The BCS Problem

[astro61200]

So glad the BCS is gone.. The championship game would have been Alabama vs Florida State ( http://collegespun.com/big-ten/ohio-...-after-week-14 )



Alabama would have dominated and we would have had to hear about how dominant the SEC is..

[daneblazer]

You'll still have to hear it

[jjgold]

You could still make a case TCU, Baylor would of battled Oregon

[pavyracer]

I thought #1 plays #4 and #2 plays #3.

What are you smoking hombre?

[daneblazer]

That's the way the ball bounces. You bog down in the red zone, turn the ball over to a team like Oregon you get blown out. A different day and the game could have been closer/

[astro61200]

You could still make a case TCU, Baylor would of battled Oregon

I think TCU should have made it over OSU.. and if the Buckeyes get smoked then you'll hear a lot of people complaining.. Sadly, I believe that if TCU had lost to someone else like Oklahoma then they would have made it. I just don't think the committee wanted to deal with the backlash of TCU making it over the team they lost to, especially in the first year and especially if TCU had lost by a lot

[Ra77er]

I 100% agree with Astro, I'm actually super pissed off TCU didn't get in but nothing to do about it now. I hope OSU gives Bama a good game just so I don't have to be upset about it all offseason too.

[astro61200]

I thought #1 plays #4 and #2 plays #3.

What are you smoking hombre?

The rankings are what the BCS would have looked like if it were around this year

[stealthyburrito]

Is there issue with the bcs rankings selecting the top 4 for a playoffs? Oregon fla st would've still been one of the matchups just a change in "home" team.

[astro61200]

Is there issue with the bcs rankings selecting the top 4 for a playoffs? Oregon fla st would've still been one of the matchups just a change in "home" team.

I would have been fine with that, actually would probably prefer that to a committee that might be biased.. It didn't work well when humans picked the 2 teams in the NC, then the computer (BCS) seemed to be a little better at picking them but still had issues. So then they go back to humans but allow more teams in. So maybe the next step will be keeping it at 4 teams but allowing a BCS style ranking to determine them.

[dfish]

TCU can only blame Wisky for laying an egg

Final 6 would have ended any controversy

[LT Profits]

I thought #1 plays #4 and #2 plays #3.

What are you smoking hombre?

OP means if the BCS was still in place, not the Final Four. Alabama and FSU are 1-2 using old BCS formula.

[Ra77er]

True fish but I guess truth be told they can blame themselves for losing that game in Waco and the ridiculous no conference title game.

[ChiLLx]

More proof that TCU should have been in and probably could've won it all.

[Ra77er]

I am and will be butthurt over them being left out (TCU). I had an extremely juicy future bet on them and I live 15 minutes away so I watched them pretty much all year and faded them against Kansas State like a donkey. They were a legit threat to any team in the final four imho. They return 10 starters on offense I believe next year so we shall see.

[thetrinity]

tcu should have still been in, i like 8 but the problem with 8 is that its one more trip for fans to travel, you would almost have to do it before the bowl games start and let the higher seed play at home.

[ChiLLx]

I am and will be butthurt over them being left out (TCU). I had an extremely juicy future bet on them and I live 15 minutes away so I watched them pretty much all year and faded them against Kansas State like a donkey. They were a legit threat to any team in the final four imho. They return 10 starters on offense I believe next year so we shall see.

I almost took TCU at like 100-1 before the season. I would've been enraged watching that playoff show and seeing them left out.

[thetrinity]

I'd be more pissed off after watching these teams play if I had a TCU future for the title.

[Ra77er]

It wasn't for much but I took them 215 to 1 odds.

LINE 08/20/2014 03:47 PM

[ # 181333602 ] ODDS TO WIN 2015 NCAA (F) NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ( Risking: 20.00 - To Win: 4,300.00 ) LOSE 12/08/2014 @ 03:12 PM TNT [13234] TCU +21500 Winner: LOSE $-20.00

[thetrinity]

its looking like 3 4 5 are the best teams and the bcs would have found the worst 2 of the group yet again

[astro61200]

tcu should have still been in, i like 8 but the problem with 8 is that its one more trip for fans to travel, you would almost have to do it before the bowl games start and let the higher seed play at home.

24 teams make it in the FCS, they play at the better seed's place and play once a week. I believe 24 is too many, 8 would work, but no reason they need such a long layoff in between the season and the playoff starting.

This season the last games were on November 28th. Give them 2 weeks for the first round (Dec. 13), then proceed as it did this year from there. Could play the semis on Jan 1 and give them 19 days off, then play the finals 10 or 11 days after that.

[astro61200]

It wasn't for much but I took them 215 to 1 odds.

LINE 08/20/2014 03:47 PM

[ # 181333602 ] ODDS TO WIN 2015 NCAA (F) NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ( Risking: 20.00 - To Win: 4,300.00 ) LOSE 12/08/2014 @ 03:12 PM TNT [13234] TCU +21500 Winner: LOSE $-20.00

Ouch.. I think they could have won it too. If I had made that bet and they did win I'd be kicking myself for not just upping it to $100 and walking away with 21k+

[thetrinity]

24 teams make it in the FCS, they play at the better seed's place and play once a week. I believe 24 is too many, 8 would work, but no reason they need such a long layoff in between the season and the playoff starting.

This season the last games were on November 28th. Give them 2 weeks for the first round (Dec. 13), then proceed as it did this year from there. Could play the semis on Jan 1 and give them 19 days off, then play the finals 10 or 11 days after that.

They would get hell from the bowls for doing it this way, that's why it seems unlikely it happens while it's good on paper. All the good teams actually played on the week of December 6 so you would probably need to wait until the week of the 20th, then go into the bowls after that. 24 would suck, the regular season would be almost meaningless.

[terpkeg]

It's already set up for 8 with the six rotating bowl games.

[astro61200]

If this had been last year we would have, most likely, seen a Alabama win over FSU and talk of how dominant the SEC is and all that good stuff.

Now with a playoff we get two teams that would have been left out. Hopefully this leads to an 8 team playoff in the next year or two.

[Mister X]

It should be at least an 8 team playoff