FedEx BCS National Championship

The BCS National Championship is almost finally here after a long season of controversy (whats new?) and thrills. The game features #1 Oklahoma vs. #2 Florida. It seems to be a thrilling match up in the making. There has been much hype about this game going in, especially with the 2 previous Heisman winners squaring off with each other.

I think the BCS system definitely got it right this time. Many people, including me do not agree with how college football is ran. There is the BCS system, which is used now to pick the bowl games, but many feel there should be a playoff system, that of the NFL.

Regardless, this championship game looks to be a good one. Sam Bradford, Tim Tebow: what more can you ask for right now? And the scary thing is, there are probably 20+ players combined that can be drafted this year, or make an NFL roster.

Both sides of the ball on both teams are stacked with talent, and gamers. From Gerald McCoy of Oklahoma, to Brandon Spikes of Florida, there are some great play makers that can make all the difference to this game from he defensive side. This game will be decided in the trenches, and ultimately how Tebow and Bradford preform.

Bradford must be flawless and allow his wide recievers and tight ends to recieve the ball in open spaces to make plays. These set of recievers include stand outs such as Juaquin Iglesias, Jermain Gresham, and Manual Johnson. Not to mention, Chris Brown, and DeMarco Murray, two 1000 yard rushers for Oklahoma are dangerous in every which way.

Tebow too must be just as flawless, if not more to beat Oklahoma and Bradford. Tebow will utilize his agressive running style on short yardage plays, but he must get to the ball to his playmakers. Louis Murphy, and Percy Harvin will be used to their fullest. Even though Harvin is only said to be 90 percent, he will still be used on most of the downs, including running plays.

Oklahoma is coming into the FedEx Championship Bowl with four straight BCS losses. This games looks to be a good one, but dont be surprised if it gets one sided and stays that way. Both teams have the ability to make that happen in this game, but with these strong defenses, it is not very likely. Stay tuned: Thursday, January 8th, at 8 pm on FOX.

NCAA BCS Playoff Solution

I'm sure this has been said around the internet many times, maybe not. I don't know. However, there is a very simple solution to the BCS problem. And yes, it involves a Playoff system.

I think a 16 team tournament would be phenomenal, but we'll start with a more reasonable and practical 8. That seems to be a consenus compromise. An 8 team tournament would encompass the top 8 teams in the national by BCS ranking. That was we can still keep the "BCS" format and naming to the whole thing. Yes, some teams are still going to gripe and complain they weren't invited, however it won't be a major problem because it will be wining from the #9, #10 teams, not the #3 team.

This proposed 9 team tournament would encompass 7 games. All 7 of these games would have big time bowl names to keep their naming deals in tact. The Championship would still be the FedEx National Championship, which i'm sure they would be more than happy with. And the remaining 6 bowls would be split between the big 4 (Rose Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl) and two next tier bowls (Possibly the Capitol One Bowl or Gator Bowl or Outback Bowl, etc.). In my mind, the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl are the biggest of the big four and would claim the two semi-finals spots. Obviously the two new bowl addition would be more than happy to move up in status and most likely, monetary intake.

There are definitely possible setbacks to this deal. The Cotton and Orange Bowls might have a problem from being separated from the Rose and Sugar Bowls. Also, the Bowls have contracts with the conferences which would create issues, but no one said that the plan is flawless. I think something will be done a lot sooner than everyone is expecting and this idea is just another step in the right direction.

Lets Talk BCS

This whole season I felt like Florida was the best team in the nation, even when everyone was talking about the big 3 from the Big 12 (Texas, Oklahoma, Texas Tech). And as it played out, there is no denying that the Gators deserve to be in the National Championship game. After a disappointing 1 point loss to Ole Miss, Tim Tebow put the team on his back and carried them to a dominant finish. Florida's win over Alabama without their star WR Percy Harvin convinced many they are the best team in college football.

What bothers me is who they got matched up with, the Oklahoma Sooners.( BTW, what the hell is a Sooner?) Anyway, I'm not saying that Oklahoma isn't a great team, because they are. I feel like they are going to be prepared and ready to play a solid game against Florida, but I also feel that there were two teams, Texas and Texas Tech, that were just as good who got snubbed. To me, the Texas Longhorn's are the most deserving team to play Florida because they beat Oklahoma by double digits on a neutral field.

This is why there HAS to be a playoff in college football. Every other sport uses some sort of a playoff system and its works great. If a playoff is put into effect in college, then every deserving team will have a shot to prove themselves fairly. Nobody has to get robbed of a championship game because they didn't have enough style points than another team. Plus, it would create more interesting matchups. I don't know what they're waiting for either. Most people want to see a playoff, and it is fair to every team. Even Coaches want to see it. Texas Tech coach Mike Leach went as far as suggesting a 64 team playoff, like college basketball. Maybe that is a little far fetched by the guy has the right idea. My prediction is that this will happen within the next few years because year after year, we see a deserving team get cheated out of a title game.