Question: Would Oregon be in the BCS Championship this year under the old system?

[TrueOrange]

I agree the Big 12 has a problem until they get to 12 teams and have a championship game. The other possibility is that the Big 12 will dissolve, especially if the PAC 12 moves to 16 teams by adding Oklahoma, Okla St, Texas and TCU/Baylor.

That second one's most likely not happening.

 

[82_VOL_83]

If FSU had two losses would they be one of the best 8 teams? Who would they lose to? Clemson and GT? And if that was the case then wouldn't it be likely that Clemson or GT would be the best ACC team?

I'm not sure how ANY two loss team would belong in the top 8, I don't care what conference they are in.

You didn't say top 8, you proposed a 5+3 format. Point being if the best team in a conference is a 2 loss team, it throws that plan out the window.

 

[82_VOL_83]

Looking back at the BCS from last year prior to the NC game. The top 8 would have included 1 each from PAC 12, ACC and Big 12, 2 from the Big 10, and 3 from the SEC. If we take those 8, we begin to get back into the same argument that we had with the BCS. If you used that ranking and stayed with the top 4, you would have had 2 SEC teams. Is the solution dropping the conf championship, going to 9 conference games, and just declaring a champion? You could maybe take the top 14 and give 1 and 2 a bye. You would possibly wind playing 16 games then. That's a long season.

 

[GoDucks349]

That second one's most likely not happening.

I wouldn't be so sure about that. PAC-12 came within a very narrow margin of adding A&M, TX, Okla, Okla St. a few years ago. A&M athletic dept wanted SEC, academics wanted PAC-12. If they had come along on the deal all four would have joined the PAC.

The deal the Big 12 struck to keep the conf together was a bit on the slimy side. That deal still sits bad with a lot of the conf members. That conf could go out pretty easy if a few schools wanted to bolt.

Probably the biggest problem in bringing them in is the TX TV network deal.

 

[GoDucks349]

You didn't say top 8, you proposed a 5+3 format. Point being if the best team in a conference is a 2 loss team, it throws that plan out the window.

True 5+3, I still don't see a two loss team in any conference being the best team in the conference
unless every team has at least two losses.

 

[Boca Vol]

It would have been FSU vs Bama. Keep in mind back in 2012 it would have been Ohio St. vs ND in the BCS title game had OSU on been on a bowl band. That would have sucked.