This offering comes from The Star in Kansas City.
Submitted by Martin Manley on December 18, 2008 - 12:32am
Martin ran the matchups in the tournament on ESPN’s Playoff Simulator. Follow the link to see what the bowl matchups were, what upsets occurred, who wound up playing in the Championship Final and the outcome of that game.
BCS Tournament: The Champion is Beyond Common Sense
All 11 conference champions are part of the 16-team tourney as long as that champion is ranked in the BCS final top-25. If not, they can go play in some secondary bowl somewhere where they belong. The remaining positions are filled by at-large teams based exclusively on the BCS rankings.
The top-16 in the rankings made it with one exception – Ball State #22 (Mid-America champion) is in at the expense of #16 BYU. Two conferences do not have a representative – Conference USA and Sun Belt. [They finished outside the top 25.]
15 games will be played in a 16-team tournament utilizing the top-15 bowls (maybe rotate some in and out of the tournament annually). The championship game and semifinals could be rotated between the ultra-top bowls.
Rant: What I fail to understand is this. Money drives everything nowadays. There is no way on earth these 15 games (bowls) would not make more money than they do presently! The build-up would be incredible. Each bowl would be watched by a lot more fans because each bowl might have the national champion playing in it! As it is, there is only one bowl that ultimately matters.
Anyway, I couldn’t resist one more opportunity to blast these BCS bozos for clinging to a ridiculously outmoded system that will never last long-term. You can bet your life on it. The only questions remaining are when will it change, what will the playoff format look like, and will you or I be alive to see i
IT IS TIME FOR A PLAYOFF - List of Articles (with links)
Chapter 1 - Background
Chapter 1A - Background, Part 2
Chapter 2 - Example of Problem
Chapter 3 - Jim Ruppert’s Bowl Schedule
Chapter 4 - Another Point of View
Chapter 5 - Case Against 8 or 16 teams
Chapter 6 - Congress Gets Involved
Chapter 7 - Alternative 16 Team Plan
Chapter 8 - And More…
Chapter 9 - As I See It
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