kn1f3party said:There is no easy solution. Neither work. Personally, I think there are several steps that ruin tradition but get us closer to a reasonable solution.
1. Rework the conferences so that teams with nothing to offer (the Baylors of the NCAA world) are dropped and the up-and-coming mid majors play with the big dogs. This would include all major "BCS" (or whatever we'll call this solution) contenders play in a conference of at least 12 teams with a conference championship.
2. Regional committees of "experts" will rank these teams and their rankings will constitute as half of the total rank--leaving the biased coaching poll and the unrealistic media poll problems only a quarter of the weight.
3. Either rid the NCAA of computer rankings or perfect them. College football is about matchups. I believe there is a more accurate way to do computer rankings but can't figure it out. Until someone can, computers can't predict the outcome of matchups.
There are a lot of things that can be implemented and the new athletic graduation scholarship rules are certainly a step in the right direction. I think the majority feel the current way doesn't work, but we felt that about the previous way. So its back to the drawing board.
I think a playoff argument that it leaves 9-12 out is ridiculous. But I think a playoff ruins tradition just as much as a conference championship in the Big 10 would. So it will eventually come to a true lesser of evils decision for AD's, conference officials, and the NCAA. Lets just hope they don't sell us out.
Dude... you leave tuna out for stray cats too... don't you?
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