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Bowl Matchups Robbing Us of Progress (And It's Not a Playoff Problem)

Every year people root for chaos within a system they believe doesn't do them justice in determining who should play for the highest achievement in all of college football. Many don't want to hear it, but they've been steered wrong in their thinking...

Written by Nino Colla about about 6 hours ago 132 reads 3 comments
Why Must the BCS Continue To Exist?

The picture you see above is of Ari Fleischer, who the BCS has hired to, ahem, "protect and defend" their system. The headline you see above is what I asked myself all of last night as the Fiesta ...

Written by College Football Fanatic about about 8 hours ago 48 reads 0 comments
The Fiesta Fiasco: Conspiracy, Competition, Or Just Plain Cheap?

The 2010 Bowl Championship Series selections have been made official and the backlash from the "non-BCS" groups has been vehemently negative...

Written by Scott Wilson about about 1 hour ago 26 reads 0 comments
Basketball Championship Series? The BCS: College Basketball Edition

There has been a historic level of outcry this year regarding the injustice of the BCS. Many complain that the BCS is fundamentally unfair because it awards undeserving teams the chance at a title (i...

Written by LaRue Robinson about about 5 hours ago 67 reads 2 comments
Husker Nation: As Much As It Hurts, It's Time to Move On to Holiday Bowl

My voice is still gone. It probably won't come back until later in the week. At least my side doesn't hurt anymore. All game long, the smattering of Husker fans in my section and I had cheered furiously for the Big Red...

Written by Michael Huckstep about about 15 hours ago 369 reads 17 comments
Glendale Screwjob: TCU and Boise State Get Hosed by the System

It’s the first Monday in December, so it must be time to tilt at the Bowl Championship Series windmill. It’s become an annual rite, a sign of the holiday season, if you will. Wrap up Christmas shopping? Check...

Written by David Singleton about about 14 hours ago 498 reads 16 comments
A Slap in the Face To TCU and Boise State?: Looking at the Fiesta Bowl

As hints and rumors started coming out about the 2010 Fiesta Bowl, college football fans around the country rose up in revolt...

Written by Pete Misthaufen about about 23 hours ago 2,073 reads 66 comments
Why the TCU-Boise State Fiesta Bowl Should Horrify All College Football Fans

Just when you think the BCS couldn't get anymore biased against non-AQ conferences, and just when you thought TCU couldn't get any more hosed, the BCS has topped itself once again. History was made on Sunday...

Written by Tyler Stimson about 1 day ago 457 reads 3 comments
BCS Bowl Selections: Did BCS Anticipation Crash Twitter?

The BCS craze has officially taken over the Internet, and it may have temporarily killed Twitter in the process. As the anticipation for the BCS bowl selections began to boil, overzealous fans ...

Written by Bret Feddern about 1 day ago 178 reads 4 comments
Seven Ways to Improve the Imperfect BCS

The BCS is a very imperfect system, that’s a definite. However, as much as every fan, including Barrack Obama, wants a playoff system, it won’t happen anytime soon...

Written by Eric Galko about 1 day ago 90 reads 0 comments
Boise State and TCU: Forget About the Conferences, Look at the Teams

Another year with the BCS, another year of controversy. The 2009 regular season has ended with an unbelievable five undefeated schools. Three are from major conferences, while the other two, Boise State and TCU, are not...

Written by Mark Smith about 1 day ago 765 reads 3 comments
Why the Big Ten Loves the BCS System

Each and every year, there are a handful of subjects that dominate the water cooler conversations: the weather cooling, plans for the holidays, and the demise of Big Ten football...

Written by Patrick Hamblin about 3 days ago 360 reads 62 comments
How a Nebraska Upset of Texas Would Rock the BCS Projections

Show of hands. How many of you thought that Nebraska would play in the Big XII Championship? A few of you? Duly noted. The Huskers or the Jayhawks were the preseason favorites to win the North...

Written by Michael Huckstep about 4 days ago 841 reads 26 comments
Boise State's BCS Hopes Are Thriving in Only Their Sophomore Year

At the conclusion of last season, there were not many who imagined Boise State would be undefeated and ranked sixth in the BCS. For that matter, it seemed like the early polls were throwing the Broncos a bone putting them in the top twenty-five at all...

Written by Lace Banachek about 4 days ago 564 reads 13 comments
Breaking Up the BCS: 12 Steps to a College Football Playoff

It is obvious to everyone that follows major college football that a playoff is not only wanted, but needed to level the playing field across the country...

