Thursday, October 17, 2013

We'll maybe next year ....



This is the final year of the uber hated BCS bowl system. I for one never really hated it - but UGA has never been screwed over like SOME team is going to be this season . Clemson can go ALL THE WAY - not lose a game, and if Oregon and Alabama don't drop a game - they will NOT be in the big game in Pasadena.
SO, starting next year, we are going to a modified play-off system - determined by a new cabal of smart football folks!
And here they are :
  • Jeff Long, vice chancellor and director of athletics, University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, Chair
  • Barry Alvarez, director of athletics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Lieutenant General Mike Gould, former superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy
  • Pat Haden, director of athletics, University of Southern California
  • Tom Jernstedt, former NCAA executive vice president
  • Oliver Luck, director of athletics, West Virginia University
  • Archie Manning, former University of Mississippi quarterback and all-pro NFL quarterback
  • Tom Osborne, former head coach and director of athletics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • Dan Radakovich, director of athletics, Clemson University
  • Condoleezza Rice, Stanford University professor, former Stanford provost and former United States Secretary of State
  • Mike Tranghese, former commissioner of the Big East Conference
  • Steve Wieberg, former college football reporter, USA Today
  • Tyrone Willingham, former head coach of three FBS institutions
Here are some further details:
  • Criteria to be on the committee: Integrity, football expertise, objectivity, ability to carefully evaluate and experience making decisions under scrutiny
  • Unlike the BCS, there is no limit to the number of teams from each conference.
  • Playoff committee will meet four times a year starting in midseason and release rankings four times every other week.
  • Playoff committee will consider conference championships, strength of schedule, head-to-head, and comparative outcomes of common opponents.
  • Committee members will serve three-year terms, with the exception of the first committee, which will be staggered so all don’t leave at the same time.
  • Tentatively, the CFB Playoff will put out 4-5 rankings of a Top 25 near the end of the season, around the time the BCS Rankings came out.

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