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There’s also the distinct possibility that a team could finish undefeated and not be given an opportunity to become national champions. Non-BCS conference teams—those of Conference USA, the Western Athletic Conference, the Mountain West Conference, the Mid-American Conference, the Sun Belt Conference and the I-A independents—are getting closer and closer each year to closing out an undefeated campaign. This year, TCU threatened to storm the BCS party—posting a 10-0 record and reaching as high as sixth in the BCS—until its undefeated...
Despite the fact that TCU and BYU fell short, ignoring their accomplishments by saying, “well, they didn’t finish the job, so we don’t have to worry about it,” is silly and lacks foresight. A non-BCS conference team will complete and undefeated campaign in the near future...
What happens if that team wins its bowl game and finishes 13-0? Unless they’re playing in the BCS championship game, they will not finish the season as national champions. And if that’s the case, then about 50 I-A teams start each season with no chance at a national title, even if they win every game 100-0. The BCS no longer figures margin of victory into its calculations, in order to keep coaches like former University of Florida czar Steve Spurrier from continuing calling fly patterns in the midst...
...Since people get queasy at the notion of a 7-5 non-BCS conference winner taking up a spot in the playoff field, we’ll establish a rule that a team must either be in the BCS top 25 or have less than four losses to qualify...
...Sometimes, the best teams in the nation fail to win their conferences, so there should be a few spots left for “at-large” teams. Since everyone is enamored with the BCS computers, we’ll let the at-large spots be filled in order of finish in the BCS poll. Are teams still going to complain that they didn’t get a shot at the title? Yes. But the complaining will come from teams that have distinct profiles from the top five teams in the country, thus lessening the legitimacy of their...