on the BCS to switch to a playoff system. It isn’t going to happen soon, but it may happen eventually if we continue to have finishes like the one this season.
Here’s a breakdown of my eight-team playoff proposal:
http://www.scoresreport.com/2008/12/08/what-would-a-college-footbal
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