Comments on: Playoffs vs Bowl Games

By: David

David — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:01:35 +0000

One of the problems with any playoff system (especially at the 1A or FBS level) is that instead of money going to 60+ teams who play in bowl games it would go to 16 or 32 teams. Imagine how lopsided it would become after a couple of programs have managed to play 4 or 5 extra games per year and make money from each of those 4 or 5 games.

I say keep the controversy and ditch the dream. I prefer the current set of problems.

By: Frank Staheli

Frank Staheli — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:38:29 +0000

We should have the top 16 teams in BCS have a playoff. It would take 4 extra weeks for the best two teams. That would solve all the problems, except that it would create a whole set of new ones. But that would be like 8 + 4 + 2 + 1 bowl games. Okay, then, the top 32 teams and 5 weeks and 16 + 8 + 4 + 2 + 1 bowl games. That’s about as many bowl games as they have now. Then they have a lottery to see which bowl hosts which game in which round.

By: David

David — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:57:10 +0000

Call me picky Bill, but I don’t think it would be very entertaining to see the Indianapolis Colts play Bountiful Junior High School (and really Oklahoma and University of Idaho is just about like that).

I say we stick with what we have. We should accept that picking a champion in football is not on the same level of importance as picking the leaders of our nation. That might remove the sting when we quit pretending that we do, or even should have a perfect system for choosing the national champion each year.

And Obi wan – I would be very happy to see the number of bowl games reduced to where being invited meant more than “congratulations you didn’t have a losing record.”

By: Obi wan liberali

Obi wan liberali — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:47:48 +0000

Yeah, the BCS stinks. However, more than anything, bowl inflation has really diminished the importance of a bowl game. UCLA’s coach got his team to a bowl game against the champion of the MWC. That accomplishment got him fired.

BYU should be really excited to play a team that was so honored to be in a bowl game with them that they fired their head coach. Yipee.

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:52:44 +0000

Let’s skip to the chase!!!!

Let’s just have a computer randomly generate the teams that will play in the bowl games; regardless of records, statistics, or even reasonable assumption.

If we do that, we can still be entertained, even if it’s University of Oklahoma vs. University of Idaho. We can still enjoy watching U of I get “Vandalized”. And, nobody would have to worry about what is fair!!! Nobody could expect it!

By: David

David — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:05:21 +0000

Is it so important to know who was “the best” every year? I agree that it’s nice to know, but sometimes we need the reminder that “being the best” is not as important as “doing your best.”

I’m sure that we agree that there are some players and teams that are doing their best even though they are not even close to being the best.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:05:01 +0000

We need a playoff. You’re right that #9 or #10 might be controversial but in the end there will be fewer controversies over the #1 and #2 teams than we’ve had over the years. There have been too many terrible calls by BCS over the years and the injustices which have occured cheat the teams which really do deserve a chance to show why they were the best.