9. ESPN's 10-team bracket
By this, I don't mean implementing this 10-team system. Instead of having the two teams play football against each other, the learned ESPN counsel of Mark May, Kirk Herbstreit and Lee Corso actually decide who wins the games by talking about them once an night on SportsCenter.
10. World Cup-Style Pool
Sixteen teams in four pools. Everyone in a pool plays each other. Top two teams advance to the final eight. Plus ... international referee scandals! That always sweetens the entertainment. Stipulation: games have to be played at 5 a.m.
11. Reality TV-style voting
Money and ratings meet fan-teractivity. Starting in November, 10 teams are [gulp] selected. Each week fans vote online or text message the names of a team they think shouldn't play for the national championship. Then, in four weeks, we have two teams left over. And of course, it's all broadcast on prime time.
12. Simulate a season on Xbox 360
Every year advancements in technology are made to improve gameplay, reduce errors, and make the game more fun. (Just like the NCAA.) Plus, injuries in this game are fake, so it's okay to piledrive someone after the whistle. And educational!
13. 97-team playoff
Why 97? It's a prime number, and would likely set up a complex system of byes and tiebreakers. And the BCS loves complexity and tiebreakers. It wouldn't be college football without them.
14. Plus-shaped football field
I've had the idea of a Y-shaped, plus-shaped, asterisk-shaped field for some time, where multiple teams duke it out on the same field, eliminating the need for a messy tiebreaker or playoff system. But my main man twoeightnine finally depicted his vision using the Shop of Photos what I was always thinking:
What I didn't initially visualize was the 50-yard epicenter being protected by mountains, ninjas, and pirate hookers. But I see nothing wrong with this hallucinogenic addendum.
Article comments
1 - Tuffy
The plus-shaped football field system gets its championship shirts from Lane Bryant.
2 - Druxxx
I like the reality TV vote off.
I think there are 119 teams in Division 1A.
We play 118 weeks, one team is voted off each week.
So what if that takes over 2 years. The BCS makes no sense, so why should the new system.
Plus everyone says how much they love college footballs "regular season." This just makes it over 100 weeks longer. And college football would become year round.
3 - RJ Elliott
10. World Cup-Style Pool
Sixteen teams in four pools. Everyone in a pool plays each other. Top two teams advance to the final eight. Plus ... international referee scandals! That always sweetens the entertainment. Stipulation: games have to be played at 5 a.m.
Hilarious!
4 - Jordan
Oh please, anything but #9. With Mark May and Lou Holtz running things we'd have a USC-Notre Dame title game for eighteen years in a row.
5 - Jordan
Actually, scratch that: #9 and #16 are the exact same thing.
6 - The other anonymous
Round 1 winners:
USC wins every time
ESPN's 10 team bracket
X-Box 360
97 team playoff
8 team playoff
no championship game
Reality TV vote-off
Plus 1 game
Round 2 winners:
USC wins every year (same as the ESPN picks)
X-Box 360
No championship game
plus 1 game
Round 3 winners:
X-Box 360
No championship game
GRAND CHAMPION:
NO CHAMPIONSHIP GAME!!!
College football returns to the 80's