College Football Playoffs!

[Twilight Flyer]

The BCS sucks! Period! And I am tired of it! Time for a playoff. The BCS drives me absolutely bonkers and it helps me cope with its stupidity to come up with something that would actually work. Check it my 6 rules of Bowls and Championships. Yeah, I was busy over lunch.

Rule #1: If you do not have a winning record, you should not get a bowl bid. That means, if you are 6-6, you are S.O.L. Buh Bye Iowa, New Mexico, Florida State, Oklahoma State, Alabama, Minnesota, & Miami. If you cannot play above .500 ball, what makes you think you should go to a bowl? As big a college football fan as I am, I won't watch a single one of those games because those teams absolutely do not deserve to be playing.

Rule #2: Ditch a few of the bowls. There are WAY too many bowl games and it tarnishes the goal of getting to a bowl in the first place. 7-5 should even be a longshot to get to a bowl and a bowl with an actual sponsor in it's name is a joke. Come on...the Meineke Car Care bowl?

Rule #3: During each team's season, eliminate one or two of those creampuff games and make it an 11 game season if your conference does NOT have a championship and a 10-game regular season if your conference DOES have a championship. That means, every team at the end of the season has an either above .500 or below .500 record with 11 games played and you are bowl eligible with a winning record only. When all the bowls are completed, all non-BCS Bowl teams will have played 12 games, 4 BCS teams willhave played 12 games, 2 BCS teams will have played 13 games, and 2 will have played 14 games to decide the champion. 14 games too much you say? After the bowls this year, 9 teams will have played 14 games, so that argument doesn't work.

Rule #4: You are not allowed to host your own bowl, ever again. No more Hawaii in the Hawaii Bowl; No more Boise State in the Humanitarian Bowl. From now on, you travel just like every other team.

Rule #5: The BCS stays AS IS, but is used to facilitate an 8-team playoff. Let the best team win the title outright on the field. Never again, will there be controversy. The best team will actually WIN the whole shootin' match by virtue of their play.

Rule #6: That said, you will need 6 BCS bowls, not including the Championship: Sugar, Orange, Fiesta, and Rose Bowls are joined by the Cotton and the Peach Bowls. Rotate them around like before for first round and second round.

An added bonus to having a playoff is that the two teams playing for the championship will be playing at their best and not rusty like they are today after 2 and a half months layoff.

Now, the bowls as they SHOULD be THIS year, keeping in mind that another half dozen of these bowls should probably be ditched, as indicated:

12/19 - Ponsettia Bowl
TCU (10-2) vs. Northern Illiinois (7-5)
NO CHANGE

12/21 - Las Vegas Bowl
BYU (10-2) vs. Oregon (7-5)
NO CHANGE

12/22 - New Orleans Bowl
Troy (7-5) vs. Rice (7-5)
NO CHANGE

12/22 - International Bowl
Western Michigan (8-4) vs. Cincinnati (7-5)
DATE CHANGED FROM 01/07 to 12/22 - why should a lower tiered bowl play the same week as the big boys?

12/22 - GMAC Bowl
Southern Miss (8-5) vs. Ohio (9-4)
DATE CHANGED FROM 01/07 to 12/22 - why should a lower tiered bowl play the same week as the big boys? THIS BOWL SHOULD BE SCRAPPED!

12/23 - PapaJohns.com Bowl
East Carolina (7-5) vs. South Florida (7-5)
NO CHANGE BUT THIS BOWL SHOULD BE SCRAPPED!

12/23 - New Mexico Bowl
NEW MEXICO DROPPED!
SAN JOSE STATE MOVES TO EMERALD BOWL
BOWL SCRAPPED!

12/23 - Armed Forces Bowl
Utah (7-5) vs. Tulsa (8-4)
NO CHANGE

12/23 - Hawaii Bowl
Arizona (7-5) vs. Texas Tech (7-5)
HAWAII MOVES TO INDEPENDENCE BOWL
TEXAS TECH MOVES OVER FROM INSIGHT.COM BOWL

12/24 - BCS Cotton Bowl
Ohio State (12-0) vs. Wake Forest (11-2)

12/24 - BCS Peach Bowl
Florida (12-1) vs. Boise State (11-0)

12/24 - BCS Sugar Bowl
Michigan (11-1) vs. Oklahoma (11-2)

12/24 - BCS Orange Bowl
Louisville (11-1) vs. USC (10-2)

12/26 - Motor City Bowl
Central Michigan (9-4) vs. Middle Tennessee (7-5)
NO CHANGE

12/27 - Emerald Bowl
San Jose State (7-5) vs. UCLA (7-5)
FLORIDA STATE DROPPED!
SAN JOSE STATE MOVES FROM NEW MEXICO BOWL

12/27 - Meineke Car Care Bowl
Boston College (9-3) vs. Navy (9-3)
DATE CHANGED TO 12/27...WHY DO WE HAVE A MEINEKE CAR-CARE BOWL ANYWAY? SCRAP IT!

