BIG_IKE
1/8/2008, 02:23 PM
I have been thinking about the biggest gripes opponents have about a playoff, which is Bowl Revenue, tradition etc. etc. Here is what I propose.
10 TEAM PLAYOFF
The playoff will begin with 4 Bowl Games. The Sugar,Rose, Orange and Fiesta.
Each of those games will have Direct conference tie ins. The Sugar and Orange will have wildcard games for the remaining slots. The wildcard slots will be based on BCS Rankings. The 4 teams that are NOT Conference Champs that are ranked highest in the Rankings will get the bids with #1 vs. #4 and #2 vs. #3. The playoff for this year would look like this..
BCS WILDCARD GAMES (The week after the CCG's)
Georgia (Wildcard #1) vs. Hawaii (Wildcard #4)
Missouri (Wildcard #2) vs. Kansas (Wildcard #3)
the games would be played at the higher ranked teams home field. The winner of the first game would play in the West Playoff Bracket, the winner of the 2nd game would play in the East Playoff Bracket..
then all the other non important bowl games are played etc. etc.
THEN...on New Years Day, the BCS Playoffs Begin with Bowl Games
WEST BRACKET
FIESTA: Oklahoma (Big 12 Champ) vs. Georgia (Wildcard Winner)
ROSE:Ohio State (Big 10 Champ) vs. USC (Pac-10 Champ)
EAST BRACKET
SUGAR: LSU (SEC Champ) vs. Missouri (Wild Card Winner)
ORANGE: West Virginia (Big East Champ) vs. Vtech (ACC Champ)
Then January 7th
THE BCS SEMI-FINALS
at the Location of the Lower Ranked Team
Western Semi-Final: USC @ Oklahoma
Eastern Semi-Final: LSU @ West Virginia
BCS National Championship
The two Winners at a neutral location.
Does this seem fair?
Every Conference Champ would be guaranteed a bid to certain BCS games.
10 teams get a shot at the title.
The Pac 10 and Big 10 can have their stinkin Rose Bowl
It only adds two more weekends of Football totally THREE GAMES.
We get some pre-bowl excitement with the Wild Card games in early December (the season would obviously go back to an 11 game season)
Thoughts?
10 TEAM PLAYOFF
The playoff will begin with 4 Bowl Games. The Sugar,Rose, Orange and Fiesta.
Each of those games will have Direct conference tie ins. The Sugar and Orange will have wildcard games for the remaining slots. The wildcard slots will be based on BCS Rankings. The 4 teams that are NOT Conference Champs that are ranked highest in the Rankings will get the bids with #1 vs. #4 and #2 vs. #3. The playoff for this year would look like this..
BCS WILDCARD GAMES (The week after the CCG's)
Georgia (Wildcard #1) vs. Hawaii (Wildcard #4)
Missouri (Wildcard #2) vs. Kansas (Wildcard #3)
the games would be played at the higher ranked teams home field. The winner of the first game would play in the West Playoff Bracket, the winner of the 2nd game would play in the East Playoff Bracket..
then all the other non important bowl games are played etc. etc.
THEN...on New Years Day, the BCS Playoffs Begin with Bowl Games
WEST BRACKET
FIESTA: Oklahoma (Big 12 Champ) vs. Georgia (Wildcard Winner)
ROSE:Ohio State (Big 10 Champ) vs. USC (Pac-10 Champ)
EAST BRACKET
SUGAR: LSU (SEC Champ) vs. Missouri (Wild Card Winner)
ORANGE: West Virginia (Big East Champ) vs. Vtech (ACC Champ)
Then January 7th
THE BCS SEMI-FINALS
at the Location of the Lower Ranked Team
Western Semi-Final: USC @ Oklahoma
Eastern Semi-Final: LSU @ West Virginia
BCS National Championship
The two Winners at a neutral location.
Does this seem fair?
Every Conference Champ would be guaranteed a bid to certain BCS games.
10 teams get a shot at the title.
The Pac 10 and Big 10 can have their stinkin Rose Bowl
It only adds two more weekends of Football totally THREE GAMES.
We get some pre-bowl excitement with the Wild Card games in early December (the season would obviously go back to an 11 game season)
Thoughts?