[NU Sports] BCS

[Martinitis at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/17/2008 10:58:41 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
sjtruog at yahoo.com writes:

Week 13  and while we're lucky to have a great regular season in college 
football,  we're still unlucky in that you can feel another crummy finish coming, 
with a  third straight questionable championship. PLAYOFFS NOW!!! 


I guess I'm in the minority on this, but I much prefer the current Bowl  
set-up to a 4 or 8 team playoff.  Why?
 
    1.  Length of the season aside, I enjoy the  debate of who's number one.  
And the regular season games are more  meaningful.
 
    2.  I don't see the downside in the current  BCS system. Sure if there 
are 3 undefeated BCS games and only 2 can play for the  Championship, there 
would need be some subjectivity, but the debate is  fun.  And the unpicked team 
will always have bragging rights,  and as  time passes, more to talk up than the 
loser of the championship game.   Plus.if they're really good, they get to 
celebrate their season with a Big Bowl  win.  Just as..........
 
    3. Some 20-30 other Bowl game winners will be able  to celebrate a 
wonderful season ending with meaningful, season ending Bowl  Victories.
 
    4. The playoffs would diminish the existing  Bowls (heaven forbid a 16 or 
32 team playoff) and result with more season ending  losers than winners.  
 
     5. In today's NCAA only a handful of schools  could possibly survive, 
much less win, a national championship.  The remaining 1A schools would be 
giving up too much in order to give those  few the privilege of never having a 
controversial champion. (Which doesn't oft  happen anyway)
 
 
Lou Martinaitis  '68, '69


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