BCS Proposal

Will anyone disagree that March Madness is the most exciting moment in sports in our country? And yes, I mean more exciting than the NFL playoffs, NBA playoffs, and the MLB playoffs. When it comes to exciting periods in sports, March Madness is second to none.

On the other end of the spectrum, the BCS ranks just above bowling in level excitement. Okay, maybe I exaggerated. However, could there be any title less important then College Football National Champions. Until the current BCS system actually includes playoffs, this title will continue to not mean that much.

The Mountain West has proposed an eight team playoff. I'm not too sure about the specifics of the proposal, but I do know that it includes extending the season two weeks. This extention is largely why this proposal will not go through.

The current bowl schedule is approximently three weeks long, the time it would take to run an eight team playoff. They should make the specifics simple, the exact opposite of the current convoluted system in place now. A committee of delegates from the 11 division 1-A conferences would vote who gets to participate in the playoff. That simple, nothing confusing.

Of course this would upset people who value the history of the bowl season. To that I say whatever. I don't care about the history, I want any team to have a chance at the national championship so this title can actually mean what it says. And if you want, the four BCS games could be the first round of the playoffs.