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Sports Central
December 9, 2009
Andrew Jones |
Is College Football Unfixable? There are many things we can't change about college football, but there are two things that can be changed that will quite easily make the game better.   |
Sports Central
November 21, 2005
William Geoghegan |
Is the BCS Really All Bad? From the moment the computers churned out the rankings that stuck Nebraska in the national championship a few years back, we had a travesty on our hands. |
Sports Central
July 12, 2012
Andrew Jones |
The BCS Four-Team Playoff: Really Better? Under the new agreement, the BCS Bowl Games (Orange, Fiesta, Sugar, and Rose) will take turns hosting the semifinals for the national championship with the winners of those two games meeting to determine a winner. |
Sports Central
January 22, 2011
Josh Galligan |
The Obstacles Preventing a Playoff While the debate on whether the Bowl Championship Series or a college football playoff is the best for the game of college football is as heated as ever, there's a much simpler explanation to explain it all. |
Sports Central
December 4, 2006
Ryan Day |
Congress to Tinker With BCS? House representative Joe Barton is heading up a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee of Congress to conduct research on the Bowl Championship Series and hold hearings, if necessary, if the BCS Bowl selections cause the uproar they did last year. |
Sports Central
January 6, 2004
David Shaw |
In Defense of the BCS Inevitable discussion over the last two days has centered on just who is the better team, USC or LSU, and why the BCS failed to supply the answer. The outrage, begun well before this year, would even lead one to believe that having co-champions is unheard of, even perverse. Not so. |
Fast Company
November 2010
Rachel Arndt |
College Football by the Numbers America loves its college football, even if we'd like to throw a gazillion penalty flags at the Bowl Championship Series. Here's a look at the business of the BCS, bowl season, and college football, by the numbers. |
Sports Illustrated
December 11, 2001
Alexander Wolff & Austin Murphy |
Title Contention The BCS or a playoff? The debate's hotter than ever this year... |
Sports Central
October 31, 2007
Matt Thomas |
The BCS is a Good Thing ... No, Really Nine tried and true reasons to believe in the Bowl Championship Series and its value to college football. |
Sports Illustrated
December 13, 2001
Frank Deford |
Bowled under BCS leaves a lot to be desired... |
Sports Central
December 12, 2005
Mike Round |
Why NCAA Should Stick With Bowls Seven years after its inception, Congress has decided to look into the BCS in Division I-A football and why it's the only major sport without a playoff system. |
Salon.com
September 22, 2000
Allen Barra |
The NFL's minor league? The marketing firms and New York pundits who want a college football playoff system have one thing in common: They don't like or understand college football. |
The Motley Fool
January 5, 2005
David Meier |
College Football and Stock Markets The purpose of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) is to reduce variation, just like the stock market. |
Sports Central
December 11, 2006
Zach Jones |
So Much For a BCS Rematch... Coaches unwilling to endorse a double-jeopardy rematch between Michigan and Ohio State took Florida's 38-28 victory over Dec. 2 as the perfect excuse to drop the Wolverines in the polls. |
Sports Central
December 20, 2010
Adam Russell |
A Case For Bowl Contraction Well, here we are with another bowl season upon us, the supposed "postseason" of college football. But I'm not as interested in this bowl season as I have been in the past. |
Sports Central
November 30, 2005
Jeff Pohlmeyer |
A Playoff in College Football? Like it or not, there is no fool-proof way to decide a national champion. |
Sports Central
June 15, 2005
Adam Russell |
The BCS is Dead! Not Quite, But Almost With support waning, what is the future of the Bowl Championship Series? |
Sports Central
January 16, 2007
Adam Russell |
Reflections on College Football '06 Did the two best teams finally play in the national championship game? |
Sports Central
November 18, 2009
Paul Foeller |
Bashing the BCS Now, more than ever, it's clear that the argument supporting the BCS doesn't hold any water. |
The Motley Fool
December 2, 2009
Kris Eddy |
CEOs of the Gridiron What can football teams teach companies about motivating top execs? |
Sports Central
December 8, 2008
Andrew Jones |
Where the BCS is Truly Flawed Three fundamental flaws with the BCS this season. |
Sports Central
April 12, 2006
Michael Beshara |
In Defense of the BCS As enjoyable as college basketball's March Madness may be, college football's BCS provides the opportunity for both a more exciting and more just crowning of a national champion. |
Sports Central
December 14, 2010
Kyle Jahner |
Fans Will Enjoy BCS Slate While Wishing For BCS Demise The best two teams in college football, both unblemished, will play each other for the national title in a game that would never have happened before the BCS. |
Sports Central
January 7, 2008
Adam Russell |
Are Two "Best" Teams in BCS Title Game? A proposed playoff system for college football. |
Sports Illustrated
November 20, 2000
Jack McCallum |
BCS means bogus college standings Calling for a national championship playoff... |
Sports Central
December 6, 2007
Kevin Beane |
Slant Pattern Mailbag by Proxy Answering letters to the editor of a college football publication. |
Sports Central
December 10, 2008
Matt Thomas |
