Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Slive presented a plan Wednesday to commissioners of the other BCS leagues for a ‘plus-one’ format, matching the No. 1 team in the nation against No. 4 and 2 vs. 3 in the marquee bowl games. The winners would meet about a week later in the BCS national championship game.
“After a very thorough very good discussion among the group, we have decided that because we feel at this time the BCS is in an unprecedented state of health, we feel it’s never been healthier during its first decade,” Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner John Swofford said. “We have made a decision to move forward in the next cycle with the current format.”
Blah, blah, blah…so, NO then.
Big Ten fuckstick Jim Delany and Pac-10 sycophant Tom Hansen have bitched repeatedly about how they’re “concerned” the four-team playoff the ‘plus-one’ creates would inevitably grow to a ‘basketball-style’ bracket. Also, they believe their league’s access to the Rose Bowl, already compromised by simply being involved with the BCS, would be further hindered by a plus-one.
Once again, the desires of the few, but powerful, outweigh the majority. We bet there is one all-powerful wizard pulling the strings somewhere behind the BCS screen.
