Alworth No.19 said:
ToughJ.Riggins said:
A 16 team BCS playoffs would be very nice to watch, with all the conference winners (minus the Sun Belt) getting automatic bids. Then there could be a full six at large bids (instead of four) using the same system as now. They could start the playoffs on a Thursday/Friday and end with the BCS championship 28 days later on a Thursday. The winning team would play 4 playoff games in 28 days. This would be where true grid iron warriors are made! They could also change the system to have a secondary, one game bowl schedule, where teams have to be 7-5 or better to qualify.
A sound and sensible suggestion. Of course I presume that this playoff would occur during the month of December and conclude on New Year's day, which I believe it should. There is absolutely nothing dumber in all of sport than the current BCS nonsense, where the best teams take up to 50 days off before their most important game of the season. A Div. I playoff system that ran through the month of December would quickly overshadow March Madness. That such a system is not already in place is a testament to the overwhelming intransigence of overwhelming stupidity.
Alworth, I've reformed my above suggestion. In the above scenario, the Sunbelt should be disbanded and the members should be forced to enter other conferences. The Sun Belt conference is the weakest in the FBS- and them getting an automatic bid in the BCS playoffs would be a blowout joke. The BCS bowl playoffs would start the second Saturday of December and be run Saturdays/Mondays. The secondary bowl schedule could be run on Thursdays and Fridays, starting the second Thursday of December- with only 7-5 teams or better eligible. The latter would be one game bowls like now. Finally, the BCS championship game could be the 3rd Saturday of January in a pre-selected dome site, so this game would not conflict with the previous Saturday NFL game schedule.