Ok CFB fans. You don’t hear this argument as much as we used to, but as I was looking at the Map of CFB programs it totally dawned on me as to why. Sure the west has some powerful teams and a lot of talent. But look at the density of programs east of Colorado.That means all of those programs are recruiting against the same geographic area.It makes me wonder how much better those teams would be if we equaled out the number of eastern programs to western. Would the west even have a chance? Or is California a big enough recruiting grounds to provide the rest of the west with talent?
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The Mountain West should be an AQ conference. In fact all eleven FBC conference should be AQ’s for BCS bowls or a 16 team platoff for (formally ) Dov. 1A football conferences.
THE BCS SUCKS. It is the Bowl Cartel series.
I used to be a big proponent of a playoff system. But I’ve had a slight change of heart. You have to remember that the whole point of a Bowl Game is about money.
The Rose Bowl started when the Rose Association wanted to feature a game as a part of their annual Tournament of the Roses. Bowl Games were created to invite two popular teams to draw crowds for awareness and money. It was a marketing ploy. And hence the tradition started. You can never take money out of the bowl system. That’s like cutting off the hand that feeds you.
Secondly, without the playoff system, every game of the season becomes important. It adds excitement to the season, like no other sport can.
Lastly. the BCS was designed to pit #1 against #2 and let the rest of the chips fall where they may. I’m not saying that the BCS doesn’t suck, I’m just saying that there’s more to it than just having a playoff system.