The problem isn't who gets in a 4th or 5th place BCS game. The problem is access to the championship. Who cares about fixes to what amounts to consolation games?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...ve-up-bcs-title-game-20111206,0,3810244.story
Two areas of potential improvement: Kill the automatic bids (and two-bid-per-conference restriction) that allow the Big East's West Virginia (No. 23 in the BCS) and the ACC's Clemson (No. 14) to play in BCS bowl games over the likes of Arkansas (6) and Boise State (7).
“There are 10 access points in the BCS, and when you attain one, it’s seen as affirmation,†Delany said.
So OSU has affirmation because they attained the Fiesta Bowl? How about Auburn when they went undefeated and were shut out? The argument to protect the BCS is one where you have to believe that every one is more interested in a consolation prize.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...ve-up-bcs-title-game-20111206,0,3810244.story
Two areas of potential improvement: Kill the automatic bids (and two-bid-per-conference restriction) that allow the Big East's West Virginia (No. 23 in the BCS) and the ACC's Clemson (No. 14) to play in BCS bowl games over the likes of Arkansas (6) and Boise State (7).
“There are 10 access points in the BCS, and when you attain one, it’s seen as affirmation,†Delany said.
So OSU has affirmation because they attained the Fiesta Bowl? How about Auburn when they went undefeated and were shut out? The argument to protect the BCS is one where you have to believe that every one is more interested in a consolation prize.