Should the NCAA change football to an elimination playoff?
If so, why.
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Yes. The BCS system is stupid. It relies on computers and people guessing. An elimination playoff could be accomplished within 5 weeks, and everyone would be satisfied that the true champion was on top.Remember 2 years ago with the Steelers & their superbowl run? According to the BCS (Steelers were ranked last in the AFC wild card going into the playoffs), the Steelers would have had to settle for the Liberty Bleu Cheese Cracker bowl.
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YES the BCS favors big schoolsand it just shows what team went unbeaten in thier league but it doesnt prove the national champ. For all we know Boise state could of been the champion but they arent cause they are from a weak confrenceHow will Devin Hester perform on offense this year?
No. The fact that people are talking about who could of beat who at the end of the season keeps people talking after the final game. The athletic programs in the NCAA are not raking in the dough that people think they are either, and with a playoff they will have to travel from one state to another and take on hefty travel costs. We also have to take into account that these are student athletes, even though the perception is that they are amateur professionals.Yes,
Gives the smaller schools and conferences a better chance
and show they can play with these other bigger schools.
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YES! NCAA Division I-A football is the ONLY sport that does not determine its champion by a playoff system. Don't believe the B.S. rhetoric that a playoff would interfere with exams or lead to injuries because Div. I-AA, Div. II, and Div. III football all have playoff systems, and those are the kids who actually attend school for an education. A playoff would be exciting for the fans and eliminate all the stupid controversy. Imagine a world with no more "what ifs?" And we would know if recent undefeated teams that never got their shot like Boise St., Auburn, and Utah could have won it all.Simply put...we NEED a playoff now!
Absolutely yes.
One of the reasons, the non-major conference teams, has already been mentioned. These teams need a shot at that title at the very least.
Then you have teams that play in the SEC for example that could have three teams that are the best in the nation. When they play each other, however, they knock each other down with losses. LSU could have competed, and won the title last season.
Plus you have cases where there might be more than two unbeaten teams (OU, AUB, USC), or only one unbeaten with multiple one loss teams.
It's the only way to make things fair. Plus I remember in 2001 when Florida State made it to the big game, and lost to Oklahoma despite being beaten by the Miami Hurricanes, who ended up ranking right below Florida State at 3 before the title game.
Those old farts in control of the colleges and conferences need to wake up, and check the fan polls. Nobody except those making money, and those who do not know much about college football want to see the current system go forth any longer. I also don't want to hear the excuse that it's for the players' benefit anymore. If basketball players can stay that long away from school for the tournament, and baseball players for the College World Series then so can football players.
yes
Last year was a perfect example
Boise State went undeafeted and didnt have a shot at the national championship
I believe every team should have a shot to prove themselves
Boise State came out of a smaller confrence and had no chance in the national title game
Its BCS(Bull Crap Standings)
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this debate wont be settled herethere are good reasons for both
YES because
with a playoff style, elimination round, you have the two best teams who faced elimination, play each other, instead of the top two regular season teams. honestly, in professional sports, it is very rare that the two teams with the best regular season record play in the championship. also most teams who play well, but do not have strong schedules (ex. Rutgers last year) have no shot at an important game. an elimination style playoff would benefit up and coming teams with moderate schedules and something to prove
NO because
the season just isnt long enough to have that many teams play in a playoff type scenario. the maximum teams you could have would be 10 (1,2 get a bye----similar to the simulated playoffs SportsCenter does every year around bowl time). this leaves many teams who could push for a title out of the running before the playoffs would even start. with only 10 teams in a top 25 system, there would be many arguments. and like i said, the season is barely long enough to encompass a full season plus ONE bowl game for a team. the playoff system would need at least 7-8 weeks to play out. that would make college teams schedules longer than the NFLs. you cant have that
i loe when people bring this argument about because, although the intention is there, its just not plausible
Yes! A 16 game playoff consisting of all conference champions and at-large teams with the best records. Division I-AA does it, and so do Divisions II and III.
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The BCS sucks. More like the BS system. I went to a mid-major and would love to see my team bet into a playoff systemWhat position should I play for football?
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i would love to see a playoff, to finally say that this team is the best would be outstanding. but at the same time i see issues with it. first who gets in. do you rank it on the top 8 teams in the country because if you do then you are still going to run into some issues with smaller schools not being able to crack the top 8 because their stength of schedule just isn't good enough. or do the teams from bcs conferences get an automatic bid and then you have at large teams. or does every team who wins their conference get in. forget all of that what if their are 4 teams with a 9-2 record. who gets in the team with the widest margin of victory. well that is easy to say when my team puts points up on tulane and your team edges out tennesse. i would love to see a championship tourney, but im just not sure how well it would work. you can't compare it to college b ball because like a billion teams get in and they still have controvery about who should get in and whether they should expand the field to a billion and one. hear is something i heard regarding this argument earlier this year. Wouldn't replacing the BCS with a playoff system have reduced the excitement of games like Boise St. v. Oklahoma. So after Boise St. wins this game with amazing play after amazing play wouldn't it have sucked to see them get spanked the next week by florida. Now i know the obvious argument to that is, but what if they just keep winning. well all im saying is what if they don't. While i really and truly hate the BCS and am dying to see a playoff i just want it to be perfect and i don't want to replace the broken system with a new system thats gonna break a year later.what is the most disheartening thing about the college b ball tourney, next to your team losing and your bracket being disqualified. it is when that cinderella finally loses. with the BCS system when that cindrellla wins their bowl game they go out on top.
Absolutely.
Take the top 8 teams and add 1 BCS location (Indy? Atlanta?) to the 4 current BCS Bowl locations, then spread the games over a 3 weekend period.
The first weekend, BCS location #4 & #5 host 2 games over 2 days. That'd be a crazy weekend for those locations and would make up for not getting one of the final games.
The second weekend sees BCS loc #2 & #3 each hosting a semi-final game.
The third weekend sees BCS loc #1 host the Championship.
Then rotate the locations every year..
Too simple?
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YES. It would cause a massive surge in the popularity of college football and have tremendous benefits for the athletes, coaches and schools. I really hope this happens someday.Yes.
1) the fans want it
2) it would be more lucrative for most teams.
3) lets end the silly notion that some mid-major school who went undefeated really deserves to be ranked in the top 10. Or... let's give them the opportunity to prove they do deserve it.
The Big 10 commissioner is standing in the way now. They have their own contract with the rose bowl and a network and have threatened to take their contracts and leave the BCS because they would lose $$ in a playoff format while others gained.
I say let them go. After the whooping FLA put on OSU, I think it proved the rest of college football is able to make due without the Big 10 if necessary.
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Yes, yes, yes, YES!The BCS stinks -- non-BCS schools get hosed. I often wonder if the BCS computer is addicted to drugs with the craziness it spits out.
Besides that, football is the ONLY sport worth watching to me, and the season ends when most teams have just found their groove.
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Yes. Imagine what the NCAA basketball tournament would be like if they just ended it at the various conference championships, thus letting everyone "debate" about who was the best because ... "Oh, that's what's so wonderful about the game."If you used the BCS to seed the top 16 teams, you could have a four-week playoff through December, ending with your national championship on New Year's Day.
Or, if you wanted to preserve your NYD bowl games, hold your first-round games on NYD and your championship on the week the NFL is off before the Super Bowl.
Don't tell me there wouldn't be MAD money to be made there.
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