re: The BCS MANIPULATION

The BCS is a good system for LSU. With some suggested tweaks, the BCS would still be the best system.

1. Thecomputers must reveal their programs and must be proven predictors or they are dropped.

2.The critical change is all finalists must come from deserving conferences. This would be done by reviewing a conferences’ record against the teams that finished in the top 5, 10, 15, and 20 ranked colleges for a selected—2, 3, or 4—previous years. A simple computer program gives the results. Independent’s would be put in a theoretical conference pool. If it leaves during the 2, 3, or 4 year period, they must start over again in their new conference.


3.Only the coach’s poll would count, and a coach could not vote for his own team.

4.All conferences must have the same number conference members +1 or - 1.

5.All conferences must play at least 80% of games inside their conferences.

6.The regular season games are reduced to 11 games. (Of course if two teams have no bowl they want, they can opt out and play anyone that will play them.)


7.Conference playoffs are eliminated, and a fair across-the-board tiebreaker would be required for each conference.

8. The top four teams play in the traditional bowl games against one another.

9. The other teams play in the other traditional bowls.

10. The two out of the select four winners play in the BCS championship game.

11. The BCS winner could not appear with the AP winner in a co-championship ceremony.

Some traditions would be lost, but the BCS system has already started the destruction.