re: THE BCS WORKS!!!

Nope, the BCS would do much better to add a playoff. Doesn't everyone want the best two teams to play for the title?

the best 2 teams did

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The Bowl system is 'technically irrelevant' in some sense, but with the playoff system, that's the only thing that anyone will watch.

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Why? Those games were rendered irrelevant by the BCS itself, yet people continue to watch. I think people will watch good matchups regardless.

I don't think you'd see any dropoff for example in the viewership of LSU-GA Tech, whether there be playoffs or the BCS because the BCS is a playoff...albeit a two team one.

Show me a playoff that is not administered by the NCAA.

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Whether you think there should be a playoff or not, there's no way you can argue the two most deserving teams didn't play in the NCG.

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Sure I can argue. OU got in over Texas because Cincinnati and TCU were better than Arkansas and Rice. And because OU lost before they did. Let me ask you something...if OU-Texas is played on Nov 29 instead of early October, who do you think finishes ahead in the BCS standings?

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Whether you think there should be a playoff or not, there's no way you can argue the two most deserving teams didn't play in the NCG.

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I think you could make a case for Texas and USC. How do they deserve it any less than Oklahoma or Florida?

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So do you wanna answer all the critics who cite last season and the teams ranked 7, 8 & 9 not getting into a six team playoff.....Texas Tech, Penn St and Boise State why they shouldn't get a shot?....and don't forget cincinnati

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Sure, you could use a Qualifications Based Playoff or a form of the +1 system which is designed to eliminate conflict. Anything would be better than the crapfest we have now.

I actually wouldn't mind a 6 team playoff at all, if you pushed the season up a week/got rid of a bye week or two, played the first two rounds immediately after the reg season ended at the home of the highest ranked team, (and voted on the Heisman after that time), waited a week after the end of the semis, then did the bowls as usual. So, for example, the season would look like:

Aug 20ish: season begins
Nov 30ish: Conf Champs
Dec 6th: 3-6 and 4-5 (at 3 and 4's home field)
Dec 13th: 1 vs lowest seed left (4, 5, or 6), 2 vs highest seed left (3, 4, or 5) at 1 and 2's home field
Dec 20th: Heisman
Dec 23rd: Bowls begin, as normal
Jan 8th: NCG at neutral site

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Qualifications Based Playoff

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Still believe in a perfect world, this is the best solution. Unfortunately, even if the presidents agreed to it, it would never happen because of TV wanting a definite schedule.

and don't get me wrong...I'm not against a playoff. I just want people to consider the downside of a playoff and try to work them out rather than just spouting off with "take the top 6 ranked bcs teams and put em on da field"....that is a gross over-simplification of the issue.

someone did come up with something interesting. taking the crappy div 1 teams and sending them to 1AA reducing div 1 to around 50 teams. realocate the conferences similar to the nfl and institute a playoff system...not perfect but hey if it works for the nfl....and you could shrink the regular season easier to start the playoffs a tad earlier than the bowls.