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Tuesday, December 09, 2003
Imagine if you will a world where college football embraces, at long last, the concept of a true playoff system. Imagine incorporating the existing bowls into the mix. Imagine the participation of so-called "mid-majors", giving them the possibility of winning the "big one". Imagine the excitement of March madness in December. Think it's not possible?
Let's examine a proposal of mine. First of all, let's start the season in the last week of August, and play until Thanksgiving weekend. There is no reason we can't play 11 games in 12-13 weeks (depending on the calendar year).
Now, take the following 4 weeks to play the playoffs. 15 games, 16 teams. The top 8 seeds get a home game. Let's take the conference champions of each of the following conferences: Big East, ACC, SEC, Big 10, Big 12, MAC, WAC, and the PAC-10. The final 8 slots are given to at-large teams based on a BCS-type matrix.
The conference champions would be Miami, Florida State, LSU, Michigan, Kansas State, Miami Ohio, Boise State, and USC. For the sake of debate, let's give the remaining slots to the top remaining BCS teams: Oklahoma, Ohio State, Texas, Tennessee, Georgia, Iowa, Purdue, and Florida. Now, seed the teams as they are ranked in the BCS.
Boise State at Oklahoma? Could be fun. Florida at LSU? The Gators already won that game this season. Rematch anyone? How about another rematch with Iowa at Michigan?
Purdue at USC? Sounds good to me. Who wouldn't watch Georgia at Ohio State? Here's one I would LOVE to see... Miami Ohio at Texas. If Arkansas can win there, so can Miami. This is a quality team. Kansas State at Florida State? I would be there. Finally, another rematch, this time on the other team's home field: Miami at Tennessee.
In an ideal world, these would be our matchups. Second round games would be played at, for example, the Holiday, Fiesta, Cotton, and Citrus Bowls. The semifinals would be played at, say, the Orange, and Rose Bowls. And the championship game? The Sugar Bowl.
Four weeks. Sixteen teams. Fifteen nail-biting games.
It HAS to happen someday. College football loses something every time we get to the postseason. All other sports decide their championships on the field. Even college football, at EVERY OTHER level, does so. It's time the college powers (including the networks) got together and did the same thing.Labels: Archives_2003
.: posted by
Dave
6:02 PM
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