I. Introduction a. Opening statements: Playoff time‚ it is something that stirs excitement among fans of almost any sport‚ it is what teams play for all season‚ and it is perhaps the most exciting time of any sport season. But this exicitement is something that has always been missing in Division I football‚ and it is something that makes the game unfair for many teams. At the beginning of the season all teams join the hunt for the coveted national championship‚ they face many roadblocks‚ some of
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Every year thousands of NCAA division one football players shed blood‚ tears‚ and sweat with the goal of reaching a championship bowl game. Unfortunately‚ roughly half of all of these football players never make it close to contention for one of the top four prestigious bowls that make up the Bowl Championship Series. This series was created to ensure a true national championship game and place all the major conference champions in major bowls. At the same time‚ all small conference schools are faced
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This is the moment that all local college football fans have waited all year for‚ rivalry week. One of the greatest rivalry’s in college sports‚ the cross-town rivalry‚ pitting (7-4) USC vs. 22nd ranked (8-3) UCLA. What’s on the line; the Pac-12 South Division‚ a berth in the Pac 12 Championship game and another shot at Stanford. Stanford swept the Los Angeles schools in 2015‚ outscoring UCLA and USC 97-66. Although if either USC or UCLA go on to beat Stanford in a rematch‚ win the conference
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College Football Playoff System 43% of Americans say that football is their favorite sport to watch‚ more than three times than any other sport said an article on ProCon.Org. In 2008 a record 37.5 million people attended a college football game to cheer on their team in hope of a championship season. (ProCon) As the players push themselves as hard they can go and the fans cheer as loud as they can; they often come to the end of a great season to be denied by the BCS system. In 1998 the Bowl
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English 105 26 April 2012 Playoff System over Turmoil Why does the NFL use a playoff system to select the teams to play in the Super Bowl? The NFL consists of thirty two teams; whereas‚ college football (Division 1A) has 119 teams and does not have a playoff system. So how does college football decide who plays in the National Championship out of the 119 teams in its division? It uses the Bowl Championship Series or nationally known as the BCS. A flawed system‚ which relies on computer rankings
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BCS vs. Playoff System In college football‚ the BCS system has been around since 1998 and has become well established. The BCS system is well established but has accumulated much criticism over the years due to inefficiencies with the system. Like history shows‚ as time passes‚ people find better and more efficient ways to do things. In this case‚ a large percentage of college football fans would like to see college football take on a playoff system versus the traditional BCS system. According
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Ryan Jerzy Jerzy 1 Cady English 103 26 May 2003 "NCAA Football Playoff System" Thesis: The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) formula has been used to determine the top twenty-five teams in NCAA Division I college since 1998. Many think this system is inadequate and should be changed. The alternative is a playoff system that would give more of the top teams a chance to be named the NCAA football National Champion. I. BCS formula A. Computers 1. Where they’re from 2. How they
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Week 13 of the college football season has concluded‚ and one team may have secured its spot in the second annual College Football Playoff. The Oklahoma Sooners seem to be in position to reach the Playoff‚ yet the College Football Playoff Committee has final say on whether the Sooners will play for a chance to claim the Championship. After the Committee releases its latest rankings on Tuesday‚ the final Playoff rankings will be revealed on Dec. 6. For those that aren’t fans of the current top four
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Bowl games vs. Playoff system Hunter Hoke PED 3490 Carol Caruso The University of Virginia’s College at Wise Dec. 3‚ 2012 To understand the problem of selecting a national champion in college football‚ one must first understand the system responsible for awarding teams the right to play in the National Championship. The system is called the BCS‚ or “Bowl Championship Series”. It was implemented in 1998 with one main goal in mind which is to pick the two best college football teams to play
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Peter O’Hara 11/19/09 ENGL 101-26 Dr. Winner Paper #4 Why the BCS should implement a playoff system In five out of the last ten seasons in Division One college football‚ there has been an undefeated team that did not get the opportunity to play for a national championship‚ and three of those times they were beaten out by a one-loss team. Also‚ in nine of the last ten seasons‚ there have been more than two teams with the same amount of losses as a team that got the opportunity to play for
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