Written by Chad Hensley about 4 days ago 581 reads 41 comments
FBS Playoff Series: 14 Teams

The Failed Playoff One of the problems with the playoff proposal released by the Mountain West Conference last year was the relegation of the lowest two of the 10 BCS teams to a fifth BCS bowl...

Written by Crayton about 5 days ago 106 reads 0 comments
Texas - Nebraksa: Can The Huskers Help TCU Leap to the Top?

If there is one thing Frog fans are pulling for on Saturday, it is a Nebraska upset of Texas at Cowboys stadium, located just a few miles east of TCU. For TCU to make the BCS title game, Texas must lose in the Big 12 title game...

Written by Pete Misthaufen about 5 days ago 549 reads 16 comments
College Football's Week 13 Awards

Sorry we're late this week. After getting tied up with writing pseudo obituaries for Charlie Weis and Bobby Bowden's careers at Notre Dame and Florida State, as well as giving Al Groh the British "two fingers," we thought we could rest...

Written by Alex Ferguson about 5 days ago 324 reads 13 comments
BCS Rankings Week 14: Penn State and Virginia Tech Back in the Picture

A handful of losses among last week’s top 12 have shaken things up in the BCS picture, and provided a few teams with added hope for a BCS bid. A blowout loss to Oklahoma dropped the previously 12th-ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys down to No...

Written by Dan Kelley about 8 days ago 1,994 reads 24 comments
It's Official: I Hope the BCS Fails

As I watched Texas A&M creep within striking distance of upsetting Texas, an almost certain participant in the BCS championship game, I found myself openly cheering for the underdog Aggies...

Written by Chip Curington about 10 days ago 193 reads 0 comments
Boise State and Nevada Reno on ESPN: Is the BCS Watching?

The Boise State Broncos need a win against Nevada to claim title to the WAC once again. The BCS has the Broncos ranked sixth in their top 25 poll once again as if they were daring the Broncos to lose to Nevada...

Written by Lace Banachek about 12 days ago 722 reads 21 comments
Twenty-One Teams Thankful for the BCS

The BCS yesterday officially gave up on 99 teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision. As such, there are only twenty-one possible teams that could receive one of the ten BCS slots...

Written by Pete Misthaufen about 12 days ago 933 reads 12 comments
Recent BCS Transparency a Hollow Man

First it was the hiring of an executive director named Bill Hancock. Then it was the creation of a Facebook page and a Twitter feed. Congrats on joining the 21st century, guys...

Written by David Singleton about 12 days ago 77 reads 0 comments
Not Fooled: BCS Dream Still Not Ideal

Ever since 1998—or 1999, for the perfectionists—fans all over the country have loathed the way the national championship was decided...

Written by Joe Huber about 13 days ago 78 reads 0 comments
Iowa, Oklahoma State, and Boise State, Oh, My!: The BCS At-Large Teams

With only two weeks until the BCS bowl selections, we have a pretty good picture of what at-large teams will be available...

Written by Pete Misthaufen about 14 days ago 1,166 reads 61 comments

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BCS Controversy Article Archive

Bowl Matchups Robbing Us of Progress (And It's Not a Playoff Problem)

Why Must the BCS Continue To Exist?

The Fiesta Fiasco: Conspiracy, Competition, Or Just Plain Cheap?

Basketball Championship Series? The BCS: College Basketball Edition

Husker Nation: As Much As It Hurts, It's Time to Move On to Holiday Bowl

Glendale Screwjob: TCU and Boise State Get Hosed by the System

A Slap in the Face To TCU and Boise State?: Looking at the Fiesta Bowl

Why the TCU-Boise State Fiesta Bowl Should Horrify All College Football Fans

BCS Bowl Selections: Did BCS Anticipation Crash Twitter?

Seven Ways to Improve the Imperfect BCS

Boise State and TCU: Forget About the Conferences, Look at the Teams

Why the Big Ten Loves the BCS System

How a Nebraska Upset of Texas Would Rock the BCS Projections

Boise State's BCS Hopes Are Thriving in Only Their Sophomore Year

Breaking Up the BCS: 12 Steps to a College Football Playoff

FBS Playoff Series: 14 Teams

Texas - Nebraksa: Can The Huskers Help TCU Leap to the Top?

College Football's Week 13 Awards

BCS Rankings Week 14: Penn State and Virginia Tech Back in the Picture

It's Official: I Hope the BCS Fails

Boise State and Nevada Reno on ESPN: Is the BCS Watching?

Twenty-One Teams Thankful for the BCS

Recent BCS Transparency a Hollow Man

Not Fooled: BCS Dream Still Not Ideal

Iowa, Oklahoma State, and Boise State, Oh, My!: The BCS At-Large Teams

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