12/28 - Independence Bowl
Hawaii (10-3) vs. ????
OKLAHOMA AND ALABAMA BOTH DROPPED!
HAWAII MOVES FROM HAWAII BOWL
NEED AN OPPONENT - HAS TO BE ANOTHER TEAM OUT THERE WITH WINNING RECORD

12/28 - Texas Bowl
Rutgers (10-2) vs. Kansas State (7-5)
NO CHANGE

12/28 - Holiday Bowl
Texas A&M (9-3) vs. California (9-3)
NO CHANGE

12/29 - Music City Bowl
Kentucky (7-5) vs. Clemson (8-4)
NO CHANGE

12/29 - Sun Bowl
Missouri (8-4) vs. Oregon State (9-4)
NO CHANGE

12/29 - Liberty Bowl
Houston (10-3) vs. South Carolina (7-5)
NO CHANGE

12/29 - Insight.com Bowl
MINNESOTA DROPPED
TEXAS TECH MOVES TO HAWAIII BOWL
BOWL SCRAPPED!

12/29 - Champs Sports Bowl
Purdue (8-5) vs. Maryland (8-4)
NO CHANGE BUT THIS NEEDS TO BE SCRAPPED!

12/30 - Alamo Bowl
Texas (9-3) vs. Nevada (8-4)
IOWA DROPPED! ARE YOU KIDDING? THEY LOST LIKE 5 OF THEIR LAST 6!
NEVADA MOVES FROM THE MPC COMPUTERS BOWL

12/30 - Tangerine Bowl - Formerly the PEACH Bowl
Virginia Tech (10-2) vs. Georgia (8-4)
NO CHANGE

12/31 - MPC Computers Bowl
MIAMI DROPPED!
NEVADA MOVES TO ALAMO BOWL!
BOWL SCRAPPED!

12/31 - Outback Bowl
Penn State (8-4) vs. Tennessee (9-3)
DATE CHANGED FROM 01/01 to 12/31

12/31 - Gator Bowl
Georgia Tech (9-4) vs. West Virginia (10-2)
DATE CHANGED FROM 01/01 to 12/31

12/31 - Capital One Bowl
Arkansas (10-3) vs. Wisconsin (11-1)
DATE CHANGED FROM 01/01 to 12/31

01/01 - BCS Rose Bowl
Cotton Bowl Winner vs. Peach Bowl Winner

01/01 - BCS Fiesta Bowl
Sugar Bowl Winner vs. Orange Bowl Winner

01/08 - BCS Championship
Rose Bowl Winner vs. Fiesta Bowl Winner

That's it. It works, it generates big-time money, it restores the legitimacy of bowl games, and it crowns a champion.

[Cripplecreek]

We have the 2 best teams playing for the national championship, Florida and ohio State. Nevermind all this crap you've heard that michigan deserves to be there. Michigan only beat 4 teams with winning records, Florida beat 8 teams with winning records. Michigan is a RUNNER UP in thier conference, SECOND PLACE. Florida is the outright 1ST PLACE winner of thier tough conference,i.e., SEC CHAMPION. Now all the sudden , Michigan fans are Ohio st fans, they don't know what side of the fence to be on. Gaurenteed, Floridas defense will not give up 39 points, will not be blown out. It will be a close one,(7 points or less), Florida will win, on the 10th anniversary of thier last NCAA championship, and 100 years of gator football. Tebow will be a factor running one in and throwing for another one. Take it to Vegas, Gators win a tight one.

[Twilight Flyer]

I'm not a Michigan fan, but I think they are much more deserving of the shot than Florida is. But that's opinion and that's what's wrong with the BCS. It's all about the human factor, when it should not be. Florida is in because they politicked to get in. Michigan is out because they decided not to lobby others to get in. I've seen more than a few editorials and news stories that indicated that had Michigan done what Florida did, they would probably have gotten enough to edge Florida out. Nothing wrong with politicking, but I thought the BCS was created to eliminate the human factor. :? The fact that it relies on it means it has failed.

And what about Boise State? Undefeated this year.

What about Auburn a couple years ago?

BCS is flawed and every year, that is more and more glaring. BCS is on it's way out...playoff is on it's way in. Problem is, it needs to happen sooner that later.

As far as the title game, Florida is going to get blown out, thus cementing the fact that the human element once again screwed up.

[Cripplecreek]

I'll be the first one on this topic Jan. 9 to say BWAHAHAHAHA, I told you so. GATORS WIN!!!

[Twilight Flyer]

I'll be waiting and watching. Question though...when they get slaughtered, are you still going to be on here immediately after the game?

