Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Week 13 FBS College Football Part 1

This is Steven West with a possible solution to the BCS dilemma.

No not the who should play in this years BCS games, but I am talking about an end to the BCS, period.  Here's the formula:
Number of teams in a playoff (16)
Conference Champions (11)
At-Large Teams (5)

This is how it goes.  First shorten the season by one week, not one game, one week.  Each team in 1-A, no more FBS and FCS, plays 12 games in a 14-week span.  Week 15 will be reserved for Conference Championships, all 11 of them.  If a conference is split into two divisions (MAC, Big 12, ACC, etc.), the two divisions winners will face-off, if there is no division split (Pac-10, Sun Belt, MWC), the top two teams will face-off.  The conference champion automatically gets in.  The remaining five will be selected by an NCAA committee similar to the Men's and Women's Basketball tournaments.  This committee would also determine the pairings.  Other bowl games can still take place.

Only 17 of the Top 25 in the BCS are playing this weekend.  The first comes on Wednesday night when (17) Ball State travels to Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, to take on Central Michigan.  Ball State took a dive in the BCS this week, falling from 14 to 17.  I my opinion, the Cardinals were unfairly treated in the polls, as Ball State got passed by Michigan State and Texas Christian, both of who didn't even play last week.  The Cardinals may use this as motivation come Wednesday night.

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