Two years back, No. The BCS was established to determine the national champion for college football while maintaining and enhancing the bowl system which has provided significant support to college football for nearly a century. The BCS has quickly become a showcase for the sport, matching the premier teams of any particular year in the culminating games of the season. The BCS also notes the importance of regional consideration regarding team selection.
So, the Season ended with split champions which is what the BCS was organized to prevent. Because of this split championship, changes were made to the BCS formula for the —05 season. The games are listed in chronological order. Some games dates are pending, so a range is given. Also games dates and times are subject to change and to final agreement with TV partners. Boise State's bid in the Fiesta Bowl is the only time a team from a non-automatic-qualifying conference has received an at-large bid as TCU received the automatic bid in Many critics focus on the BCS methodology itself, which employs subjective voting assessments, while others note the ability for undefeated teams to finish seasons without an opportunity to play in the national championship game.
Other criticisms involve discrepancies in the allocation of monetary resources from BCS games, as well as the determination of non-championship BCS game participants, which need not comply with the BCS rankings themselves. Longtime college football announcer Brent Musburger also voiced his support for a playoff in an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times. Then, like now, one week later, there would be the national championship game. In , a lawsuit was threatened due to the exclusion of teams from the non-automatic qualifying conferences in the BCS system.
According to CBSSports. The letter, received on January 29, , states that the Obama administration will explore options to establish a college football playoff including a an anti-trust lawsuit against the BCS, b legal action under Federal Trade Commission consumer protection laws, c encouragement of the NCAA to take control of the college football postseason, d the establishment of an agency to review the costs and benefits of adopting a playoff system, and e continued legislation in favor of a playoff system.
Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich writes, "The administration shares your belief that the lack of a college football national championship playoff In April , Utah attorney general Mark Shurtleff announced he would file an antitrust lawsuit against the BCS for, "serious antitrust violations that are harming taxpayer-funded institutions to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars.
The BCS bowls have been accused of promoting the BCS system because they and their executive officers greatly benefit financially from the system. Bowl executives, such as John Junker of the Fiesta Bowl , are often paid unusually high salaries for employees of non-profit organizations.
To promote support for their bowls and the BCS system, these highly-paid executives allegedly give lavish gifts to politicians, collegiate sports executives, and university athletic directors. The complaint alleges that the top BCS bowls, with the exception of the Rose Bowl , routinely abuse favorable tax status by using charitable donations to give gifts and compensation to college athletic officials.
In one example detailed in the complaint, the Orange Bowl treated its executive staff and invited college athletic directors to a four day Royal Caribbean cruise in which no business meetings were held. Over the last two years, an increasing eye has been getting turned toward programs which have earned BCS bowl bids by illegal conduct under the rules and regulations of the NCAA.
In the summer of alone, in addition to the allegations noted above with respect to the Fiesta Bowl:. While there is substantial criticism aimed at the BCS system from coaches, media, and fans alike, there is also support for the system.
Under the BCS, a single defeat is extremely detrimental to a team's prospects for a national championship, [52] although critics point out regularly that history shows non-BCS conference teams are hurt far more than BCS teams when they lose a game.
Supporters contend that this creates a substantial incentive for teams to do their best to win every game. Under a playoff system, front-running teams could be in a position of safety at the end of the regular season and could pull or greatly reduce their use of top players in order to protect them from injuries or give them recovery time this happens frequently in the NFL.
While the BCS routinely involves controversy about which two teams are the top teams, in rare instances there is a clear-cut top two; the BCS ensures these top two will play each other for the championship. For example, USC and Texas in were the only undefeated teams; both teams were only tested a couple of times all season and mauled every other opponent they faced by large margins. Had this scenario occurred before the inception of the BCS, the teams would have been unable to play each other due to contractual obligations with the major bowls and there either would have been dual national champions or Texas would have been denied the title despite their record and talent.
Under the BCS system however, these two teams got to play for the championship. According to its website, the BCS: " Utah Utes fans rush the field and carry the goalpost after defeating rival BYU , completing a perfect regular season , and becoming the first BCS Buster by clinching a spot in the Fiesta Bowl hence the sombrero.
This makes becoming a BCS Buster very noteworthy. This consistent selection of one Conference's teams, and other questionable selections, have been one area of intense criticism of the BCS system and its exclusionary tendencies. The University of Utah football program became the first BCS Buster in after an undefeated season, despite harder limits in place before the addition of a 5th bowl in made BCS Busters more commonplace.
They also became the first team to repeat in During the season, the Utes finished their regular season schedule undefeated 8—0 in the Mountain West Conference and 12—0 overall and earned a berth in the Sugar Bowl against Alabama , winning 31— Both the number of Top 25 teams 4 and Top 10 teams 2 Utah defeated that year, equalled the number of such ranked teams defeated by eventual one-loss champion Florida.
That season, no other team besides the Gators or Utes defeated four ranked teams. Ironically, the strength of schedule argument was often cited by those arguing that Utah did not deserve to be crowned National Champions.
In the season, the Utes began competing as members of the Pacific Conference , one of the six conferences with an automatic BCS tie in. The Broncos won 43—42 in overtime in what many fans, pundits and others consider to be one of the best Bowl games in history. This remains the only loss to date by a BCS Buster to an opponent from an automatic qualifying conference. Two slots behind the Horned Frogs were WAC champions Boise State , which finished at 13—0 for its second consecutive unbeaten regular season and fourth in six years.
This pairing created considerable controversy as the BCS Conferences and the selection committees were accused of cowardice, pairing the two BCS Busters against each other so that the risk of BCS Conference teams losing was eliminated. This game remains a controversial saga in the history of the BCS. Boise State was ranked in the top five for most of the season, but a late-season overtime loss to Nevada knocked the Broncos out of serious contention for a BCS bowl bid, despite having still been technically eligible for one.
TCU would defeat Wisconsin 21—19 in the Rose Bowl , once again calling into question the claim of BCS Conference superiority, and doing so with an entirely new level of quality of play. The following table shows all 19 teams that were eligible to become BCS Busters, including the seven that succeeded. BCS Logo — An alternate version of this logo used more often on television had the Fox logo in lieu of the stars.
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Retrieved March 31, June 10, Retrieved May 1, September 16, The Daily Orange. January 3, But why not let the stats speak for themselves? TCU, ranked third, leads the country in scoring defense, allowing nine points per game, and have surrendered only 10 points combined in their last four games, Boise State, ranked fourth, is the number one defense team in the nation, and Utah, ranked fifth, is third overall in points for and sixth overall for points against. For the first time in the Mountain West conference's history, two teams in the top five of the BCS polls will meet.
This week both Auburn and Oregon play non-ranked teams. The odds are with the Frogs this weekend, and all locals can do is cross our fingers and hope for the best. Go Frogs!
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