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Then you’ve got the 2000 campaign when one-loss FSU went to the Orange Bowl over fellow once-beatens Miami and Washington. The catch was that the Hurricanes had beaten the Seminoles earlier that year, and the Huskies had defeated Miami. This debacle led to the addition of quality win points—which did nothing to solve the fact that all three teams deserved to participate in the championship game against undefeated Oklahoma...
...semifinals of the playoffs will be played on the fourth Saturday in December at two of the BCS bowls—Fiesta, Orange, Rose and Sugar—and the championship game will be held in the final BCS bowl on the first Saturday in January...
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...
...concordance with those views, I present my 12-team playoff. Most years, two at-large teams and six conference winners will be seeded fifth through 12th, and take part in the first round of the playoffs. These games will be played during the second Saturday of December at rotating bowl sites, which will host their traditional bowl match-ups later in the month...
...winners will advance to the quarterfinals and be re-seeded for the final time. The four quarterfinal games will take place on the third Saturday in December at New Years Day bowls and a rotating BCS bowl. These bowls will be allowed to host their traditional games in January as well...