Killing the BCS?

posted on 2005-03-30 at 00:05:42 by Joel Ross

Fanblogs has a post about a new bill in Texas that would bar Texas teams from participating in BCS bowl games. Basically, the bill says teams have to participate in a playoff system to be eligible for post season play.

Of course, it's mainly just for show. It expires before the BCS bids go out unless four other states jump on board. But not just any four states. It's from a list, and the list pretty much includes the states that would actually send a team to a BCS game.

Personally, I'd love to see a 16 team playoff in college football. It would be as big as March Madness! And I'm not just saying that because it would be supported in the Tourney Pool Manager. It would be great for the game. I think last year, when USC had a legit claim on the national title, it was pretty obvious the BCS wasn't producing the results that it was put in place to do.

What about bowl games you ask? Well, use them to host the playoff games. With 16 teams, you can incorporate 15 bowls into the system. Yes, right now, we have 497 bowl games, but cutting it to 15 games seems about right to me.

Hopefully this won't be a token bill. I think it will be, but maybe it'll get the process started.

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