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To: Sudetenland
Not a fan of BCS, but it's the best solution we've got unless you want to extend the college season into February with a bracket of 16.

I'm going to let you in on a huge secret. There are college football teams that engage in a 16-team playoff series. It's a dirty little secret that the BCS and Division I athletic departments and media try to keep hidden from Division I fans.

Three out of the four college divisions that play college football have 16-team playoffs.

FCS: http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/football/fcs

Division II:http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/football/d2

Division III: http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/football/d3

16 Teams
First Round: November 19
Second Round: November 26
Quarterfinals: December 3
Semifinals: December 10
Championship: Dec 17

I had an athletic director from a public BCS school with over 25,000 students and plenty of money tell me to my face that BCS teams doesn't have the resources to engage in a playoff series and that the players couldn't handle it.

And yet, Division III PoDunk University with 2,200 students and which is a private university has the resources to compete in a 16-team playoff series.

No offense to alumni of the University of Mount Union which came in second to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in the Division III championship.

I just find it amusing that a huge school with tens of thousands of students and alumni who donate millions to athletics doesn't have the resources to compete in a playoff series, but a privately funded university with 2,200 students does.
49 posted on 01/09/2012 3:39:20 PM PST by af_vet_rr
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To: af_vet_rr; All

My mistake, I forget that Division I-AA/FCS are the same.


50 posted on 01/09/2012 3:42:45 PM PST by af_vet_rr
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