We all heard the interviews where President-Elect Obama says he is in favor of a playoff system for Division 1 College Football. I have come up with a plan but it is complicated, however it can work. When people think about coming up with a playoff system there are three issues that come to mind that people don't think about. 1) Money, 2)Realignment 3) Recruiting Fairness.
I am not a particular fan of Texas, Utah, USC and TCU but these schools got the raw end of what is wrong with College Football
Below is a plan I have put in place. Agree or Disagree...I don't really give a damn.
There are 120 total teams in Division 1 and I have broken it down to 10 conferences containing 12 teams.
ACC
-Boston College
-Clemson
-Florida State
-Maryland
-NC State
-Wake Forest
-Duke
-Georgia Tech
-Miami, FL
-North Carolina
-Virginia
-Virginia Tech
BIG 12
-Colorado
-Iowa State
-Kansas
-Kansas State
-Missouri
-Nebraska
-Baylor
-Oklahoma
-Oklahoma State
-Texas
-Texas A&M
-Texas Tech
CONFERENCE USA
-Eastern Carolina
-Marshall
-Memphis
-Southern Mississippe
-UAB
-Central Florida
-Houston
-Rice
-SMU
-Tulane
-Tulsa
-Utep
SEC
-Florida
-Georgia
-Kentucky
-South Carolina
-Tennessee
-Vanderbilt
-Alabama
-Arkansas
-Auburn
-LSU
-Mississippi
-Mississippi State
PAC 12
-Arizona
-Arizona State
-California
-Oregon
-Oregon State
-Stanford
-UCLA
-USC
-Washington
-Washington State
-Fresno State
-Hawaii
BIG 10 +2
-Illinois
-Indiana
-Iowa
-Michigan
-Michigan State
-Minnesota
-Northwestern
-Ohio State
-Penn State
-Purdue
-Wisconsin
-Notre Dame
BIG EAST
-Cincinnatti
-UCONN
-Louisville
-Pittsburgh
-Rutgers
-South Florida
-Syracuse
-West Virginia
-Buffalo
-Army
-Navy
-Florida Atlantic
MAC
-Akron
-Bowling Green
-Kent State
-Miami, OH
-Ohio
-Temple
-Ball State
-Central Michigan
-Eastern Michigan
-Northern Illinois
-Toledo
-Western Michigan
WAC
-Boise St.
-Idaho
-Nevada
-San Jose State
-Utah State
-BYU
-Utah
-UNLV
-San Diego State
-Air Force
-Wyoming
-Colorado State
SUN BELT
-Western Kentucky
-Arkansas State
-Florida International
-Louisiana-Lafayette
-Louisiana-Monroe
-Louisiana Tech
-Middle Tennessee State
-North Texas
-Troy
-New Mexico
-New Mexico State
-TCU
Geographically this realignment makes the most sense even though I had to elliminate some conferences. However, this is an equal 10 division 12 team format.
Here are the catches.
-No Conference Championship Games
-The 10 division winners will automatically quailify for the playoffs(Every undefeated team should win their division)
-Using the current BCS computer system the top 1-loss teams ranked in the BCS top 15 will qualify for the playoffs.
-Playoff seedings will be based on the current BCS standings within teams that qualify. If there ends up being an unbalanced amount of teams concurrent to a playoff, there will be play in games based on your BCS standing, with the better seed hosting the playoff.
-Teams that finish with a record over .500 will qualify for a bowl and play in a bowl outside the playoff system
-There are currently 5 BCS games including the National Championship. Let the final 8 teams in the playoffs play in BCS titled games to play their way to a true National Championship.
Utah, Texas and USC I got your back because you were screwed. If this doesn't work, nothing will.
This system will create equal recruiting because every Division-1 school will have a chance. Everyone will still make their money. However, most importantly it will determine a true National Champion without an end of the season controversy.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
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