Ive been dying for a tournament since the early 90’s. All this he said/ she said BS has got to go. Lets face it. In the current system, Analysis have way to much say so over who gets what. I say this because the voters aren’t watching all these games. Just the ones that interest them. Then they listen to what the analysis has to say about the other games and teams and then makes his/her vote accordingly. The problem is that the analysis probably didnt see the game either and is simply going on what other people have said about the game. That being through the grape vine or from someone that got to see the game(at times not even all the game). Also its all about STYLE points. Come on… STYLE points? How bad did they run up trhe score on the other team. This is a measuring stick? The other night after oklahoma scored to go up 28-0, they choose to do an on-side kick in-order to get more scores and get more STYLE points. Does anyone else see this as a crazy notion?

If you are going to award a NC then you need to do it in a fashion to where it is won on the field of play. Not in the minds of the voters. If you don’t want to do that then we need to get rid of the MNC all together.

In a playoff, eventually (and depending on how many teams get in), a non-conference champion team would win it all. So why are all the “pro-playoff” guys poo-pooing the thought of a non-conference winning team going to the NC? In the scenario above, there are 2 Big 12 teams in the playoffs, what if the one that didn’t win their conference won the whole thing? Are we then going to talk crap about the playoff the way we do about the BCS? Settling it on the field? What did you call the last 12 weeks?

FACT: Some teams that don’t win their own conference are better than teams that win other conferences. Example, who is better, LSU 2006 or Wake Forest 2006.

Opinion: When comparing two teams from the same conference with a similar record, the team that has won that conference should get an invitation to any top bowl (NC, BCS, etc.) before any other team in that conference.

Opinion: When comparing two teams from different conferences, who cares which one won their conference? Why is that relevant since conference power and schedule strengths aren’t regulated and balanced?

I’m anti-playoff. I’m not going to get in an argument as to why, because television money hungry executives have brainwashed everyone into thinking we need 2 or 4 or 10 extra weeks of our sports seasons to crown a champion, when in reality everyone just likes the money. I like the +1 model because it will clear up things like Auburn 2004, but we don’t NEED an 8 or 16 team playoff.

Bottom line, who was the best team in the NFL last year? If you say the Giants, you are a moron.

begins the FCS Division 1-AA playoffs….if it works for them, then why not us??

the BCS committee has stated that they will NEVER AGAIN put a team into the BCS championship who did not win their conference. With the scenario that you stated above, POD, I don’t see how Oklahoma (or Texas if OU jumps them this week) is not the #2 BCS team in that scenario. I really hope that Oregon St doesn’t bail them (the BCS) out if this scenario plays out, by losing this week to Oregon, and thus letting USC sneak into the MNC game. If Oregon St wins this weekend, and everything you mentioned above happens, the BCS has a major cluster on their hands…