Not-So-Extreme Makeover: BCS Edition Suggestions for revamping bowl selection process. |
Sports Central
November 14, 2012
Andrew Jones |
What Alabama's Loss Means For BCS College football fans were worried a choice between Kansas State and Oregon for the right to battle Alabama for the national championship would be close to impossible to make and then the unthinkable happened: Alabama lost. |
Sports Central
December 18, 2006
Adam Russell |
BCS: Is it Human or Machine? The BCS needs to make up its mind -- is it going to be a computer poll that is entirely objective based on stats, schedule, and record, or is it going to be steered by the human polls? |
Sports Central
November 27, 2006
Alfons Prince |
Down to the Wire ... Again With only one week left in the 2006 college football regular season, it is looking like the bowl championship series (BCS) will once again escape any major controversy. |
Sports Central
November 29, 2003
Piet Van Leer |
The Worst Idea in Sports I hate the Bowl Championship Series. Hate it, hate it, hate it. I hate everything about it. I hate the people who created it, the people who defend it, and as a result, I'm beginning to hate college football because of it. |
Sports Central
November 10, 2008
Andrew Jones |
How the BCS Could Become a Nightmare Solutions are offered for problems brewing in the BCS. |
Salon.com
November 23, 2002
King Kaufman |
Let's have an argument! It's good to have a real sport that's messy and silly and dumb, and Division I football's method of crowning a champion is all of that. |
Sports Central
November 14, 2005
Alfons Prince |
For Once, BCS is Avoiding Controversy With the college football season coming to a close, the participants for this year's national championship game are pretty close to being finalized. |
Sports Central
November 21, 2011
Paul Foeller |
What a Mess College football now has six one-loss teams, half of which haven't lost to anyone outside of the top-10, and an undefeated Houston team -- leaving eight teams (including LSU) with legitimate claims of a rightful place in the national title game. |
Sports Central
December 12, 2011
Bill Hazell |
Sizing Up the BCS Buffet Table Without a playoff, we have once again, what amounts to a large buffet spread of bowl games, none of which get any of their teams closer to the championship -- well, not this year's championship, anyway. |
Sports Central
December 8, 2004
Adam Russell |
BCS Works This Time ... Sort Of Once again, the BCS has left a sour taste in the mouths of college football fans... Once again, a Pac-10 team gets the short end of the stick... Once again, a couple of not-so-deserving teams get to play in one of the big four bowls... |
Sports Central
January 17, 2012
Paul Foeller |
Hold on a SEC It seems like next year is set up perfectly to give the SEC its seventh straight championship -- three of the teams (Alabama, Arkansas, and LSU) likely to make the preseason top five will come from the same division within the SEC. |
Sports Central
December 8, 2014
Ross Lancaster |
College Football's Selection Committee Got it Right The four-team playoff is the one that makes the most sense for college football. |
Sports Central
November 8, 2010
Vito Curcuru |
Is Boise State vs. TCU Still Possible? TCU has two games left and it is doubtful San Diego State and New Mexico will help their BCS title game hopes with anything but style points. |
Sports Central
July 19, 2011
Andrew Jones |
Rants and Predictions Sounding off on inconsistency and cheating in sports. Plus predictions for the upcoming college football season. |
Sports Central
November 22, 2010
Andrew Jones |
The Bane of Auto-Bids This year has been quite an anomaly in college football. TCU and Boise State have been making noise for a few years and everybody seems to keep hoping that they'll finally make the coveted step into the National Championship Game. |
Sports Central
December 2, 2005
Adam Russell |
Oregon Could Be Odd "Duck" Out of BCS The big question: What happens to college football's Bowl Championship System if either Texas or USC lose Saturday? |
Sports Central
November 21, 2007
Adam Russell |
BCS Still a Muddy Mess It is possible that only one of the top five teams in the BCS standings could end up in the National Championship Game -- Ohio State. |
Sports Central
December 5, 2011
Corrie Trouw |
LSU/Alabama II: The BCS Lump of Coal This season's BCS championship offers us an early January sale on LSU/Alabama whether we want it or not. |
Sports Central
December 11, 2003
Eric Williams |
Giving Thanks Today, the college football world is in an uproar and the season has been thrown into utter chaos because of three little letters: BCS. Thank God for March Madness |
Sports Central
November 25, 2003
David Martin |
Why ESPN Hates the BCS I have two problems with the way college football is covered by national media types. First of all, most of them, e.g., ESPN, have a pro-playoff agenda. The second problem is that once they see a team they love, like the Oklahoma Sooners, they declare the de facto title winner. |
Sports Illustrated
December 14, 2001
Tim Layden |
Keep the BCS -- with a twist At this point, further BCS bashing is redundant. A system that failed last year, but was saved from complete humiliation by Oklahoma's Orange Bowl victory, has fallen completely to pieces... |
Sports Illustrated
October 19, 2001
Tim Layden |
Converted OK, I finally get why college football needs a playoff... |
Sports Central
December 19, 2011
Paul Foeller |
Hey, Over Here! Neither of the following two football games is necessarily going to draw big ratings, or even be the best games on the day they're played (January 2nd). |
