THREE STEPS BEFORE IMPLEMENTING MY PLAN
1- Forget my plan unless this is achieved. Ready...here it is...Tell every president at every major college that they need to freakin get on board. We're tired of feeding your pockets while you stand by and defend an unsatisfactory system. I love capitalism. It's the best system. But this is capitalism with collusion and that makes you a crook, not an innocent guy trying to make a buck for your university. You'll make your money in my system, douche bags, just get on board or get out of the way.
2-Next requires another huge step. Give every conference 3 years to align, combine, dismantle or whatever they see fit to achieve 2 things. 1) 12 teams. 2) A clear cut conference champion.
3-Get rid of one cream puff match up. If the argument is that teams get too beat up OR the classic, "there's no time for a playoff"...then this helps a lot, does it not?
THE PLAN
-Continue to use the ranking system to determine the top 25 teams. NO POLL will be taken until after week 5.
-There are by now 6 major conferences (more on that later. maybe next post) with a clear cut winner and 2 at-large spots available for BCS selection for a total of 8 BCS teams. 2 less than now.
-Keep all four BCS bowls intact but remove that annoying "conference tie-in" crap.
-Add the title game a week after the BCS bowls at a rotating site already hosting a BCS bowl...just like they do now.
-You MUST win your conference to qualify for the National Championship game.
-Example tourney. Remember, the title game would rotate. This is just a "what if" scenario.
ORANGE BOWL - #8 (at large) vs. #7 (at large)
SUGAR BOWL - #6 vs. #5
FIESTA - #3 vs #2 - Winner plays for title
ROSE - #1 vs. #4 - Winner plays for title
National Title - ROSE BOWL - one week later - Winner vs. Winner
You have not changed the length of the season. You have not done away with BCS money. You have a clear cut winner. You have greatly reduced the controversy of teams on the outside. Now you have a shot if you're in the top FOUR instead of two.
Now...I realize this is not the most original plan in the world and it is flawed. But the purpose of this science is to achieve the best results...not to make myself feel better. So...I'm going to let the season play out and then plug teams into my system. I will track it along with how the real BCS turns out. I am willing to be wrong but I would bet my system would answer questions left on the table after this season plays out.
I think i'm the only person who's against a playoff. I want to go back to the old days where it's only the conference tie-ins. The process is screwed up now. It won't be any more or less screwed up the old way. If we must continue with the BCS, the Schaetzle-plan isn't bad, however, it's unlikely to happen. There are way too many people trying to get their grubby hands on the money. If you can make this happen somehow, I want to vote in the Schaetzle poll.
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