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jasonprice82 Reputation:96 Level:Superstar Since:Jan 26, 2008
	April 30, 2008 8:01 pm Score: 91
	Win your conference championship then go to the playoffs. Simple as that.
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volfan0717 Reputation:95 Level:Superstar Since:Jun 26, 2007
	May 1, 2008 2:06 pm Score: 94
	Jason we totally agree on this point! What a waste the BCS is. As a side note I posted a blog today on some of my thoughts, check it out and enjoy.
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tampabaybishop Reputation:99 Level:Superstar Since:Aug 28, 2006
	May 1, 2008 2:28 pm Score: 95
	It's not that simple!! At the end of last season no one was playing as well as Georgia and they deserved to be in a playoff more than BC, WV, USC and Oklahoma. I think they would have whooped OSU and LSU too. It's not as simple as giving bids to conference winners when some of them don't deserve it. Florida State got a BCS bid a couple of years ago because they won a horrid conference and they wasn't even ranked!!! I would just like to see the top 8 teams, regardless of conference, play it off.
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poetz Reputation:98 Level:Superstar Since:Feb 25, 2007
	May 1, 2008 2:36 pm Score: 97
	It's not quite as simple as that; there are 11 D-I conferences, which makes for a pretty awkward number with which to hold a playoff. That is solved by taking those 11 conference champions and adding the 5 best 'at-large' teams to form a 16-team playoff, and seeding the teams 1 through 16. In that scenario, last season's Georgia team would probably have qualified as one of the at-larges. There will of course be some subjective choices as to who the 5 at-large teams should be, but there can be no real griping because every team had a chance to win the 'automatic bid. This system might also discourage teams from scheduling 1-AA teams because such wins would lower their power ranking for the possible at-large bids.
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tampabaybishop Reputation:99 Level:Superstar Since:Aug 28, 2006
	May 1, 2008 4:52 pm Score: 94
	16 teams are too many and it would never be approved. Beside, i am sorry, but not every conference winner is good enough to make a playoff. Just keep the BCS poll and use it to determine the TOP 8 TEAMS IN THE COUNTRY and let them play it out. We would have much more entertaining games that way!!! If a non-BCS school is #8 or higher then they will get their shot too. I would actually love to see the NCAA force all schools into a conference liek they did in hoops. Make them all have 12 teams and all have conference championships so everyone is on a more equal playing field. that would make an even 10 conferences.
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Daddies Girls Reputation:92 Level:All-Star Since:May 1, 2008
	May 1, 2008 5:00 pm Score: 49
	It is easy. Its so easy. Start the season in conference play and only conference play. That would create major early season matchups and determine who gets to go. The short regular season would allow for a 32 team playoff that consisted of every conference regular season winner and 16 at large bids. The entire season would last no more than 14 weeks and we would have a true national champion. To eliminate the bowl problem matchup the 32 and the 1 in the "no big deal bowl" and have the loser get the money and the winner move on to the next round for the bigger purse. And so on until you get the money, credibility, bragging rights, and a champion in one nice little package. The only way to make this happen unfortunately is to hit college football where it hurts and not watch or go to any games for one season. The BCS committee would be forced to go to the table and negotiate a deal that would make fans happy. The fans have all the chips but fail to exercise the power. Someone needs to start a website and get on a PR campaign to boycott college football for 09.'
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tampabaybishop Reputation:99 Level:Superstar Since:Aug 28, 2006
	May 2, 2008 12:59 pm Score: 96
	Start the season in conference play and only conference play.And what do we do with college football's darling Notre Dame and the other indies?
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jasonprice82 Reputation:96 Level:Superstar Since:Jan 26, 2008
	May 2, 2008 3:33 pm Score: 91
	Everyone has to admit last year's bowl games sucked. Whoever or WHATEVER it was that was responsible for the matchups should be credited for the worse matchups in history. Especially the Rose Bowl. You have USC vs Illinois. It should have been Georgia vs USC. Utah 35 Navy 32 Florida Atlantic 44 Memphis 27 New Mexico 23 Nevada 0 BYU 17 UCLA 16 East Carolina 41 Boise State 38 Purdue 51 Central Michigan 48 Boston College 24 Michigan State 21 TCU 20 Houston 13 Oregon State 21 Maryland 14 Wake Forest 24 UConn 10 Miss. St. 10 UCF 3 Penn. St. 24 Texas A&M 17 Alabama 30 Colorado 24 California 42 Air Force 36 Fresno State 40 Georgia Tech 28 Oregon 56 South Florida 21 Kentucky 35 Florida State 28 Oklahoma State 49 Indiana 33 Auburn 23 Clemson 20 Tenn. 21 Wisconsin 17 Missouri 38 Arkansas 7 Texas Tech 31 Virginia 28 Michigan 41 Florida 35 USC 49 Illinois 17 Georgia 41 Hawaii 10 West Virginia 48 Oklahoma 28 Kansas 24 Virginia Tech 21 Rutgers 52 Ball State 30 Tulsa 63 Bowling Green 7 LSU 38 Ohio State 24
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jasonprice82 Reputation:96 Level:Superstar Since:Jan 26, 2008
	May 2, 2008 3:33 pm Score: 92
	One more thing.... I think college football head coaches should have to wait until the end of the bowl game before they can talk to other schools and sign with them.
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AUski23 Reputation:94 Level:All-Star Since:May 30, 2007
	May 2, 2008 5:18 pm Score: 88
	jasonprice82.... You said... One more thing.... I think college football head coaches should have to wait until the end of the bowl game before they can talk to other schools and sign with them. Does this mean the Bamer nation is fearing the potential loss of Saban prior to the next Independence Bowl???.... Just kidding don't get all flustered, just having some fun. I do strongly agree with your point of having to win your conference to win the National Championship. The thought process is: if you are not your conference champion, how can you be the National Champion??
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tampabaybishop Reputation:99 Level:Superstar Since:Aug 28, 2006
	May 3, 2008 12:35 am Score: 95
	Man, this happens every year!! The bowls are all about making maximum profit. They could care less about the best matchups.
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tampabaybishop Reputation:99 Level:Superstar Since:Aug 28, 2006
	May 3, 2008 12:40 am Score: 78
	Alright guys. Only conference champions deserve to play for titles huh?!!!! If that was applied to the NFL we would not have had one of the greatest games and greatest upsets in the history of sports. The Giants would not have even been in the playoffs. Plain and simple, the Georgia Bulldogs was playing better football than anyone in the nation by the end of the season. In a playoff system i beleive we have a different national champ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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