BCS a Mess?

So everyone wants a playoff system for college football...right? Well with the system we have in place, I think that there are just a few adjustments that would drastically change the landscape of college football.


Before I get into this adjusted system, I am going to assume (because this should happen) that the Cotton Bowl is added as a new BCS site. The Cotton Bowl will be moved to the new Texas Stadium in the next 5 years.

Ok here we go:

A) All BCS conferences should have conference championship games.

Tired of seeing Ohio State finish playing football on November 15th and then waiting 3 weeks to slide up the polls into the national championship? Me too! PAC-10, BIG-10, and the BIG-EAST must add conference championships. How fantastic would it be to have a Friday night double header of conference championship games and then FOUR conference championship games on Saturday. uh....awesome? Yaaaa. This needs to be done. It is unfair for teams in the brutal SEC and tough Big 12, and sometimes competitive ACC to have to go through maybe their most challenging game of the year just to qualify for a BCS game. While the other three conferences don't have to face that tough test. Make it fair across the board.

B) Two AT-Large teams **(Credit to Aaron Brenner who helped me with this idea)

I like the BCS rankings. I think 95% of the time, it gets it right. One gripe I have with it, is that the human pollsters are so dumb I wonder sometimes if they watch football. I believe in last years last poll, 10 coaches put Missouri ahead of OU, even though OU beat them twice? It's a joke and its not just my OU bias. Other teams rankings were just ridiculous. Florida with 3 losses ranked #1? Several coaches had that. But overall, keep the BCS rankings.

The two BCS at-large teams will be: 1) The highest ranked BCS team that didn't win its conference; and 2) A non-BCS team selected by a play in game. The play-in game will be played on the Thursday night of the conference championship weekend. It will be between the two highest ranked non-teams. Should be exciting, no?

C) Rank the teams according to BCS rankings and place them in the BCS bowls.

Best ranked against the worst ranked. Second best ranked against the second worst etc.... For example, if USC is #1 and the Big East champion is ranked #22 and thats the worst ranking... they play in game one. The way the bowl should be selected is by proximity to the best seeded team. There will be 4 preselected locations (out of the 5 BCS bowls) and proximity to the best seeds is how the games are placed. So obviously is USC is #1 they are playing in the Rose Bowl. But if USC was #6 and they were playing Oklahoma who is #4. They play in the Cotton Bowl. Get the gist? So fill the 4 quarter-final games by proximity. By using proximity, it guarantees fans filling the seats which equals money and that has been the biggest gripe with a playoff (Sponsors losing money).

D) Winners face off in 2 more BCS bowls at repeat locations.

The BCS locations for the semi-finals should be preselected locations. The bracket is not re-seeded between rounds. Simple.

E) National championship is played during the weekend between the conference championships and the Super Bowl in the NFL.

This will be played in a preselected BCS location. There will be one location that did not host a quarterfinal and a semifinal games and this is where the championship will be. It will be a yearly rotation, so each location gets to host the National championship. Some years they only get a quarterfinal game. Some years you get a quarterfinal and a semifinal.

F) The schedule will work with school.

Quarterfinals: First week after school is out. (Weekend before Christmas)
Semifinals: (New Years week)
Championship: (Between AFC and NFC championship and Superbowl)

So I think i covered it. BCS makes more money, fans are happy. Less people will be upset because:

If you win your conference you are in the playoff. If you lose your conference but play in a tough conference (i.e. Missouri) you still have a good chance of making the playoffs if you are highly ranked. At large teams have a legit shot at making the playoffs and wont always be the last ranked team.

So this should sum it up. I know the bowl locations is kinda confusing, but it works. I'll do a what if for you:

If the season ended after week 2 and we will pretend the AP is the BCS standings it would be:

10. Wisconsin
9. Auburn
8. LSU
7. Missouri
6. East Carolina (lets assume they dont lose a game all year)
5. Ohio State
4. Florida
3. Oklahoma
2. Georgia
1. USC

Big 12 champ: Oklahoma
Pac-10 champ: USC
SEC champ: Georgia
Big-10 Champ: OSU
ACC champ: Wake Forest ranked #12
Big East champ: South Florida ranked #15
Fresno State is ranked #14

Here are the games:

Play-in game: East Carolina beats Fresno State

Quarters:
Rose Bowl: USC vs. South Florida
Sugar Bowl: Georgia vs. Wake Forest
Cotton Bowl: Oklahoma vs. East Carolina
Orange Bowl: Florida vs Ohio State

Semis:
Rose: Georgia vs. Oklahoma
Sugar: Florida vs. USC

Championship:
Fiesta: Oklahoma vs. USC

Again bowls will rotate every year.

I think this works. Very long explanation. So, whats your take?