BCS busted

I was just having a debate with a friend about the merits of a playoff system in college football. I am not in favor of this. To me the college football season is your playoff. If you want or deserve the chance to be a national champion, you have to do a couple of things. First, you should win your conference. Second, you have to win whatever BCS game you get placed in. Third your team has to play a respectable schedule. The smaller school teams that think they deserve the crystal football need to man up and make their conference respectable in the eyes of the nation. The big 10, pac 10, SEC, big east and big 12 have had outstanding teams in every decade of CFB. Those conferences have earned the right to send their champions to the marquee games. They understand how competitive you need to be to be the best. They understand its win or else you are out. These conferences are willing to take the risk of saying we have the best conference and play the best every weekend. If they don't perform, they lose the national respect that the audience looks for. Smaller schools don't have the national audience and pressure, nor the marquee athletes of the big timers.

I need to address how the playoff system works in other divisions of sports and not CFB. Basketball playoffs work because the turn around time for a basketball game is minimal. A team can get their act together and be ready to play again the next day. The recovery time for the athletes is quick because they don't get tackled and beat on each other for the entire game. If a basketball team is too physical, the player fouls out. Basketball players don't have to wear pads and helmets to play their games.

NFL playoffs work because they have home games. The athletes are paid for their performance. Also, when was the last time a NFL team got discounted after an early season loss. The season is not as competitive for NFL teams. They are so relaxed that they play four games that have no bearing on the end of the season. The NFL system is simply money hungry from my point of view, and should not be emulated.

Baseball playoff system is about like basketball. The players are contact free and can play the next day after a nights rest.

I don't think I would like a playoff system in CFB. A fan could appreciate the extra games, but how at what cost? As fans we would see NFL like gouging that I cannot afford. The allure of having a single game after your season is over to make the statement is part of the exhilaration of the bowl game. More games would diminish the regular season. In its current state, every weekend matters. If your team fails to play as expected or better every weekend, your team is out. Some close cases can occur where more than one team feels they have a claim to the crystal football. Should have played better earlier and been in a better conference if you wanted that acclaim. I like the system as it is, and am willing to accept whatever fate my team plays itself into.

I also have to mention the computer ranking system. Play good enough to be the best and take what you get. Don't like your rating? Change your schedule. Win all of your games convincingly.

With all this in mind, I fully expect the buckeyes to play in the outback bowl this year.

I also feel pretty good about myself. Thus far this football season, I have only drank 3 beers on saturdays. I wouldn't have drank those if it wasn't for being in columbus for an actual game.

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