College Football Should Bring the BCS to the Midwest

Pasadena, Miami, New Orleans, Glendale and Indianapolis? All of the BCS games in college football are hosted at sites that have beautiful weather and attractive cities for college teams. There is a new town deemed championship city and that is the city of Indianapolis.

So why not bring a BCS bowl to Indianapolis? The BCS argument of who should be in and out would be less debatable with another BCS bowl.

The process of getting a BCS bowl game is quite simple yet very complicated. The BCS does not single handedly bring a bowl game to any city. A city that wants to have a BCS bowl game first has to select a location to have the game.

Then a small committee has to send a request form to the NCAA to be deemed a bowl game location. Then the BCS decides whether or not it wants the BCS label on the bowl game.

The Midwest would be a great place for the BCS and no better place to have the game than at newly built Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the Indianapolis Colts. The inaugural Big Ten Championship and hosting Super Bowl 46 are strong indicators that college football needs a BCS bowl game in the Midwest.

Out of the four BCS bowl stadiums, Lucas Oil Stadium ranks second only to the Rose Bowl in capacity, with up to 70,000. Lucas Oil Stadium is a fairly new stadium with over 37 luxury suites, and 7,500 club seats, more than any other stadium in the BCS.

As for Indianapolis, the cities average temperature is 35 degrees in January, when the BCS game would be played. But the advantage to Lucas Oil Stadium is the closed roof above. So no matter what, weather would not play a factor in deciding the outcome of the game.

Another reason the BCS should come to the Midwest is the travel of the college teams. When looking at this years final BCS standings, if there was a game in Indianapolis, every team would have to travel less than 1,500 miles, except for Oregon and Boise State.

This is relevant because at every other BCS bowl location there are at least three teams that have to travel over 2,000 miles. The ultimate solution for the BCS would be to add another BCS bowl game.

The complaint of which teams should of been in the BCS bowls would be dropped significantly. Take for example this year in the Sugar Bowl, (Michigan v. Virginia Tech.) many experts thought Boise State, Kansas State and other teams should be in this game. With another BCS bowl game, you could give those other teams a chance.

And being a resident of Michigan, it would be a lot nicer to have to take a quick trip down to Indianapolis rather than a 17 hour drive down to the Superdome in Louisiana.

In conclusion, the BCS conflict in college football will always be a hot topic amongst many people. With the addition of another bowl in the Midwest, experts and college teams will have less to complain about.