[Mr. Ford95]

NCAA needs to drop these sponsor name Bowls. I cannot keep up with who is where and what Bowl it is anymore.

Chic-Fil-A Bowl = Peach Bowl
PapaJohns.com Bowl = ???
Meineke Car Care Bowl = Contenintal Tire Bowl = Meineke Bowl in Miami
Texas Bowl = Houston/Reliant Bowl =???
Champs Sports Bowl = ???
Capital One Bowl = Citrus Bowl

I know the NCAA added a few extra Bowl games for the lower teams but these sponsor gimmick Bowls have got to stop. Is it not enough that they have exclusive ad space on TV?? They get to play like 5 ads and all 5 are shown about 5 times each during the game, talk about overkill, if the first 2 times shown did not get me to buy it, then next 20 sure won't.

[yoopr]

We have the 2 best teams playing for the national championship, Florida and ohio State. Nevermind all this crap you've heard that michigan deserves to be there. Michigan only beat 4 teams with winning records, Florida beat 8 teams with winning records. Michigan is a RUNNER UP in thier conference, SECOND PLACE. Florida is the outright 1ST PLACE winner of thier tough conference,i.e., SEC CHAMPION. Now all the sudden , Michigan fans are Ohio st fans, they don't know what side of the fence to be on. Gaurenteed, Floridas defense will not give up 39 points, will not be blown out. It will be a close one,(7 points or less), Florida will win, on the 10th anniversary of thier last NCAA championship, and 100 years of gator football. Tebow will be a factor running one in and throwing for another one. Take it to Vegas, Gators win a tight one.

Of course Michigan fans are going to be for OSU-that's a no-brainer in any sport when your team is beat and the team that beat you is going for the Championship DUH
You're going to find out very soon how tough Big Ten is.
Take OSU to Vegas
PS-I'm NOT a U of M fan if you've been reading any of my posts except when it came to OSU.
Florida got in with the Coaches Whineing-
Michigan coach didn't do that.


INSIGHT.COM BOWL
Perfect example of College bowl games getting totally diluted. They have Bowl games I've never heard of.

[Cripplecreek]

I'll be on here immedietly after the game, to rub it in ,Gators win. I'll still be on here if they lose saying, "I guess the Big 10 brought their referees to call the game", or "You can't beat em when Ohio St. always has 13 men on the field,especially when 2 of them are wearing zebra stripes".

[yoopr]

whineing and excuses already

[Cripplecreek]

What da hell, as far north as you are, you should be following the CFL, or maple leafs. Western Michigan put up more of a fight against the gators than OS will.

[Cripplecreek]

By the way , learn how to spell. Maybe thats why Militiaghan didn't lobby more, they were afraid they would humiliate themselves.

[Snowman7]

We have the 2 best teams playing for the national championship, Florida and ohio State. Nevermind all this crap you've heard that michigan deserves to be there. Michigan only beat 4 teams with winning records, Florida beat 8 teams with winning records. Michigan is a RUNNER UP in thier conference, SECOND PLACE. Florida is the outright 1ST PLACE winner of thier tough conference,i.e., SEC CHAMPION. Now all the sudden , Michigan fans are Ohio st fans, they don't know what side of the fence to be on. Gaurenteed, Floridas defense will not give up 39 points, will not be blown out. It will be a close one,(7 points or less), Florida will win, on the 10th anniversary of thier last NCAA championship, and 100 years of gator football. Tebow will be a factor running one in and throwing for another one. Take it to Vegas, Gators win a tight one.

Tight one? You wish! The Gators would have been better off being left out so they could keep telling everyone how good they are. Now they are going to get exposed by a superior team and people are going to wish they gave Michigan a second shot.

[yoopr]

We have the 2 best teams playing for the national championship, Florida and ohio State. Nevermind all this crap you've heard that michigan deserves to be there. Michigan only beat 4 teams with winning records, Florida beat 8 teams with winning records. Michigan is a RUNNER UP in thier conference, SECOND PLACE. Florida is the outright 1ST PLACE winner of thier tough conference,i.e., SEC CHAMPION. Now all the sudden , Michigan fans are Ohio st fans, they don't know what side of the fence to be on. Gaurenteed, Floridas defense will not give up 39 points, will not be blown out. It will be a close one,(7 points or less), Florida will win, on the 10th anniversary of thier last NCAA championship, and 100 years of gator football. Tebow will be a factor running one in and throwing for another one. Take it to Vegas, Gators win a tight one.

Tight one? You wish! The Gators would have been better off being left out so they could keep telling everyone how good they are. Now they are going to get exposed by a superior team and people are going to wish they gave Michigan a second shot.

Wow-And that's coming from someone in Ohio :P

[Snowman7]

I really didnt want to play them boys again. Oh and I dont hate Michigan, I just cant stand losing to em.