For as long as people can
remember, college football
fans have been begging for
some kind of a playoff system
in college football.
College football is backed
by a computer system called
the Bowl Championship
Series which calculates each
team’s wins and their opponents
win percentage.
Fans of the sport call the
BCS corrupt and say that
many teams that deserve a
shot at that national title get
overlooked in the end.
Chris Wright, 20, a liberal
arts major from Bensalem,
says that “College football
should remain as is. This
how it’s been done for as
long I can remember this is
how it’s been done, why
change it.”
Ant Chancy, 19, a liberal
arts from Levittown, “I do
think that there should be
some kind of playoff system
in college football a lot of
talented teams get left out of
national championship contention
and it’s just not
fair.”
Tony Vurstini, 20, a music
major, believes that BCS is
fine as is. “The BCS makes
the regular season much
more interesting, every
game counts. In the NFL
you have a couple meaningless
games at the end of the
season because half the
teams have already clinched
a playoff spot.”
Joe Lamer, 21, a biology
major from Bensalem, is
another disgruntled college
football fan who says the
BCS needs to go. “I don’t
understand why there isn’t
a playoff. It seems that a
playoff system would be so
much more of a money
maker than the BCS because
there would be more games,
and I’m a Boise State fan as
well and every year they
wind up getting ripped out
of a spot in the national
championship game.”
Vince Johnson, 22, a history
major from Philadelphia,
says, “I think the BCS is the
most corrupt program in
sports. I don’t care what
conference a team is from
rather if it’s a week conference
or a strong conference,
if a team goes undefeated
they deserve a shot at the
title.”
Corey Donaghy is in favor
of a playoff. “There are too
many teams that are over
rated and automatically get
a higher spot then a school
that isn’t as big but has
more talent. Look at TCU;
they go nearly undefeated
year after year and a not as
good Notre Dame team will
get shot at the title before
the deserving TCU team
does.”
College football players
and coaches are even disgruntled
with the BCS system.
Players have to feel
very drained on some teams
when they go out and bust
their tail and at the end of
the day they still are not getting
a shot at the national
title. Coaches work extreme
hours during the week and
try and prepare their players
for the season and if
they make one little mistake,
their dreams of a
national title are shot.