Posted on 06/26/2012 5:12:19 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
College football will finally have a playoff. Come 2014, the BCS is dead.
A committee of university presidents on Tuesday approved a plan for a four-team playoff put forward by commissioners of the major football conferences.
''It goes just the right amount,'' he said.
The move completes a six-month process for the commissioners, who have been working on a new way to determine a major college football champion after years of griping from fans.
''There were differences of views,'' Steger said. ''I think it would be a serious mistake to assume it was a rubber stamp.''
Instead of simply matching the nation's No. 1 and No. 2 teams in a championship game after the regular season, the way the Bowl Championship Series has done since 1998, the new format will create a pair of national semifinals.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.foxsports.com ...
So, one game on New Year's Eve and the other on New Year's Day will suck viewers away from all the other bowl games with the two winners meeting a week later.
Want more teams in an extended playoff?
All the other bowls better get with the program and become a part of the playoff picture or they can only count on the eyeballs-on-the-TV and butts-in-the-seats of their participants fans.
Guaranteed 16 teams before 2020 and a lot of the lesser bowls going the way of the Dodo.
“Whats the War Eagle (2012) about?”
I am also an Auburn fan, I would like to see Auburn win in 2012 like they did in 2010. Nice to see the Alabama teams alternate.
And I see your point. Would have been nice to have this playoff system for this past year.
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