2008 Woodie Awards
Another year, another disaster for BCS
A playoff system may solve the problems facing college football
Scott Taylor
Issue date: 11/14/05 Section: Sports
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It is getting towards the end of the college football season, so you know what that means. The BCS talks are in full swing, particularly after Texas passed two-time defending champion USC to take the No. 1 spot, despite USC not losing a game in the past two years!
Those of you who have read my columns in previous years know how much I despise the system which allows just two teams to compete for the championship. I have been begging for an eight-team playoff, or at the very least, a plus-one game, which is like a four-team playoff.
After last year's debacle, where undefeated Auburn in arguably the nation's best conference, was left out of the championship game, which turned out to be a blowout. At the end of the season, there were three undefeated teams, but only one was named national champs.
With basically the same system, the same thing may occur this year. There are currently five teams who are undefeated in the country, two of which still play each other, so there could possibly be four by season's end. I do not see four undefeated teams because Alabama still has to play LSU and Auburn, and if they win those, they will face either Georgia or Florida in the conference championship game.
This is why there should be a playoff because if Alabama lost just one of those, it is still very deserving because none of the other teams play more than one team that is the caliber of all those. If they do go undefeated through this stretch, there is a good chance that they still don't get to play for the championship because there are three undefeated teams ahead of them.
Right now, the third team is Virginia Tech. They too have played some tough games, and they still have to play Miami and a possible conference championship showdown with Florida State. How can it be left out if they win?
With this week's pools released, Texas fell back to No. 2, slightly behind USC. Texas won a tough game at Ohio State, but played a weaker Oklahoma team and got overrated Texas Tech at home.
Those of you who have read my columns in previous years know how much I despise the system which allows just two teams to compete for the championship. I have been begging for an eight-team playoff, or at the very least, a plus-one game, which is like a four-team playoff.
After last year's debacle, where undefeated Auburn in arguably the nation's best conference, was left out of the championship game, which turned out to be a blowout. At the end of the season, there were three undefeated teams, but only one was named national champs.
With basically the same system, the same thing may occur this year. There are currently five teams who are undefeated in the country, two of which still play each other, so there could possibly be four by season's end. I do not see four undefeated teams because Alabama still has to play LSU and Auburn, and if they win those, they will face either Georgia or Florida in the conference championship game.
This is why there should be a playoff because if Alabama lost just one of those, it is still very deserving because none of the other teams play more than one team that is the caliber of all those. If they do go undefeated through this stretch, there is a good chance that they still don't get to play for the championship because there are three undefeated teams ahead of them.
Right now, the third team is Virginia Tech. They too have played some tough games, and they still have to play Miami and a possible conference championship showdown with Florida State. How can it be left out if they win?
With this week's pools released, Texas fell back to No. 2, slightly behind USC. Texas won a tough game at Ohio State, but played a weaker Oklahoma team and got overrated Texas Tech at home.
