Neinas Wants Plus-One Playoff System
Joe Schad of ESPN.com analyzes Big 12 commissioner Chuck Neinas’ comments on the idea of a playoff system in college football. With all of the controversy going on in the BCS this season, he believes that the plus-one model should be taken into serious consideration. Using this season as an example, this structure would have paired LSU with Stanford and Alabama with Oklahoma State. The winners of the two game would then go on to play each other for the national title. In this scenario, the Big Ten and Pac-12 champions Wisconsin and Oregon would still get to play each other in the Rose Bowl. Preserving the rivalry of this game has been an important issue to those in the respective conferences.
The idea has been supported in the past by SEC commissioner Mike Slive and ACC commissioner John Swofford. With new commissioners in the Big 12 and Pac-12 who also support the idea of a playoff system, the idea could one day actually play out.
This article mostly just lists the facts of the situation without much analysis. I think it would be interesting to know exactly how the plan would be implemented. I would also like to know what kind of effect this decision would have on various teams and what those who oppose the plan have to say.
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I feel as if this idea is one that would, indeed, preserve a lot of controversy regarding who deserves to play for the BCS National Title game. This year is not the only year that controversy has occurred. In fact, it seems as if every year involves some level of controversy, and thus, the chaos is a recurring pattern when it comes to BCS bids and births to the National Title game. A play-off system would be ideal, and would essentially end the constant arguments over who deserves to play for the national championship. In high school, teams play through several rounds of playoffs in order to make it to the state championship game. In the NFL, a play-off system is used to determine who plays in the Super Bowl. College football is the only level in which a play-off system is not used. In my opinion, a play-off system needs to be implemented in college football, and hopefully, we will see it happen in future years.
This seems like a really good idea especially this season. There would be less confusion and debate in the BCS if this rule was enacted. Like Lindsay said, there is always controversy just about every year so why not just fix the controversy by putting this plus-one play off system in effect?
I agree that this would be a really good idea. The bowls would still be in place but there would be less controversy over who would play in the National Championship. Considering this is the biggest game, I think it would be a really smart move to implement this system so that teams can play in the game without controversy over whether they should even be there in the first place.