BCS Fail

"What can we say -- it's December and the BCS is in chaos again."

These words came from Rep. Joe Barton of Texas, the top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and sponsor of the new legislation to attempt to outlaw a non-playoff system champion.

This is not the first effort to undermine the current BCS system, but perhaps it has the most potential to effectively do so.

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Some of us, myself included, loathe and hate the current format, and one only needs to look at this year as proof.

There are 5 undefeated teams: Alabama, Texas, TCU, Cincinnati, and Boise State.

This will be the first year that there will be two games featuring only undefeated teams: Alabama vs Texas and TCU vs Boise State.

Florida has one loss to Alabama in the finals of the SEC and faces Cincinnati, which almost means that there are six undefeated teams facing off in three separate games.

And when all this is said and done, there can be up to three teams with legitimate claims at a BCS championship.

... and all this could be solved with a simple playoff system.

Now I've designed a BCS Playoff system that attempts to take into account all factors that have helped maintain the BCS' presence. Factors such as the appeal of ending the season on a winning note, in a bowl game, in order to gain momentum for next season. Factors such as the bowls themselves, which seek to maintain the profit they receive from the games each year.

Hopefully, this will paste this into this blog so that you can view and judge for yourself whether or not you think it a better system.

It features a midmajor playoff of the 5 midmajors and 1 at large bid from any conference. This spits out 2 teams, which merge into the 10 team playoff. The BCS conferences get a bye in the first round while the 2 play in teams face two more At large teams.

From there the playoffs run out as expected. In general, all the bowls are placed on the days they actually occur and the times they do as well. Some were moved and have been noted in the event details. Enjoy and comment back.