User talk:Jhunsicker

In our world one of the biggest forms of entertainment is sports. One sport that is loved by many alumni of schools, or just fans is college football. But even though this is a very popular sport, a lot of people dislike the format of how it crowns its champion. This format is called the BCS, or bowl championship series. It ranks teams and at the end of the year it picks two teams for every bowl game including the National Championship Game. Sometimes it can not even decide a champion like in 2003(LSU and USC shared it). The BCS should be eliminated from college football and replaced with a playoff because most people dislike this system, it is the only sport without one and smaller schools and big schools will have an equal chance. In our country there are many devoted sports fans, some more famous than others. One is not just a fan, but also one of the best coaches of all time. Pete Carroll has won two BCS Championships and has made it to the championship game three times. This is what he thinks about it. "I think it stinks. I don't think it's the way it should be…What is the criteria of the process? Is it to pick the team that has the best season, that has the season that you like the most and feel best about voting for? Or is it the best team at the end of the year, the team that would win a playoff system if you did have it?" What he is saying is that it is terrible and picks a team that looks good on paper but isn’t even the best team. This is coming from a man who has thrived in this system and he still thinks it stinks. Barack Obama, the President of the United States of America, answered a question more than once what he would do to change sports. "I think it is about time that we had playoffs in college football. I'm fed up with these computer rankings and this and that and the other," Obama said. "Get eight teams — the top eight teams right at the end. You got a playoff. Decide on a national champion." So not only a famous coach wants a playoff but the leader of the free world does too. Everytime I watch espn I have never seen an analyst who likes the BCS. By seeing that major figures in our society disapprove along with devoted fans, one can see that we need a playoff in college football. Not only do fans not support it, it is an odd ball in the sports world. The second reason why we should get a playoff system in college football is because it is the only major sport in our country that doesn’t have one. Every NCAA sport has one including division II and III football. In fact the basketball playoff has a higher neilson rating for tv than the BCS national Championship games does. Even in professional sports there is a playoff in every major sport. Even all high school sports have a playoff so why not in college football. As can see by previous evidence this is the only sport without a playoff and it is better to have one because you will have more exposure onTV. Without it no underdogs will have any chance and teams like the 2008 Phillies or 1985 Villanova. The third and final reason why college football should implement a playoff system is because small schools don’t have a chance and only the big conference schools can get into the national championship. This is the only sport where a team that goes undefeated has no chance at a championship. This has happened five times in the past four years. Small conference teams like Hawaii, Utah, and Boise State have no chance at the championship. If you had a playoff than the big schools and small schools could have a fair chance. As now seen by previous evidence the BCS is a very flawed system. If you watched it this year you would know all the drama that went on. The BCS should be replaced with a playoff. Not many fans like the BCS, it is the only sport without a playoff, and it would give more teams a fair chance. My proposal for a playoff would have the top twelve teams from the AP poll with the top four getting a first round bye. This will ensure all the small schools that are undefeated a birth in the playoff. For all the people still want the old bowl games, the playoff games will be held in the traditional bowl game sites. This would please many sports fans and would improve the sport of college football.