Radio Show was a huge hit tonight. Here are Steve and I's picks:
College:
West Virgina -3 at Colorado: Ben and Steve take West Virgina covering
Florida -7.5 at Tennessee: Ben and Steve take Florida
Boise St at Oregon -10.5: Ben thinks this gets ugly and takes Oregon. Steve takes Boise
Georgia -7 at Arizona State: rebound game both of us take Georgia big.
LSU -3.5 at Auburn: Ben takes the champs laying the points. Steve takes the team with no offense.
Locks: Steve takes Auburn; Ben takes Fresno State laying 7 against Toledo
NFL:
Arizona at Washington -3: Both take Arizona's high powered O.
Tampa Bay at Chicago -3: Both take the Bears
Carolina at Minnesota -3.5: Steve takes AD, Ben bets against his boy Gus
Saints at Broncos -6: Both think Broncos win big
Dallas -3 at Green Bay: Steve stays loyal and takes the boys, Ben thinks 6 days isnt enough to recover from Philly game
Locks: Steve says Broncos -6, Ben takes over 42 points in AZ vs. Wash
Why the hell did we not pick the Pitt Eagles game? We overlooked that....SORRY.
Ok so I figured out how to do podcasts. Here is the Pat Forde interview and it should show up on the right Podcenter toolbar for at least the next few weeks.
Stay Classy,
Ben
Showing posts with label College Football. Show all posts
Showing posts with label College Football. Show all posts
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Saturday, September 13, 2008
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?
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?
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