BCS
The Latest On A College Football Playoff
Sorry it has been so long since the last post. Being the offseason and all there isn’t much going on. But today there was an article on ESPN about the NCAA President’s support of a playoff that needs mentioning. Oddly he only supports a 4 team playoff instead of 16 or 20 like is done [...]
The BCS Cancels The NBA Season And Schedules Championship Game
In a puzzling display of stupidity, Bill Hancock, Executive Director of the Bowl Championship Series, called a press conference this morning to make a “special announcement” regarding professional basketball. Perplexed reporters from both college football and the NBA showed up, wondering what purpose could have possibly brought them together. Hancock quickly put the questions to [...]
The Right Way To Do A Plus One Playoff
Everyone knows the BCS bigwigs are getting together and discussing the future of the BCS. Several topics will be on the table, such as bowl selection, automatic qualifiers and the plus one model. A plus one would be a good start, but 8 teams would be ideal. Still, if a plus one playoff is possible, [...]
The Reason College Football Has No Playoff
The BCS is a terrible system of determining a champion. Under their logic, Germany won WWII. Just look at the strength of their opponents and all of those quality wins, several on the road. The BCS also tells us Virginia Tech is better than Clemson, even though they played two times, once at Virginia Tech, [...]
An Infographic to Explain the BCS
Someone emailed me a link to an infographic they created that helps to explain what is wrong with the BCS. If you check out the contact form I expressly ask people not to do this, and by and large it has stopped. I figured it serves to make sure only serious people with something seriously [...]
