BCS or Playoffs?

BCS or PLAYOFFS?

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VOLS INC.

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Im sure this topic has been beat to death but I am fairly new to volnation and want to know what my fellow vol fans think. Plus we have memphis this week. enough said

I Hate the BCS. I Hate it so bad. I think that it is perfect for deciding an 8 team playoff but a pitiful excuse for deciding a national champion.I can't understand how a panel of people and computers decide a champion instead of players and coaches. Yet, I turn on the TV and i hear college football analyst that love it and say that a playoff would act as a crutch to teams and that we should keep tradition because it makes college football different. I have friends that like the BCS too i don't get it. Please explain why

With CLK here I don't think its crazy to think the vols could get back to a National title game in the near future. Just wanna know what people other than my friends,family, and analyst think about the way college football decides it's champion.

This would have been the 1st round of the playoffs last year based on the top 8 teams in the BCS after the conference championships. I would have loved to have seen this.

#1 Oklahoma vs #8 Penn State
#2 Florida vs #7 Texas Tech
#3 Texas vs #6 Utah
#4 Alabama vs #5 USC
 
#4
#4
Bowl Games=Money. Schools like, need, and are always looking for money.
 
#5
#5
Nothing makes every week a do or die game with national title implications as the BCS does. It has elevated CFB to a national scale whereby folks in the Big East or SEC pay attention to what happens in the ACC or C-USA on a Thurs. night. Without the BCS, many of these games would have no meaning. Without the BCS, Tenn vs Bama or Tenn vs FL would be just another game to those outside of Knoxville, Gainesville, or Tuscaloosa. Without the BCS, rooting for the for the underdog against a ranked team so your team could move up in the polls would not even be up for discussion. Without the BCS, rooting for the Vols would be like rooting for the Titans this time of year: even if they win, the games mean nothing.

Say no to playoffs!
 
#7
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TXVOL07 said:
Bowl Games=Money. Schools like, need, and are always looking for money.
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Playoff games=Money too.
More games=More money.
Higher seeded teams get closer bowl/playoff sites.
Only drawback, the 1st round would have to be before xmas.
 
#8
#8
First of all move one of the 13 MAC teams into the Big 10 seperate them North/South or East/West and make them play a Dec. Championship Game. Next, seperate the PAC 10 North and South and make them play a championship game. Then, seperate the Big East and make them play a conference championship game. (as you may have noticed by now I hate teams that sit at 12-0 and watch the SEC, BIG12, or ACC play a championship game to see where they will land, talking to you Ohio State.) At the end of the season the top 16 teams are seperated into a playoff and after a week break we put it in motion. BCS can still have their bowl games too. In round 1 of the playoffs the top higher seeds get home field advantage. The next week the top 2 teams get home field advantage and the other 4 play at neutral sight bowl. (ex. 1 Florida and Texas play at home, while Alabama/Oregon and TCU/Iowa played at one of the four bowl sites.) Semi Finals will both be bowl games. (ex. Sugar Bowl 1 Florida/4 TCU and Fiesta Bowl 2 Texas/3 Alabama) Next week BCS Championship game. It won't happen, but it seems like a better idea to me at least.
 
#9
#9
I'm not voting for either. Looking back, the old system was about as effective as the BCS, except more than 1 bowl generally mattered big picture wise.
 
#10
#10
im for the playoffs depending on the specific system that would be used. im all for it even though i do love the bowl games.

BUT all conferences should be REQUIRED to have a CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!
that would help quite a bit IMO
 
#11
#11
Playoffs... force every conference to divide into divisions like the SEC and Big 12 then have all the conference championship games followed by a playoff between the conference champions and around 4 wildcards or so that would be needed to have a 16 team playoff.

With that said I do really enjoy the bowl season.
 
#12
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UTvol2011 said:
im for the playoffs depending on the specific system that would be used. im all for it even though i do love the bowl games.

BUT all conferences should be REQUIRED to have a CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!
that would help quite a bit IMO
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The Pac 10 doesn't have one because all the teams play each other every year..so its pretty easy to tell who is the best team..
 
#13
#13
Right now, I'm more concerned about different conferences having different ways to determine champions.
 
#14
#14
USC Trojan said:
The Pac 10 doesn't have one because all the teams play each other every year..so its pretty easy to tell who is the best team..
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and you have 10 teams, so you can divide it 5 and 5
 
#17
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vtvol98 said:
Nothing makes every week a do or die game with national title implications as the BCS does. It has elevated CFB to a national scale whereby folks in the Big East or SEC pay attention to what happens in the ACC or C-USA on a Thurs. night. Without the BCS, many of these games would have no meaning. Without the BCS, Tenn vs Bama or Tenn vs FL would be just another game to those outside of Knoxville, Gainesville, or Tuscaloosa. Without the BCS, rooting for the for the underdog against a ranked team so your team could move up in the polls would not even be up for discussion. Without the BCS, rooting for the Vols would be like rooting for the Titans this time of year: even if they win, the games mean nothing.

Say no to playoffs!
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OK were talking about an 8 team playoff. 8 teams not 80. they're are 120 eligible schools. i don't think it's going to change the way we watch college football it's only 8 teams that get in. and as i said we keep the bcs formula to decide those 8 teams. Auburn went undefeated in 2004. Undefeated in the SEC and didn't get a chance to play for the title. who cares if the 9th ranked team got the shaft. they have two losses. what about auburn? what about when 5 schools all have one loss and it just comes down to who lost 1st. I pay attention to college football because i love football not for the BCS. i just think an 8 team playoff would better decide the true champion
 
#18
#18
I've always thought a playoff would be great but make the first games on the bracket bowl games. This way we still have several bowl champions, but in the end an undisputed National Champion with out having to rely on the BCS too much.
 
#20
#20
oh how do yall feel about that +1 system?? i remember hearing about it but not many details about it
 
#21
#21
zjcvols said:
Right now, I'm more concerned about different conferences having different ways to determine champions.
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I think it would hurt a conference to not have the best team represent them in the playoff. They would self correct if they wanted a good showing nationally. If not they will just send an inferior team and loose in the first round. Sucks for them, but maybe it would spark change in later years.
 
#22
#22
If the objective is a true National Champion, there can be no other choice than a playoff. End of story.
 
#25
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VOLS INC. said:
OK were talking about an 8 team playoff. 8 teams not 80. they're are 120 eligible schools. i don't think it's going to change the way we watch college football it's only 8 teams that get in. and as i said we keep the bcs formula to decide those 8 teams. Auburn went undefeated in 2004. Undefeated in the SEC and didn't get a chance to play for the title. who cares if the 9th ranked team got the shaft. they have two losses. what about auburn? what about when 5 schools all have one loss and it just comes down to who lost 1st. I pay attention to college football because i love football not for the BCS. i just think an 8 team playoff would better decide the true champion
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yea, I think the argument that it diminishes the regular season is rediculous. If its an eight team playoff, teams still have to have excellent seasons with each game having NC implications. The top eight teams usually have 0 or 1 loss, typically 2 losses would be max. Also, I also say that it actually keeps fans interested in their teams more because after one loss their teams aren't out of contention. I say as a whole people would hold hope that their teams could still contend for national championships by playing their way into the playoffs. I think this would cause interest and viewers to either stay about the same or increase slightly, especially deep into the season.
 
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