BCS Mess? Well Here's The Mop

As obviously everyone knows, the BCS has created a huge controversy this year.  The only real solution to this problem is to overhaul the whole BCS system.  It just plain sucks and it’s very anti-climactic.  Here’s my solution along with possible counter-arguments from indignant college football bigwigs.

Step 1: 16 team playoff

Indignant bigwigs- You can’t do that, that adds a month onto the season.  These are student athletes and they need to study.

Really??  You can’t add a month to the season?  Because that’s what they do in college basketball.  And you don’t seem to have a problem with that.  The first two rounds in the playoffs can even be played at the home fields of the higher seed to cut down on travel time.

The reason for 16 teams is because, first of all, it makes the playoffs longer.  And who doesn’t want more college football?

Second, it allows us to include teams like Boise State, Utah, and Ball State that wouldn’t otherwise.  These teams deserve a shot to play for a title.

Step 2: Allow the NCAA to schedule each school’s non-conference schedule

Indignant bigwigs- No way should the NCAA be allowed to dictate who each team plays.  Coaches should be the only ones to make those decisions.

No.  Coaches should not be the ones to make those decisions, and here’s why.  Coaches are motivated by two things, money and winning.  So they are going to try and schedule big name programs that will help them rake in the bucks, but won’t give them too much of a challenge.  Why do you think people schedule Notre Dame?  Most teams don’t want to already have one loss when they start their grueling conference schedule.  So they’re not going to schedule Boise State and Utah. 

In order to balance off the schedules, the NCAA should force teams like Florida and Oklahoma to schedule teams like Boise State and Utah.  This way we can see how good these mid-majors really are.  Also, we need to see more play between big conferences.  We need more games to see how the Big Ten stacks up against the Big East for example.  If the NCAA schedules these games, we can get a better idea of how teams stack up.

Step 3: Keep the BCS ratings

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