My College Football Dilemma - Vote Who Wins

So my favorite team of course is Alabama.  And I want the Tide to Roll over Texas for the National Championship tomorrow.  However...

Way back in April I went to Las Vegas.  I don't bet on sports at all.  I'm actually pretty anti-sports betting after a buddy of mine got himself in pretty deep.  However, putting money down on futures is kind of fun.  So I thought about all of the teams that could win the title and I put $20 on Texas to win the National Championship.

Also, when I first started this website I made my college football preview and picked Texas to win it all.  CLICK HERE.

So tomorrow night, I took the day off work.  I'm having a big party at my house.  I will be decked out in Bama gear and rooting for the Tide.

BUT...If Texas wins I get a cool 160 bucks and some credibility for my prediction. 

Who do you think will win tomorrow?

 

The Wilkerson College Football Playoff System

There is nothing more corrupt in sports than the current way the National Champion is determined in D-I college football.  There are fewer and fewer voices for the current bowl/BCS system.  However, those that still like this current system are so misguided.  There is no rational argument that can be made from the other side.

Explain to me how a team can recruit, put together a great roster, prepare during spring practice, sweat and bust their tails during August two-a-days, win every single game on the schedule including their Bowl game and not get a sniff of the championship!  That goes against the fiber of athletics.  That is what has happened to Utah twice.  Other schools have suffered the same egregious outcome.

This year we will for sure have two unbeaten teams left at the end of the season, and if Cincinnati defeats Florida there will be three. 

Can a Utah, Boise State, TCU, Utah, a MAC school compete with the big boys?  More times than not they would probably struggle.  However, they cannot/should not be kept from the opportunity to compete for the top prize.  Utah obliterated Alabama last year, and we all know what Boise State has done.

It easy to point out all of the flaws of the current system, but I have a solution.  First off, know that I would prefer the 16 team playoff tournament format done in D I-AA , D II, etc.  However, realistically, that is not going to happen anytime soon.

So here is my Wilkerson College Football System…(drum roll)

You continue using the BCS ranking system and take the top six teams after the regular season is over.  One of the biggest arguments against a playoff system is that the regular season would not mean as much.  First, that argument is horrible.  Please explain to me how the Colts/Patriots game a few weeks ago in the NFL was meaningless.  Explain to me how the Kentucky vs. North Carolina basketball game earlier this year will hurt March Madness.  Anyhow, I have a solution for that weak argument.  The top two teams have a bye into the semifinals.  That way the regular season is still very important.  That advantage would be huge, and it would reward excellence in the regular season.(much like byes work for the NFL playoffs).

The other argument by the old fashioned purists is it would mean the end of the bowl system.  Truly the end of the bowl system happened when the BCS was implemented.  Only one game matters in the current format.  In the Wilkerson System, five games would matter.  Also the other teams would still get to play in all of the other bowls and wouldn’t be affected by this system at all.  Kentucky would still play Clemson in the Music City Bowl.  There would still be the Peach, Cotton, Motor City, etc etc.  And Notre Dame could continue to decline to play in any bowls and just watch the Wilkerson System at home.

One more argument to put to bed is that it would add too many games to the schedule for these poor student athletes.  Oh by the way the baseball College World Series Championship is June 30, 2010!!  Anyhow, the Wilkerson System would not add any games.  There are five games.  Currently there are five BCS games:  Orange, Fiesta, Rose, Sugar, and BCS Title Game.  The quarter and semifinals could rotate between all four bowl sites.  My system would add two weeks to the season.  However, you could easily start it one week earlier, so it would really just add one week for only two teams.

So that is how I would fix things.  You would still have the imperfect computer and human polls to determine the top six teams.  Like I said, I would prefer the top 16 playoff format.  However, it would be easier to exclude the seventh ranked team (Oregon) than it would the third and fourth ranked teams.

Here is how my bracket would look this year.  Think of how exciting it would be.  Think of how much money the NCAA would be able to demand for television rights and sponsorships!  It is a win-win all the way around. 

If you have suggestions or other tweaks, please leave it in the comments section below.  If you like this spread the word with the link.  We have got to change the current corrupt system!

Graphic Created by Jacob Newkirk



GAMEDAY! Bama vs Florida --- Who ya got?

Number One vs Number Two with a berth to the National Championship game on the line.  I will be rooting for my Tide!  It won't be easy.  I think Greg McElroy will be a huge key for Bama.  The Tide quarterback has shown flashes of being a solid qb, but he needs to put it all together this afternoon.

Another key is Bama forcing Florida to throw the ball.  Tebow doesn't have hardly any weaknesses.  I would not say passing is a weakness for Tebow, but I think I would rather have him throwing than running.

My brain tells me Florida will win, but no way am I going to predict that.

Alabama   24

Florida      21

Please leave your prediction in the comments section. We'll see who is closest.  Enjoy the game everyone!  I am having a get together at my house.  Come on over!