http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/ncaa/11/29/college.football.poll/index.html

 

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Cut the regular season down to 11 games, and as teams lose in the play-offs plug them into the bowl games, as most of these guys would qualify for bowls right around New Years, depending on conference affiliations.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/ncaa/11/29/college.football.poll/index.html

 

Check it out...

 

Cut the regular season down to 11 games, and as teams lose in the play-offs plug them into the bowl games, as most of these guys would qualify for bowls right around New Years, depending on conference affiliations.

 

So, do you keep the conference championship games, too?

 

I personally like the BCS. It ain't perfect but has done the best job of giving you the two best teams for the SEASON in a national championship game.

So, do you keep the conference championship games, too?

 

I personally like the BCS. It ain't perfect but has done the best job of giving you the two best teams for the SEASON in a national championship game.

 

I like the BCS more than most, but you can't deny how fun that tournament would be to watch.

I like the BCS more than most, but you can't deny how fun that tournament would be to watch.

 

No more fun than it is to watch each and every game all season long knowing how important every single game from September on is.

 

I think you devalue a tournament as naming the best team in the season when a team that can't even win their own conference is in it and has a chance to be the "national" champion but can't be the conference champion in a better format.

So, do you keep the conference championship games, too?

 

I personally like the BCS. It ain't perfect but has done the best job of giving you the two best teams for the SEASON in a national championship game.

 

Do ten games plus a conference championship, or 11 plus a conference championship. That would be fine also. For those who say that this is too many games...the old D-1AA, DII, and DIII make their champions play 14-15 games to win it all. Additionally, they get all of those games in in 16 weeks. No need to stretch the regular season to 12 games over 14 weeks

No more fun than it is to watch each and every game all season long knowing how important every single game from September on is.

 

I think you devalue a tournament as naming the best team in the season when a team that can't even win their own conference is in it and has a chance to be the "national" champion but can't be the conference champion in a better format.

 

Does a champion in NCAA basketball get devalued if they didn't win their conference? I don't think so.

No more fun than it is to watch each and every game all season long knowing how important every single game from September on is.

 

I don't see any reason to believe every game wouldn't matter if some form a playoff were put in place. The season would be short enough, playoff spots exclusive, and there would be an extreme advantage for higher seeds that would make every game as valuable as they are now. Teams aren't going to take games off or play with any less heart.

 

Personally, I would prefer to see a playoff of 8 teams rather than 16.

No more fun than it is to watch each and every game all season long knowing how important every single game from September on is.

 

I think you devalue a tournament as naming the best team in the season when a team that can't even win their own conference is in it and has a chance to be the "national" champion but can't be the conference champion in a better format.

 

This argument makes no sense. I hear it all of the time, but TCU is undefeated and will not make it to the National Championship game. so haow is every single game important to the guys in the mid-majors? You don't think the knowledge that they would not make the play-offs w/ one loss would make the games just as important? Also, is it possible that a team can win their conference and not be the best team in their conference? What's to bar an upset in a conference championship game? You don't automatically qualify for the play-offs. Almost every team would have to win their conference to get in.

 

Finally, and you are missing the major point here, YOU GET A DEFINITIVE CHAMPION. This year the BCS is a great system, two years ago it was a mess. Haven't their been split champions since the existence of the BCS??? Let the debate be settled on the field.

Does a champion in NCAA basketball get devalued if they didn't win their conference? I don't think so.

 

I do. It is a tournament championship and no way determines who the better team is. No way Villanova was a better team than Georgetown.

This argument makes no sense. I hear it all of the time, but TCU is undefeated and will not make it to the National Championship game. so haow is every single game important to the guys in the mid-majors? You don't think the knowledge that they would not make the play-offs w/ one loss would make the games just as important? Also, is it possible that a team can win their conference and not be the best team in their conference? What's to bar an upset in a conference championship game? You don't automatically qualify for the play-offs. Almost every team would have to win their conference to get in.

 

Finally, and you are missing the major point here, YOU GET A DEFINITIVE CHAMPION. This year the BCS is a great system, two years ago it was a mess. Haven't their been split champions since the existence of the BCS??? Let the debate be settled on the field.

 

You get a tournament champion, not a determination on who the best team in the country is.

 

On the underline:confused::confused:

I do. It is a tournament championship and no way determines who the better team is. No way Villanova was a better team than Georgetown.

 

No way UC is better than Florida? But how will we ever know?

How about this LBBC... 8 team playoff and the six major conferences get their champion in. The other two are up for grabs. That would make it very critical to win your conference just to get into the tournament.

In the playoff bracket in the link, are all of the conferences represented?

 

With 3 Big 10 schools, 2 Big East schools, 2 Pac 10 Schools, 3 SEC schools and 2 ACC schools, I wonder how many conferences were left out?

 

Who determines the top 16? Is it the computers and the polls that are so flawed in the BCS?

How about this LBBC... 8 team playoff and the six major conferences get their champion in. The other two are up for grabs. That would make it very critical to win your conference just to get into the tournament.

 

8 team playoff and you are in the same boat that you are in this year pretty much.

 

6 conference champions means either Alabama, TCU or Boise State is left out.

No way UC is better than Florida? But how will we ever know?

 

No guarantee you will find that out in a tournament either.

 

And I hope Texas loses, UC creams Pittsburgh, Florida beats and Alabama and that is the game we will see.