Ok so i was just at home during my lunch break. I saw something on the ESPN news crawl/ticker that said something to the effect of the BCS playing one game a week after the other 4 games (since they're adding a 5th) to determine the national champion. it scrolled by really fast so i didn't get all the details. ESPN has nothing about it on their website (strangely enough). it wasn't clear if it meant that the 2 teams playing in that bowl would be the remaining #'s 1 & 2 after the other 4 games had been played or not. but the wording made it sound sort of playoff-ish. anyone else see this, or have any info on it?
Re: BCS breakthrouh? yeah I saw it but didn't post it because it wasn't on the site. it said that 2 teams would play afterwards to determine the national champion. I assuming this would be the plus one system which would be the best way.
Re: BCS breakthrouh? I didn't see it, but I think they are referring to the new BCS agreement with Fox where they added a 5th BCS bowl game. It's not a playoff or a plus one system ... just a 5th BCS bowl game to make more money. They announced that the Fiesta Bowl will host the first championship game under this new agreement. I assume that's what they are talking about...
Re: BCS breakthrouh? In the words of the devil (aka Lee Corso): "Not so fast, my friend." There is simply an extra BCS game that is simply called the BCS Championship Game. http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/sports/fb/fbc/3155634 An excerpt: " PHOENIX - The Fiesta Bowl organization was awarded the first national college football championship game under the new, expanded Bowl Championship Series format on Tuesday, and the BCS schools worked to find a new poll to help select the teams that will play for the title. Beginning in the 2006 season, there will be a new game to determine the BCS national champion, a contest separate from the four existing BCS bowls — the Fiesta, Orange, Sugar and Rose. In essence, it means that two more schools will qualify for a BCS contest. As in the current system, the teams that finish first and second in the BCS will play for the championship."
Re: BCS breakthrouh? A lot of headlines have been misleading about that. It’s just the ‘double hosting’ or ‘piggyback game’ they came up with last June that they are talking about.
Re: BCS breakthrouh? All this does is opens the door for more "Championship" rings (see Auburn). :lol:
Re: BCS breakthrouh? It makes the BCS games seem like even less of an honor (see the Fiesta Bowl this past year)......
Re: BCS breakthrouh? and it's just going to add one more week for the media to pound the controversey of who was left out into our heads with a shovel.
