The BCS does it again

Well the computers have done it again. Ohio State will play a Florida team that many people do not think should go to the National Championship game. Did the computers make the right call? The only real way we can know is to play a playoff.

In recent years the mid-major conferences(the MWC, WAC, MAC, Conf. USA, etc.) have produced teams that show up in the top ten, and deserve a chance to dance with the big boys. With the new BCS rules, mid-major conferance champions who rank higher than 12 in the BCS poll can be eligable for a BCS game. Boise State crashed the party this year, and was the first to take advantage of this new rule. In 2004 a team from the MWC, I forget exactly who it was, went to the fiesta bowl and tattoed Pittsburgh, the Big East champion.

So, like many of the Sportscenter pundits, i too propse a play-off. a 16 team, 4 week play-off that ensures the national championship the integrity and respect of other NCAA sanctioned sports. Football is after all, the only sport the NCAA sanctions, that it does not sponsor a national championship.

In my tournament, each conference is given an opportunity to play. If a team ranks in the top 25 of the BCS poll, and wins its conference, they are eligable for the tournament. There are 11 conferences, but two would not have qualified this year. This would require each conference to come up with a true champion, and no shared championships. There are 11 conferences, but two would not qualify this year, because they were not in the top 25. So the 9 conference champions, and 6 at large teams would battle it out for the National Championship. I would have 2 Brackets, and 8 seeds each bracket. Seeding would be based off the BCS rankings. This year the first round matchups would look something like this:



The tournament like any tournament could go any way.


Play these games at the home sites on December 16th, then the second round again at home sites on December 23rd. The third round would be at BCS cities, on January 1st, and then the National Championship game two weeks later on January 9th.

Its what needs to happen. Football is too great a sport to not have a real Champion crowned every year.