New BCS Playoff?

Meanwhile, in Idaho, Bob Kustra is writing a Dear John letter to the Big East.

 

Don't have a problem with it. Did they clarify that it will be the top three conference champs and one at-large (if the top four aren't conference champs?) I'd also like to see the at-large always seeded 4 and play #1 whether they share the same conference or not.
Don't like the rotation of the bowls, unless they mean that no bowl can host a semi in consecutive years. Figure the Gator, the Orange, the Sugar and the Peach Bowl (yeah I'm old) can divvy up the Big East, ACC and SEC and maybe the Big 10 if need be while the Fiesta, Rose and Cotton handle the Pac12, Big 12 et.al

 

Did they mention whether they would permit a bowl to host a semi and the final in the same year?

 

I am curious how they will make the Championship game work - the bowls are used to "offering" millions on the condition that teams spend much of that loot locally.
Are the bowl organizations going to bid on these things? Civic groups? Figure the game sponsors won't have a say in where it is played and I can count on one hand the number metro areas with DI schools and/or existing organizational structure that might have the desire to go for it: Atlanta, Dallas, Phoenix, Miami, New Orleans and maybe Indianapolis.
The NFL has an advantage in that the Super Bowl is always held in an NFL city, the local team can lobby fellow owners and rally local support.
And that said, I also wouldn't be surprised if the "bids" end up being underwhelming.

 

I can't see the SEC and Big 12 signing off if there was a rule that required all four teams to be conference champs. Maybe three champs and one at-large that could go to a conference runner-up.

And I think this sucks for fans who want to go to games. Travel to one bowl can be expensive; now you're asking people to pony up for two sites.

Of course, this wasn't done for fans. It was done for money.

 

FCS fans

I don't see how two games will inconvenience fans more than any other tournament, especially compared to every other NCAA football playoff.

 

For men's basketball, you are talking a fan base of 3-5k traveling, unless you get a UNC in Greensboro scenario. Football economics for this needs 35-40k traveling fans - in back-to-back weeks.

Also, capping at large bids at one means no Stanford in a playoff last year. Think that would have drawn any complaints?

 

This system, a vast improvement on the BCS, already contains the seeds of its own destruction. It won't take long before teams 1-4 in the polls and in the consensus of fans don't all get invited so some conference champ does. And then the fun will start.

 

At least with other tournaments, it's a larger field and you have several sites for early rounds so you have a better chance of catching your team, esp. if they get a higher seed. With this set-up, if you're an OU fan, for example, you could end up in the Rose Bowl for one game and a title game in Miami depending on how the rotation gets set up and where you're seeded.

And every other NCAA football playoff sucks for half the teams; the other half host home games. So while some fans are inconvenienced, others get to watch a game in their home stadium. I would love to see that done here. Instead, a lot of fans (unless they're wealthy) will be forced into the choice of a semifinal game or holding out hope for the title game.

 

I suspect they'll have as much trouble finding a host for the championship game as the NCAA does finding a host for the Final Four.