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12-07-2009, 01:02 PM
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A College Football Playoff? Playoffs?!? (NCAA 10)
 2009 NCAA Division I Football Championship The controversy surrounding the BCS system has been present since its inception in 1992. The Bowl Championship Series was designed to ensure the top two teams in the nation would play each other. The problem being, it hasn't always been easy to determine the top two teams in the country. Many pundits, fans, analysts, and even players and coaches have come out in favor of a playoff system to determine the national champion. A playoff system is used in all other collegiate team sports to determine a national champion. Most notably, the Men's Basketball Championship. In addition, a playoff system is used at all other levels of collegiate football: FCS, Division II, and Division III. A similar formula is used in each; taking the top 24 teams, setting them in regions, seeding them and playing it over a five week span. My idea is to take the playoff system used currently for football and apply it to Division I. This year seems the best time to experiment with it, seeing as five teams ended the season undefeated. Yet only two will play for the National Championship. Game Information Platform: Playstation 2 Game: NCAA Football '10 Rosters: PS2 Roster Community Project. Updated myself to the actual rosters for all 24 teams, including ratings changes, depth chart and starter changes, and injuries. Difficulty: Heisman Quarter Length: 7 Minutes Gameplay: I will not be playing any of the games. Instead, I will smiulate the games, and post the box score so that everyone can follow. I want an accurate game, so I will be using sliders that I have custom. I will sim a few games and continue to tweak until I am happy with the outcomes. I am not looking to bias the results, but get legitimate results. |
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12-07-2009, 01:03 PM
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Re: A College Football Playoff? Playoffs?!? (NCAA 10)
 Bowl Championship Series Timeline 1992 - Started as the Bowl Coalition, the idea was to "increase the likelihood" of having the top two teams play and to create other exciting bowl match-ups. Considered a success in its inagural season, the top two teams faced each other in the Sugar Bowl. When Alabama and Miami met that year, it was the first time #1 and #2 met in a bowl game since 1987. 1994 - Two teams finished the season undefeated, Penn State and Nebraska, and Nebraska was named National Champion. Changes were set to be made and it would be the final year of the "Bowl Coalition." 1995 - The Bowl Coalition was replaced with the Bowl Alliance. The Alliance involved three bowls: the Fiesta, Orange and Sugar. A new strategy was used to place conference champions in one of the bowl games. The Bowls themselves would pick the match-up they wanted each year. The Sugar Bowl had the first selection and #1 Nebraska had a dominant victory of #2 Florida, on their way to a National Championship. 1997 - This year would mark the only year in the history of the Bowl Coalition or Alliance with a split National Champion. Top-ranked Michigan topped Washington State and the Media's Poll. But Michigan fell to #2 in the Coaches Poll to Nebraska. The result reaffirmed a glaring weakness in the Bowl Alliance: No Pac-10 or Big Ten Conference Champion involved in the rotation. 1998 - The Bowl Alliance strategy is scrapped in favor of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). This included a fourth bowl game, the Rose Bowl, which had historically paired the Pac-10 and Big Ten Champions. The tradition of the game continued, but also put the Rose Bowl in the rotation of Bowl Games given the chance to host the National Championship. 2001 - The first time in the 55 year history of the Rose Bowl that the game did not involve a Pac-10 and Big Ten team. Instead, Miami defeated Nebraska for the National Championship in Pasadena. Nebraska lost its' last game of the season to Colorado, yet snuck by Oregon in the BCS standings. Oregon has only one loss but would not get a chance to play the undefeated Hurricanes. 2004 - Four teams finished the season undefeated, and three went on to win their bowl games. USC was crowned National Champion by defeating Oklahoma (12-1), while Auburn (13-0) and Utah (12-0) - were ranked second and third respectievly in all polls. This was the first time a school from a non-BCS affiliated conference finished the season undefeated. Utah, who earned an at-large bid, did not have an opportunity to play for the National Championship. 2006 - To fix the problem of at-large teams making BCS bowl games, a fifth game is designated to be the National Championship. Florida wins a stunning National Championship game, their first of two in three years, by defeating previously undefeated Ohio State. Boise State beats Oklahoma in a thrilling Sugar Bowl. Yet another year where an undefeated, at-large team is not given a chance at the National Championship. 2008 - Only one team, Utah, finishes the season undefeated. Yet, two one-loss teams play in the BCS Championship. Florida defeats Oklahoma, while Utah beats Alabama in the Sugar Bowl. Garnering first place votes, Utah is snubbed the National Championship in favor of the Florida Gators. December, 2009 - NCAA President James Isch asks for the BCS Bowl games to be suspended for one season in favor of a playoff. Using the model of the FCS football bracket, 24 teams will play over a four-and-a-half week span for the National title game; still played in Pasadena, California on January 7th. A "one year experiment" could become permanent if it is successful. Last edited by Maize08; 12-07-2009 at 02:06 PM. |
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12-07-2009, 01:03 PM
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Re: A College Football Playoff? Playoffs?!? (NCAA 10)
 News Around College Football Playoff Rankings Rankings are tabulated using BCS Standings. Eleven teams are given automatic bids due to conference championship. Thirteen other teams are eligible as at-large teams, based on BCS Standings. 1. Alabama* 2. Texas* 3. Cincinnati* 4. TCU* 5. Florida 6. Boise State* 7. Oregon* 8. Ohio State* 9. Georgia Tech* 10. Iowa 11. Virginia Tech 12. LSU 13. Penn State 14. BYU 15. Miami (FL) 16. West Virginia 17. Pittsburgh 18. Oregon State 19. Oklahoma State 20. Arizona 21. Stanford 22. Central Michigan* 23. East Carolina* 24. Troy* * - Conference Champion Tournament Seeds Seeds are based on Playoff Rankings. #1 Seeds must be champions of their respective conference. #1 and #2 Seeds are given byes for first round of playoffs. #1 Seeds - Alabama, Texas, Cincinnati, TCU #2 Seeds - Florida, Boise State, Oregon, Ohio State #3 Seeds - Georgia Tech, Iowa, Virginia Tech, LSU #4 Seeds - Penn State, BYU, Miami, West Virginia #5 Seeds - Pittsburgh, Oregon State, Oklahoma State, Arizona #6 Seeds - Stanford, Central Michigan, East Carolina, Troy Game Location, Time, etc. First two rounds, higher seed hosts the game at their home stadium. For third round (Regional Final), neutral sites are determined based on geographic location of schools. Four sites for Regional Finals are: Pasadena, California, New Orleans, Louisiana, Orlando, Florida, and Las Vegas, Nevada. Times for games is based on location of game. Sites for National Semifinals are predetermined. For Region 1 and 4, game will be played in Glendale, Arizona. Regions 2 and 3 game will be played in Miami, Florida. Live Television Broadcasts will be available on the ESPN Family of Networks, including ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC. Last edited by Maize08; 12-07-2009 at 02:30 PM. |
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12-07-2009, 01:04 PM
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Re: A College Football Playoff? Playoffs?!? (NCAA 10)
Last edited by Maize08; 12-09-2009 at 01:19 PM. |
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12-07-2009, 01:06 PM
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Re: A College Football Playoff? Playoffs?!? (NCAA 10)
Last edited by Maize08; 12-09-2009 at 01:19 PM. |
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12-07-2009, 01:06 PM
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Re: A College Football Playoff? Playoffs?!? (NCAA 10)
Last edited by Maize08; 12-09-2009 at 01:20 PM. |
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12-07-2009, 01:09 PM
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Re: A College Football Playoff? Playoffs?!? (NCAA 10)
Last edited by Maize08; 12-09-2009 at 01:20 PM. |
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