Posted on 07/27/2007 5:07:36 PM PDT by GOP_Raider
LOS ANGELES -- Pac-10 commissioner Tom Hansen, who supports bowl games and opposes a playoff system, told Sporting News Thursday his league will walk away from the BCS if the plus-one playoff model becomes a reality.
This offseason alone, conference commissioners from the SEC, ACC, Big 12 and Big East have said they are intrigued by the plus-one model -- which would provide a championship game between the two highest-ranked teams after the bowl games -- and might be open to implementing such a plan when the new television contract is negotiated sometime over the next year.
The model, however, will go nowhere without Pac-10 and Big Ten support.
"Our presidents have no interest whatsoever in a plus-one model -- none," Hansen says. "It's a little annoying that my colleagues continue to float this idea as though it has merit. If they continue to push it, and try to push us into a corner ... "
Will the Pac-10 walk away from the BCS?
"Yes, no question."
Perhaps other articles later will proved more detailed information.
This one cracked me up. My wife couldn’t tell me what day it is in one and half sentences.
ROFLOL
It’s all about $$$$$$$$. And who can withstand the competition.
Bon Voyage
The BCS needs to die an agonizing death. What Div 1 football needs is a playoff that includes the champs from ALL 8 confrences and 8 at-large teams. Over the last 3 years the so-called Mid-Majors have proven they belong. Utah spanked Pitt in the Fiesta Bowl in 2005, and Boise St nocking off Oklahoma last year. Watch out for TCU this season, they have a date with destiny and Texas early on, and they have owned the Big-12 the last few years. It’s time the Mid-Majors get their seat at the table.
For full disclosure purposes I am a Mountain West Homer and die hard New Mexico fan.
I could see this being played out two ways:
1) Scrap the BCS altogether and return the four major bowls to their conference affiliations:
Rose: Pac 10 vs Big 11
Orange: A.C.C. vs Big East
Sugar: S.E.C. vs wild card
Fiesta: Big XII vs wild card
The Sugar and the Fiesta committees would choose the two wild cards. After the bowls have finished, take the consensus first and second teams from the human polls and have your ‘plus one’ for the National Championship.
2) Skip the ‘plus one’ format and go straight to a playoff that incorporates at least three of the major bowls. My favorite plan is to require the playoff to include *only* conference champions (plus Notre Dame if qualified) ranked by the BCS standings. The top 8 conference champs - regardless of which conference - make the playoffs. The first round would be at the higher seed’s home field while the semi-finals and finals would be attached to the major bowls.
Had this formula been used in 2006, the field would have been:
8) 14th-ranked Wake Forest at 1) 1st-ranked Ohio State
7) 11th-ranked Notre Dame at 2) 2nd-ranked Florida
6) 10th-ranked Oklahoma at 3) 5th-ranked USC
5) 8th-ranked Boise St. at 4) 6th-ranked Louisville
Michigan (3rd), LSU (4th), Wisconsin (7th), Auburn (9th), Arkansas (12th) and West Virginia (13th) are passed over because they did not win their conference title - making winning the conference a necessary step towards winning it all.
Notre Dame is the exception. Not belonging to a conference, they would only need to finish higher ranked than the next highest conference champ would have been (in this case, 20th-ranked BYU).
The good news for this format is that there is no “second team” from any conference so the politicking can be minimized. Also, at least one mid-major conference will always be represented and sometimes as many as three. There are no automatic bids so if a conference (say, the Big East) has a bad year, another conference could take their place.
The first round games could be held two weeks before New Years, the second round around New Years and the final game two weeks after New Years, likely the same weekend as the NFL conference championship games.
Or, if the NFL wants to keep a week between the Conf. title games and the Super Bowl, just schedule the college title game that weekend.
I always fantasized about D-1 doing for football what they did for the NCAA tournament. i.e.: having each conf. champ getting an automatic bid and then having 5 at large bids for a 16 team tournament. You could do start it the week after Christmas and then have the title game the week between the NFL conference title games and the Super Bowl.
Speaking of the Lobos, I’m keeping my eye on them, even though I’ve got Wyoming as my official MWC “darkhorse”. You guys return a lot of starters on defense if I’m not mistaken.
The Lobos return 18 starters this season. I’m not too sure of the breakdown, but I believe it’s pretty even between offense and defense. We will see how it goes, New Mexico has a knack for breaking my heart.
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