BCS takes big step toward college football playoff
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — College football is on the verge of finally having a playoff, its own version of the final four.
For the first time, all the power brokers who run the highest level of the sport are comfortable with the idea of deciding a championship the way it's done in just about every other sport. "Yes, we've agreed to use the P word," Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott said. They want to limit it to four teams. That's for sure. Now they just have to figure out how to pick the teams, where and when to play the games and what to do with the bowls. The new format would go into effect after for the 2014 season. As for the current Bowl Championship Series, it's on life support. Any chance that it survives past the next two seasons? "I hope not," Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive said Thursday. "This is a seismic change for college football," BCS Executive Director Bill Hancock said after the 11 conference commissioners and Notre Dame's athletic director wrapped up three days of meetings at a beachside hotel in south Florida. http://news.yahoo.com/bcs-takes-big-...1996--spt.html |
Holy shit this is great news
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It's about time...good grief. These stupid bowl games even the 'title' game, started losing money. They had to face reality.
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I feel like we just invented the warp drive.
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It sounds great in theory but in reality it will just create new options to bitch about.
How do you pick the 4 teams? Some form of BCS ranking? An unbiased committee like the NCAA basketball tournament? Should it be all wild cards, limited to conference champions, or a combination? Neutral site or home-field playoff games? If neutral, who the hell is going to pay to travel to a semifinal game if their team has a chance to make the natty? I know it's blasphemy, but I don't think the current system is broken. It is simple and we virtually always get the two best teams in the championship game. |
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Could you imagine a team who went 0.500 in conference play having not only the opportunity, but winning a BCS "playoff"? |
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As for the current system, it is broken, people were not buying tickets to the game, and schools were losing money because they were forced to buy tickets...pretty simple. |
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DA and Easy's vaginas are showing.
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http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoot...-reasons-fixes Schools are forced to buy tickets and have been having trouble selling them to their students and wound up eating thousands of tickets. |
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Schools will still have ticket quotas they have to hit. Playoff tickets will likely be more overpriced than ever. |
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But, for the years when that might be true, it's like any other playoff system... people will always argue about the last in/out, so saying people will always argue isn't a good reason to not have a playoff at all. Also, #4 and #5 will usually have less of an argument for being included than #2 and #3. There's no perfect number, but there usually are more than two teams that deserve to play for the NC. I'd personally like to see 8 teams in, but even then you get into 2-loss teams and perhaps that slippery slope. |
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The playoff system doesn't solve overpriced tickets and greedy bowl/semifinal game executives. |
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You'll just now have 2 SEC teams in the Championship game every year. Which I'm ok with. Don't cry when it happens.
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How the **** can anyone with functioning brain cells argue against a play off?
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Updated: June 21, 11:03 AM ET Consensus reached on playoff CHICAGO -- The BCS commissioners and Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick on Wednesday endorsed a seeded four-team playoff model for college football that would begin for the 2014 season. The commissioners' consensus must be approved by the BCS presidential oversight committee, which meets June 26 in Washington, D.C. If approved, the four-team playoff would replace the current BCS system, which has been in place since 1998. Sources told ESPN.com that under the recommended model, four participating teams would be selected by a committee, which would consider certain criteria such as conference championships and strength of schedule. The two national semifinal games would be played within the existing BCS bowl games (Fiesta, Orange, Rose and Sugar) on a rotating basis, with the host sites being predetermined before each season. The national championship game would be offered to the highest bidding city. "We're very unified," Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said. "There are issues that have yet to be finalized. There's always devil in the detail, from the model to the selection process, but clearly we've made a lot of progress." <!-- begin inline 2 --> “ We're very unified. There are issues that have yet to be finalized. There's always devil in the detail, from the model to the selection process, but clearly we've made a lot of progress.<!