The New BCS System ! Set to go into practice during the 2011 season.

[NDguy191]

i wish...

[TheCamden99]

I like the idea

[PrevanaDei]

I had a similar system that I would use to simulate the outcome. I think I used a few different bowls, but for the most part it was similar to this. However, it really didn't work. The Rose Bowl is not going to want a small school or regional school in their bowl game, playoffs or not. Unless super conferences come into play and even then it's still iffy.

So I tried a different idea. See next comment...

[PrevanaDei]

Cont: What I did was bump the starting week up one week so you start in late August and you finish your season in November. The last week of November Conference Championship week. Then December is left for the playoffs. Using the BCS standings you set 1-16 and you have three weeks of playoffs. The remaining two will play for the National Championship, while those that lost in previous rounds can be selected for BCS Bowls, as it regularly happens keeping their ties-in if the bowls so choose.

[BKerve5894]

heres my suggestion top 5 teams should have home field advantage 17-25 should be wild card winners would play top seeded teams and as i mentioned the higher seed plays on their home field until the title game where its on a neutral site all the non bcs bowls would still be how it is but the bcs would have this style of a playoff system the bcs should read this comment and to addition the final four you have the rose bowl and the orange bowl as the final four stages and swap off every year

[BKerve5894]

heres my suggestion top 5 teams should have home field advantage 17-25 should be wild card winners would play top seeded teams and as i mentioned the higher seed plays on their home field until the title game where its on a neutral site all the non bcs bowls would still be how it is but the bcs would have this style of a playoff system the bcs should read this comment

[ranger69me]

Lol at pac 10 teams, 3 co-champions. Shit is funny to me, bama destroyed that ass. SEC is by far the strongest

[ranger69me]

This is just what people want, no playoff system is set in stone

[RockSmithStudio]

16 is way too many teams. Fans would have to pay to travel, the game itself, and a place to stay for 4 places. 8 is the most you need since most teams below 8 are considered in contention, and if 16 teams are in a playoff, the season is almost meaningless which is why college football is so amazing. Have 8 teams, higher ranked teams get home field advantage. Do the playoffs early in the bowl season and then once the two teams have been decided, send the 6 others to their respective bowl games.

[slydawg221]

@RockSmithStudio sounds just like college basketball to me.

[slydawg221]

@RockSmithStudio are you saying that nobody finds march madness exciting?

[RockSmithStudio]

@slydawg221 In march madness, fans have to travel at the maximum, 3 times since there are two games played per area. Basketball courts(until the Final Four) holds at the most 20,000 fans. That means only 10,000 fans per team are needed to fill the court. Football stadiums hold between 70,000-90,000 fans or 35,000-45,000 fans per game! Tickets to basketball tournament games cost around $80. Football games can cost $300(national championship ticket cost me $800). Alot more money in football.

[slydawg221]

@RockSmithStudio football is more popular than basketball in america. if you wanna go to a more popular game then you gotta be willing to pay more money. it makes sense to me.

[RockSmithStudio]

@RockSmithStudio this bracket requires the winning team to travel 4 times! If a fan went to every bowl game, they would probably be spending thousands of dollars on rooming(since there are all the sudden 70,000-90,000 fans wanted a place to stay compared to basketball games where it's only 20,000), 4 flight tickets or driving(both expensive), and tickets which will probably cost well over $1,000 alone. You telling me there are 70,000-90,000 fans willing/able to spend that much money?

[Whisper2771]

@RockSmithStudio Annnnnnnd you don't think fans would travel, and pay that cost? Really?!

[DuckPredator96]

this is never gonna happen

[snowskingz14]

this is greatttttttttttttttt  finally

[Devman2013]

dude still no the AQ conference champs have to go thats why its 16 not 8

[spibuckeyefan1]

@Devman2013 Okay, take your 6 AQ Champs and two at-larges. Simple, but if you have a conference champ like 8-5 UConn, would you really want them in over...Alabama? The AQ Champ bid is a joke, especially in the ACC and Big East. Teams that lose three or more games should never be allowed an automatic BCS bid, unless every team in FBS has three or more losses, which will never happen. A team that loses to James Madison should not be allowed to play in a BCS game.

[spibuckeyefan1]

Too many teams. It's so much easier than this. Take your top 8 teams in the BCS and add 2 more bowls to BCS status(ex. Cotton or Capital One) First round games will start like this.

#1 vs. #8 Cotton Bowl, #2 vs. #7 in Cap. One Bowl, #3 vs. #6 in Orange Bowl, and

#4 vs. #5 in the Sugar.

Semi finals

Cotton vs. Sugar winner in Rose Bowl, and Cap One vs Orange winner in the Fiesta.

Finals

Rose winner vs. Fiesta winner in BCS National Title Game

Bowl games will be rotated annually.

Simple.

[dudeguy465]

@spibuckeyefan1 thats alot better than whats up ther

[Devman2013]

ive seen this before but everyone calm down its not the top 16 that will go its the AQ conference champs with at-large teams filling in the gaps

[924165632]

i'm all for this i was actually wondering anyone would agree on this

[Michigan4983]

this is the worst thing ive ever seen in my life this idea sucks so bad i feel bad for u... u wuldnt be able to some how magically make the college football season like 6 weeks longer

[usnbostx2]

@Michigan4983 Actually, the bowls started on the 18th this year, and end on 10th of January -- four weeks, the time required for this playoff senario. The season would not be any longer for the 112 FBS teams who won't be making it to the 2nd round. Playoff teams that have Conf. championship games still would get two weeks off (dec. 4th was champ week). The teams that don't make it in still get to go to the pizza bowl and the muffler bowl, etc.

[shakebakenjuke]

No no no..... PAC-10 and Big Ten would be against playoff because they get berths to the Rose Bowl... Plus where would u play the semi final games ??? Don't get me wrong I'm for a playoff system but not this one

[usnbostx2]

@shakebakenjuke I think you could adjust the seedings so that Pac-10 and Big Ten would still land in the Rose assuming they win the previous two weeks, where they should be drawing non-AQ teams that they "should" beat. The same goes for the other major bowls.

[usnbostx2]

@shakebakenjuke ...in addition to seeding it so conference tie-ins still work for the rose, orange, fiesta and sugar, I would probably move everything to the right on the calendar...make the big four bowls the semis, and the first round a home-field.

[concretespecial]

@shakebakenjuke I'm from Big Ten country, and I totally agree with this format!! Screw the Rose Bowl. A national title is more important. Play the semi final games at the teams stadium with the better record. I recommend it be done just like in the NFL.

[hokiefan20]

kinda like my ideaa

[mayala03]

this would be awesome and makes so much sense....whomever came up with this KUDOS to you

[924165632]

@mayala03 ya think

[slicingwater]

Is everyone really sure that this will work out as planned.

[924165632]

@slicingwater I think it might work