The BCS vs Playoff Debate

I keep saying this, but with playoffs, you get the possibility of an all-SEC final.

That alone would make the switch worth it.

thats true but isnt that what the SEC championship game is for? I wouldnt have wanted to see Florida Bama play again for the NC

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An 8 team playoff would take too much drama out of the regular season

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i agree...a 3 loss team should have no argument to even compete for a national title

a plus 1 system wouldnt be bad but i like it how it is

The current BCS system with a +1 is the best idea I've heard so far. It doesn't modify the current system much and gives the top 4 teams a shot at the title.

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And for those that say a playoff diminishes the regular season, I'd argue just the opposite. With only 10 teams in the playoffs, each game would be crucial for teams to either stay in the top 10 or jump into it. The drama would be sick.

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Nope. What about the #1, 2, and 3 teams towards the end of the season, especially if they don't have to play a conference championship? There would be little or no drama there.

With the plus one format, if you lose, you drop out of the top 4 and are out of the playoffs for the time being. The same can't be said for an 8 or 10 team playoff.

Maybe with #1-#3, but everyone would be too busy paying attention to #4-#15 to see if those teams would fall out or jump in. In the current format you get 5 teams at most that have a chance at the end of the year. In a 10-team format, this could affect upwards of 10 teams trying to make it in or doomed to fall out.

Come on now, 10 teams, winner takes all, move over march madness, this would be electric.

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We almost had that a few years ago with the Ohio State-Michigan bullshite. Thank God Florida played in it.

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If there had been a playoff that year, it would have been LSU vs Florida for all the marbles.

And I would have liked our chances in that rematch.

I agree that some of those matchups would be fun to watch, but we'd probably get the same ones through the plus one format. My point is that now, every single game matters in college football. Even if you're the #1 team in the last week, you still better beat the shite out of whoever you're playing, or you could get bumped out of the championship game. The plus one format would keep that intensity.

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It's beauty is in its simplicity

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Exactly what part of that is simple?

The order I'd like it:

1. +1 (not a 4 team playoff. Play the bowls under their old formats, [such as Pac 10/Big 10 in Rose, Big 12 in Fiesta, etc] then using both the reg season and bowls, take the top two teams two weeks later in the NCG)

2. Current BCS

3. 6-team playoff. Would create no legit controversy (would shut every critic up). Rewards the 1/2 with byes. The best way to do it is to move up the season a week (I know this wouldn't go over well with you guys down south, but it's really the only way it could work). The week after the final reg season/conf champ games, 3 plays host to 6, 4 plays host to 5. Then 1 hosts the lowest seed the next week, 2 hosts the other surviving team (so neither the first round nor the semis are at a neutral site, but the NCG will be). After the first two playoff rounds, you can award the Heisman, and do bowl selections, with all teams besides the two teams in the NCG. Then do the bowls and NCG like now.

4. 4-team playoff. Basically, same as 6-team playoff above, but one less playoff round. 1 hosts 4, 2 hosts 3.

An 8 team playoff or more, though, would be TERRIBLE.