-- end inline 2 --> Pac 12 commissioner Larry Scott said the recommendation was the product of a lot of negotiating and cooperation among the commissioners. "I'm sure it won't satisfy everyone," Scott said. "Until you have an eight-team or 16-team seeded playoff, there will be folks out there that aren't completely satisfied. We get that. But we're trying to balance other important parties, like the value of the regular season, the bowls, the academic calendar." The BCS commissioners have met five times since the national title game in New Orleans, including a four-hour session Wednesday. SEC commissioner Mike Slive, who likened the process to a marathon, said, "My hope is we've done 26 [miles]. My hope is we have .2 to go." The presidential oversight committee, which includes a representative from each of the FBS conferences and Notre Dame, still is expected to discuss multiple models next week, including a plus-one format proposed by presidents from the Big Ten and Pac 12. "The fact that there will be a full and complete discussion is totally appropriate," Slive said. "Obviously, we have put forth a consensus four-team playoff model, and we wouldn't do that if we didn't feel it was appropriate." <!-- begin inline 3 --> “ Until you have an eight-team or 16-team seeded playoff, there will be folks out there that aren't completely satisfied. We get that. But we're trying to balance other important parties, like the value of the regular season, the bowls, the academic calendar.<!-- end inline 3 --> The presidents' committee could either approve the recommended four-team model or direct the commissioners to work out its remaining details. "I'm sure all of the I's and T's won't be crossed and dotted," Scott said. "The presidents just have to decide whether they want to go in this particular direction that we're coming out with. Every other detail, I feel comfortable can be worked out." ACC commissioner John Swofford said the commissioners have agreed on the principles of how the increased TV revenue will be distributed among the participating conferences. Industry sources have indicated a four-team playoff might be worth as much as $400 million to $500 million annually. "We've agreed to the principles," Swofford said. "It's hard to move past the principles if you don't know what the market value is. Everyone agrees that financially this is going to be good for everyone in the room." http://espn.go.com/espn/print?id=8078786&type=story |
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With a selection committee and not an automatic conference champion berth for teams in garbage conferences who play weak competition, the SEC should remain dominant over the lesser conferences. |
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I've always thought 8 would be perfect, because for the most part it catches all of the 1-loss teams and at worst it would catch one or two 2-loss teams.
I'm happy with 4 though... I would have been happy with any kind of progress. I thought they would just use the BCS rankings to determine the teams... but, I'm sure that was a big part of the agreement. Using a committee is helpful when you have cities bidding on the NC game. |
This morning on DP show they were saying they thought there could have been home games awarded for the semi-finals if the B1G and PAC weren't lobbying so hard for bowl involvement.
I'm pissed. That was what I was asking for all along, the semi-finals be played on campus. |
I think this will turn out to be such a success (money) it won't take long to expand it to 8 teams.
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This immediately doubles my interest in college football from fan to lunatic.
I'm curious to know why DA would add "4 at the most" to his post. How could a playoff be a bad thing in any way shape or form. I'm curious to see how quickly a 3 or 4 seed, who would have otherwise never had a shot at the title, wins a NC. On a side note, I'm really pumped to see how Tennessee's new complex affects their recruiting, and how far that shoots them up the rankings. We're really sick of getting ass whoopings from AL, and FL before that. |
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College football easily becomes the 2nd most popular sport in America with a PO system IMO. |
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Lol...so the four teams get selected by a committee? That's really no different than today.
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Either way, at least the #3 and #4 teams have a shot now. Its a start. |
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I would hope any 1 loss or less conference champ from the B1G, SEC, Pac, and B12 would get first dibs on those spots. Then start looking at Non BCS schools with 0 losses or non conference champs with 1 loss. I don't know what hell to do with Notre Dame.
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Seriously though.....lump them in with everyone else. |
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Automatic placing the Big 4 Conference champs is another though that seems very unlikely. They don't seem to have any sacred cows including the rankings which could be a good thing. |
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Seems like the top 4 ranked should make it each year unless there is some other factor(s) which clearly shows one of the 4 best teams isn't ranked in the top 4. Which is where the committee angle would come in. |
Why not go top 6 teams.......with the top 2 teams getting 1st round byes?
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How is 4 teams worse than 2? The committee will obviously make their decision based on rankings. Sure, they might select an SEC team that's ranked #5 over an undefeated non-BCS team, but the BCS rankings already do that now. I'd rather complain about the 4th team in than the 2nd. |
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Yeah I'm fine with this as long as its no more than four teams. I don't know why ppl are clamoring for tons more teams to get to play for a national champion. If there are ever 16 seeds I'm going to puke. College basketball has completely ruined the post season just so they can appeal to the casual fan....I hope that never happens in college football
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