Wednesday, April 7, 2010

There's No Arguing Against Having A Tournament!!


Right now is the perfect time to put the final touches on this blog argument. We have just witnessed one of the greatest sports events, the NCAA basketball tournament. For nearly a month, the NCAA tournament was at the center of the sports universe. Big name schools we often able to squash the little schools. This is almost to be expected. But then every once in a while a small school would pull off the upset. In the end it came down to David vs. Goliath. Butler vs. Duke. Although Butler gave it a valiant effort they came up a bit short. Literally. In this clip, the Butler Bulldogs final shot fell just short, dashing their dream of pulling off an upset.
College Football could have this fame. Even more! Their fan following is unprecedented in college athletics. They could have America begging for more. It would give the little guys a chance to at least be on the same field and show that they belong just as Butler has shown the basketball world that they belong.
Instead, another season will go by where we live happily during an eventful regular season, then we are submitted to a stale postseason made up of Goliath vs Goliath battles. The smaller schools will be relegated to meaningless bowl games while the Alabama's, Texas', and Florida's play each other to see who is the champion over all of college football. They may win the Goliath vs. Goliath battles, but just remember who won in the true David vs Goliath battle.

Monday, April 5, 2010

My Proposal

The first round playoff games will be played at the major bowl sites. Fiesta, Sugar, Rose, and Orange. 8 Teams will participate in this tournament that will be held just after New Years Day. The winners of these 4 games will continue to the semi-finals and eventually the final game. This scenario makes it so the winner is determined on the field, not by computers. Although there will be debate about which 8 teams get selected to play in the tournament, the National Champion will have no debate. A tournament is the perfect situation to determine who is the best team.
College football must find a way for this to happen. not only will it determine a true National Champion, but the money will pour in at this time. Stadiums will be filled to capacity, a capacity that averages 80,000 for the four big bowl venues. 80,000 fans is nearly the whole population of Orem, Utah!!
This scenario is a win-win situation for the BCS and Universities around the country.