🏈 From the BCS: Update

[252BAMA]

From the BCS:The NCAA and the BCS are in the final stages of approving a new format for determining college football’s national champion beginning in 2013. The new format is commonly referred to as a “Plus One” system, where, after all bowl games are played there will be one additional game (the Plus One) where the team atop the BCS standings will play Alabama.:biggrin:

 

[TerryP]

Did the wife allow you to use the computer again?

Good to see ya.

 

[rick4bama]

So I guess after the bowls game whichever teams are 1 and 2 will play. So again it will be up to the voted to see which two it will be.

 

[TerryP]

So I guess after the bowls game whichever teams are 1 and 2 will play. So again it will be up to the voted to see which two it will be.

You're right, there really is no difference. And, even if was in place now it wouldn't have made kuch of a difference. Okies would still be butt hurt this morning.

 

[252BAMA]

I need to put a :biggrin: at the end of that post!:lol:

 

[252BAMA]

So I guess after the bowls game whichever teams are 1 and 2 will play. So again it will be up to the voted to see which two it will be.

Read again. That is a "very special" Plus One proposal.

 

[UAgrad93]

I guess they are going to put 1v4 in a bowl, 2v3 in a bowl and have the winners square off for it all.

 

[BamaHubMan]

I guess they are going to put 1v4 in a bowl, 2v3 in a bowl and have the winners square off for it all.

That would have been fun to watch this year. LSU vs Stanford Bama vs OK State If Ark had been #4 we would have still had the whinners crying.

 

[bamajt]

So we are going to have more SEC vs. SEC championship games. I can deal with that

 

[CrimsonPirate]

Had the Plus One been in effect this season (if I understand it right), LSU could have wound up playing 15 games. 12 regular season games, 1 conference championship, a (Sugar?) bowl game, and the Plus One final. And, Bama could have wound up playing one less than LSU since we weren't in the SECCG. All this providing, of course, that neither LSU nor Bama loses and are still ranked 1 and 2 after the bowl games.

Btw, 252 . . . I got your "special" Plus One proposal . . . and I like it.:td:

 

[gregkelley]

I heard on the radio that the current system is still under contract for two more years. He also said that the plus one system is likely after current contract expires. He was a spokesman from the bcs.

 

[LBS]

If both sides like it enough to scrap the current format for the new one, why can the two sides agree to scrap the contract in favor of a new one that both agree upon?

Without using a 1v4/2v3, semifinal round pairing, the new system is hurting itself. Should #1, #2, and #3 all play seperate bowl games and win, as they should, then all that you have done is rescheduled when #1 and #2 are selected. #3 will still be crying every years.

After a 1v4/2v3 BCS Bowl level series, the least compelling arguement would be #4. The "outsider" with the best arguement to would be #5. #4 could argue that they bested #5 in the regular season by way of finishing ranked higher, and had a better post season by beating #1 and either #2 or #3. #5 could at best show having beaten #6 in a bowl game.

To me 1v4/2v3 is a MUST.

 

[TerryP]

If both sides like it enough to scrap the current format for the new one, why can the two sides agree to scrap the contract in favor of a new one that both agree upon?

Without using a 1v4/2v3, semifinal round pairing, the new system is hurting itself. Should #1, #2, and #3 all play seperate bowl games and win, as they should, then all that you have done is rescheduled when #1 and #2 are selected. #3 will still be crying every years.

After a 1v4/2v3 BCS Bowl level series, the least compelling arguement would be #4. The "outsider" with the best arguement to would be #5. #4 could argue that they bested #5 in the regular season by way of finishing ranked higher, and had a better post season by beating #1 and either #2 or #3. #5 could at best show having beaten #6 in a bowl game.

To me 1v4/2v3 is a MUST.

With the Cotton Bowl trying to get in the BCS mix we are still going to see controversy no matter what.

 

[LBS]

With the Cotton Bowl trying to get in the BCS mix we are still going to see controversy no matter what.

Don't see it. Regardless of the number of bowls that can claim to be BCS level, a "Final Four" playoff in college football only weakens the arguement of a team left out while making the Champion's arguement stronger than it ever has been in the history of the game.

I'd love to hear your Cotton Bowl angle. Thanks in advance.

 

[TerryP]

Don't see it. Regardless of the number of bowls that can claim to be BCS level, a "Final Four" playoff in college football only weakens the arguement of a team left out while making the Champion's arguement stronger than it ever has been in the history of the game.

I'd love to hear your Cotton Bowl angle. Thanks in advance.

One of the things Jerry Jones envisioned when he built the new Cowboys stadium was getting the Classic to be played in his stadium.

Done.

As soon as the Cotton Bowl committee agreed to their contract with Jones, they immediately started lobbying the NCAA to create a fifth BCS: the additional one being the Cotton.

If the momentum continues to swing Jones way, we're likely looking at five BCS bowl games in the future. There's a BIG IF there because now the BCS structure has to be re-worked to include 10 teams versus the current number of eight.

The nation is already trying to implement a playoff, which in essence is turning the CFB landscape into NFL lite. If this continues on the path it's currently on college football will not have the same loyalty or popularity in a quarter of a century as it does today.