10 BCS Questions (Part 3)

If you've haven't already read questions 1-7, check them out here:

8)     What would a 12-team playoff look like!?

Here is what I would love to see as a playoff system for the current Bowl Subdivision (former 1-A). 

First, a selection committee (that heavily relied upon the BCS rankings) would select the top 4 teams.  They would be given a bye   Also, these seeds will only be given to teams that have won their conference.  This is because, in most conferences, they would already be required to play an extra game and I think conference champions should be rewarded.  This year the top 4 seeds would be:

1 seed: LSU

2 seed: Oklahoma State

3 seed: Virginia Tech

4 seed: Oregon

Then, the committee would rank the next 8 schools with the higher seed hosting the first round game.  Also, all auto tie-ins will still be awarded and there will be a three team per conference limit with a requirement that schools from the same conference will not meet until the semifinals.

5 seed: Alabama

6 seed: Stanford

7 seed: Arkansas

8 seed: Houston

9 seed: Boise State

10 seed: Wisconsin

11 seed: Kansas State

12 seed: West Virginia

With the games:

West Virginia @ Alabama (6:00 PM ET)

Kansas State @ Stanford (9:30 PM ET)

Wisconsin @ Arkansas (3:30 PM ET)

Boise State @ Houston (12:00PM ET)

Traditional bowl affiliations would be used for the next playoff games (if PAC-10 and BIG-10 schools are chosen, the higher seed will play in the Rose Bowl) with the losers of the opening round games being matched up in the Capital One Bowl and Cotton Bowl.  We would see:

Alabama/WVU vs Oregon in the Rose Bowl

Stanford/Kansas State vs Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl

Arkansas/Wisconsin vs Oklahoma State in the Fiesta Bowl

Houston/Boise State vs LSU in the Sugar Bowl

After the bowls the teams would be reseeded according to original ranking.  The lowest seed remaining will play at the home of the highest seed remaining.  The other two schools will play at the home of the higher seed

Lowest Seed @ Highest Seed

Lower Seed @ Higher Seed

The championship game would then be held the following week at a pre-determined rotating site among the now "6 BCS Bowls". 

How’s that sound!? Let me know your thoughts...

9)     What should be the biggest complaint about the BCS?

The voters don’t watch all the games and aren’t instructed on how to vote properly.  The voters try to be objetive!

The computers are the tool used to measure objectivity.  They are set to determine, based on mere wins and losses, who is the best team. 

Now, even computers have a bias.  The guys who right the programs have to assign value to wins and losses and how much strength of schedule effects the ranking.  I would love to see how some of the ranking are determined but they aren't published! To solve this I would also like to see another six computers added to the equation and require the voters to publish their built in biases.  

Anyways, back to the original preface.  My point is that the voters should vote on which team looks the best! Which team is playing the best right now and which team would beat another team in their opinion.  The voters should not be worrying about the so-called “body of work”! That is for the computers to mess with.  They are paid to either coach, watch or write about sports.  They know when a team “looks” good and “looks” bad. 

Vote on that and quit trying to do what the computers are there to do!

10)       What could keep LSU AND Alabama out of the NCG?

So, what if come Sunday morning we hear that the NCAA has been investigating both LSU and Alabama this entire year and that they will be handing down significant sanctions upon both schools.   We come to find out that both schools have been providing significant benefits to players and will be put on post-season restrictions for this year and next year.  

The world would rejoice and we would probably see Oklahoma State vs either Virginia Tech or Stanford in the National Championship Game! Georgia and Arkansas will both go to BCS games and everyone would be so much happier with life and the BCS! 

The first round games would be held the week after the conference championship games.