Hugh Hewitt – Football Playoff
Hugh Hewitt blogs about a football playoff.
It is because of those rare and wonderful upset underdog stories that the BCS should move to a playoff. Boise State should have the right to keep on winning and achieve not just a great win over OSU, but a place in sports lore and even more in the mythology of achievement. The college presidents who invent excuses to keep that from happening really ought to reconsider and attend to the interests of the athletes and the fans.
In fact, apparently there is funding ready for it:
Nike is said to be ready to fund a 16 team play-off, as I am sure many other corporate giants would be willing to do. The television revenues would be enormous, and could benefit far more students and schools than just the 16 schools competing.
I think 16 teams is too many, but I think 8 would be great, and I think ANY team that goes undefeated against 11/12 Division 1a opponents should automatically get to be in the playoff.
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I think 8 might be a bit much. An underrated aspect is tickets and attendance. If your team is in the top 3 seeds, especially in a 16 team playoff, what are the odds of you attending the 1st round, unless its at home, which is unfair. Most people (much less students) can afford to travel several weeks in a row to follow their team around the country in a playoff. There would be people who would go, sure, but I think it would take away some of it too. I’m all for the 4 team play, or +1 format. Just take the top 4 teams from the BCS and 1 vs 4, 2 vs 3 and the winners play each other.