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Playoff System/BCS

DtJ Jungle

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I know this isn't as serious as a topic as many of the others here, and if it needs to be moved to the Proom, sorry, my fault. I want to know what people's opinions are on the BCS system. We've seen several teams get screwed in the past because of the system, is it actually time to replace it? The Big XII South champion was crowned based on their BCS standings. [for those that don't follow them, Texas beat Oklahoma 45-35 in October, and they have identical conference records. But Oklahoma is going to the Big XII championship because of a three way tie with Texas Tech, who beat Texas, but was beat by Oklahoma.]

I am a diehard OU fan but I think its time to get rid of his system once and for all. Many may argue that there isnt enough time. But if you take the top eight teams, then the whole process takes 3 weeks (8 -> 4 -> 2 -> champion). The whole bowl season takes almost that long. Many conferences don't want the money from bowl games to go away, but why move the location of the games? Those venue's can still be used and teams that win can still be rewarded. Even so, it should be more based around the game, not the money.

thoughts?
 

aeghrur

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The first paragraph was like... high school gossip, lol.
Anyhow, I agree with you. I personally hate the BCS system and think a play off way would be much simpler and easier, but right this year, the BCS should still be kept because of, well, time, lol.
Also, it'd get messy changing everything from one way to the other so quickly. You need time for people to prepare and adjust to the realization of a new system. =/

:093:
 

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I go to TCU and everyone was pretty excited about BCS rankings this year...but I still don't understand why they don't use the rankings to seed a tournament and have play offs that way like the NBA does...
 

DtJ Jungle

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I like the idea of using the system to seed the playoffs. Are you excited because TCU was relatively high in the rankings or because Texas got screwed?

Just as a counterpoint, what about other schools who get screwed because there aren't some of the bigger name bowls such as the Peach Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Capital One Bowl etc. ?
 

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I hate the BCS... mainly because I live in California and I've gone to almost every Cal home game throughout my life. You may consider me biased, but take out the C and the system makes complete sense.
 
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