An article in the LA Times sheds some light on the BCS’ short-term postseason plans.
Despite continued resistance from two conferences and a major bowl, incoming Bowl Championship Series coordinator John Swofford says college football leaders will continue to explore a modified playoff.
“I think the subject deserves that,” Swofford, commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference, said Monday at a Football Writers Assn. of America meeting.
Really? You “think” that 90%+ of college football fans might be right about a playoff being the best thing for the sport?
College football officials have ruled out an expanded “NFL-style” playoff.
Great.
Four conferences — ACC, Big East, Southeastern and Big 12 — are interested in pursuing a Plus One model that would add an additional game to the current five-game BCS arrangement.
The Pacific 10 and Big Ten Conferences, and the Rose Bowl, are opposed to Plus One.
Get with the program, Pac-10 and Big Ten. What is this “Plus One” that you speak of?
Plus One would potentially seed the top four teams in the final BCS standings. No. 1 would play No. 4 and No. 2 would play No. 3 in two of the major BCS bowls, and the winners would then play for the BCS title.
Wait, isn’t that just a four-team playoff? Why are we calling this “Plus One”?
Swofford admitted Plus One would not solve the controversies that have often plagued the BCS since its inception in 1998.
If Plus One was used this year, Georgia and USC, two of the hottest teams in the country, would not have made the cut. Georgia finished No. 5 in the BCS standings; USC was No. 7.
Right, and an “NFL-style,” six-, eight- or even sixteen-team playoff would solve those controversies.
ARGH!
