Now a week away from the conference championships, the BCS has pushed the Oklahoma Sooners ahead of the Texas Longhorns for the second spot on the list. Alabama still sits at number one, playing number four Florida for the SEC Championship on Saturday. These four teams could switch at any point, with any outcome making a slew of people angry.
The NCAA is scared to have a playoff system because then you take out the sponsors of every bowl. However, that's greedy and stupid. You can still have sponsors. Have the top eight teams go to a playoff. That's four first round games, two second rounds, and a final. That's seven games that can have sponsors. The top payer gets to sponsor the championship.
No one cares about a galleryfurniture.com bowl. Not even Mattress Mac. And for those that think they regular season wouldn't matter as much...does the regular season matter in the NFL? It definitely does. Every team in college football would battle to make it to that top eight. Then teams 9-25 could still play in other bowls. This makes too much sense to me and my head might explode.
And I am not bringing this up so I can back UT. I can't stand the Longhorns. I actually hate every team in the Big 12, but they need to fix something. Three-way tie for the championship? That's ridiculous. I don't know if the NCAA will change anything at all, but I can only hope they will so all of this will make some sense.
Oh...and USC is stuck at number five, and that's aggravating as well. Because they could beat teams 1-4 anytime, any place. And USC head coach Pete Carroll hates the system as well. As he stated recently:
“What is the criteria of the process? Is it the team that has the best season? The season that you like the most and feel best about voting for? Or is it the best team at the end of the year, the team that would win a playoff system if you did have it? … All we can do is keep talking about it.”
Thank you.
Personally, I think the Big 12 Conference should decide who gets to play in the championship game instead of these other guys deciding the fate. It should be that way for all of the conferences, not just the Big 12. I am a UT fan, but I do agree with you that they need to do something on these three-way ties. Maybe a playoff system would work.
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