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re: BCS "fix" question - the "+1"
Posted on 12/8/11 at 1:09 pm to Debaser
Posted on 12/8/11 at 1:09 pm to Debaser
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I was listening to Sirius 91 and the host was talking about how the BCS most likely will take baby steps to a playoff and potentially would adopt a +1 model with conference championship as a prerequisite for championship game participation.
So that means Bama wouldn't be in it this year if that scenario were in existence. GOOD!!
frick BAMA!!!
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Posted on 12/8/11 at 2:46 pm to los angeles tiger
I will reiterate my previous point. I think that there are going to be years where a "+1" is superfluous. Did Texas need to beat another team in 2005?
This year will be another one -- does LSU really need to win 2 more games to be considered the champ?
That's why I think there should be conditions set up that trigger a play-in game that occurs in December -- it is triggered when the #3 team is within a certain number of pts from the #2 team in the BCS. Then, and only then, will there be a gripe from the #3 team, that they are so close to #2 yet won't get a shot. Other than that, if #1 and #2 are far enough in advance of #3, there is no play-in game.
Somehow, pro stadiums can be ready for a game on a week's notice -- just reserve a neutral site for the play-in game that gets set a week in advance.
This year will be another one -- does LSU really need to win 2 more games to be considered the champ?
That's why I think there should be conditions set up that trigger a play-in game that occurs in December -- it is triggered when the #3 team is within a certain number of pts from the #2 team in the BCS. Then, and only then, will there be a gripe from the #3 team, that they are so close to #2 yet won't get a shot. Other than that, if #1 and #2 are far enough in advance of #3, there is no play-in game.
Somehow, pro stadiums can be ready for a game on a week's notice -- just reserve a neutral site for the play-in game that gets set a week in advance.
Posted on 12/8/11 at 2:49 pm to Debaser
It was a great season, not just a good one. Any time you win 11 games or more in a season that is a great season.
Posted on 12/8/11 at 2:55 pm to Debaser
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+1 model with conference championship as a prerequisite for championship game participation.
I don't think you can require a conference title with the increase of teams we are seeing in the conferences.
Ifs not there now, why put in when you are making these super conferences?
Posted on 12/8/11 at 2:58 pm to DrEdgeLSU
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That's why I think there should be conditions set up that trigger a play-in game that occurs in December -- it is triggered when the #3 team is within a certain number of pts from the #2 team in the BCS. Then, and only then, will there be a gripe from the #3 team, that they are so close to #2 yet won't get a shot. Other than that, if #1 and #2 are far enough in advance of #3, there is no play-in game.
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Posted on 12/8/11 at 3:02 pm to rballa19
A 6-team playoff would discourage teams from playing tougher non-conference regular-season schedules. Could you imagine if there was a 6-team playoff the last couple of years? Teams like Boise St. and Houston and TCU could have gotten in every year for literally playing no one, while a 1-loss team in the SEC has to sit and watch. Sounds pretty unfair to me. However, a 6-team playoff would push the inevitable late-season debate away from the top 3 teams and push it back to the 5-8 teams.
Posted on 12/8/11 at 4:08 pm to AlxTgr
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I'm still curious though what is the one game being added?
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And there it is.
Maybe this explanation will help to clear things up. Right now, teams play 12 regular season games, maybe a conference championship, and maybe a bowl game OR the NCG. The maximum number of games is 14. In the plus one scenario, either the seeded or non-seeded version, the NCG doesn't take the place of a bowl game like it does now. The NCG game is played AFTER teams play their bowl games, therefore the maximum number of games a team can play is 15 instead of 14, and thus the term "+1".
I'm not saying that a sportscaster never said anything about #2 playing #3 for the chance to play #1, but the two +1 scenarios I have heard about have been previously discussed:
1. Non-seeded - 8 teams play in the BCS bowl games. Teams are ranked after the bowl games and subsequently #1 plays #2 for the BCSNC after all the bowl games are played.
2. Seeded - the bowl games are played. Two of the BCS bowl games match #1 vs. #4 and #2 vs. #3. The winners of these two games play for the BCSNC after all the bowl games are played.
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