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This weekend is the signature weekend of the fall season in college football. The BCS which stand s for the Bowl Championship Series, unveils its first poll which goes a long way in determining who will play for the national championship. Every year, we sit at home and wait for the debate that drives every college football fan crazy. We get the match up on paper that we want but the game usually makes you wonder if other teams should be involved. Last year, Oklahoma and Florida played for the Championship. The game was pretty good for it matched the reigning and previous Heisman Trophy winners. Most people felt that USC vs. Florida would have been the better game but the game lived up to its hype and Florida won in a close fourth quarter game. Do I like the BCS no. I think that there should be a playoff to determine an undisputed champion. IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN!!!!.
There are several reasons why the playoff system wont work. Number and most importantly, Notre Dame. Since Notre Dame does not play in a conference and has its own network, the school would be crazy to pass up the millions of dollars it earns from NBC. They are on television every week because they draw millions of fans and all of the games they play are always sellouts. Notre Dame kills the BCS when it is good because they will take a spot from any school because they draw huge crowds. In fact if Notre Dame wins out this year they will be in a BCS game over Boise St., TCU, or any one loss team from any conference who is not the champion. So until someone convinces Notre dame to join a conference no playoff.
Second reason a playoff wont work is the pollsters can not help themselves from voting improperly or without bias. I heard someone say yesterday that Boise ST. could beat every team in the country except Florida and Alabama. I am positive that USC, Texas, and Virginia Tech would love to play them and prove that theory wrong. The voters form each region of the country would protect their constituents and definitely try to make sure their teams get favorable match ups. Plus how does one judge the impact of when a team lost one game. Oklahoma has two losses this year, but lost both games without their quarterback in each of them. USC lost to Washington without their quarterback and best defensive player, why should they be punishes if Florida some how loses a game to a lesser opponent, or Boise State who doesn't play a team ranked for the rest of the season how do the stay ranked higher than teams that play tougher opponents? How does one value a victory?
How many teams make it to the playoff? 8? 16.. What if the team left out has defeated a team that is in and has the same record?
The third reason is that bowl games pay out ridiculous amounts of money to schools for showing up. The current BCS bowls pay around 17 million dollars per team for attendance. One reason why bowl games love Notre Dame is that they will travel enough people to fill up a stadium if necessary. No one wants to remove the bowl system because they have been a part of college football for over 75 years. Determining what to do with the teams who not playoff worthy could be a problem because players may not want to risk themselves for the love of the university. SO FACE IT FOLK, THERE WILL NEVER BE A PLAYOFF!!! The BCS is the best they could come with and we have to spend our Saturdays debating the merits of the decisions made by computers over the "eye test". In this economy, NO UNIVERSITY IS GOING TO PASS UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. CHAMPIONSHIP OR NOT!!!