Friday, November 14, 2008

A Playoff System? Fahgeddaboutit

   The pending deal between ESPN and the BCS to carry the big bowl games through 2014 forestalls a college playoff deep into the next decade. Here is why that's slightly bad news for the SEC:
   A plus-one system, favored by league commissioner Mike Slive, or a straight four-team mini-tournament almost surely would include an SEC member. The conference is too strong to be excluded from a final four, which means it would have a shot at the title each year.
   The current system, confined to a one-off championship game, is dicier for the league. Its own title game can just as easily eliminate a BCS contender as affirm one.
   The stars aligned for the SEC this year in that, barring a late-season collapse by Alabama and Florida, whoever wins in Atlanta is BCS-bound. Not so in other seasons.
   Your thoughts on an expanded playoff as it relates to the SEC?
   And why wait for SEC title talk? Who do you like in the Georgia Dome?
      

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

SEC will completely dominate a playoff system. BIG 10, 12 pac are afraid and most definately will not be able to compete week after week at the SEC level of play so therefore will not back a new system. If the system come through look forward to SEC all over the national championship game for many years to come.