why smu will never be BCS

[No Cal Pony]

I'm sure the big east may have looked at it that way, but i don't think you could even begin to compare the big east to swc or acc. the big east didn't even exist until 1980 i believe. at that point, the acc had already existed for 30 years, the schools that started the conference had broken from the old southern conference. i believe those of us here understand the history of the swc.

Joining the big 12 still isn't the issue to the fact that had the swc acted, none of this part of the discussion would exist. the swc would still exist as a superconference, not some forgotten conference.

Go Ponies!

[PlanoStang]

Actually, the BCS is a legal form of cheating in NCAA DIV 1A where the
top conferences, which happens to include the majority of the division 1A
schools, have voted to exclude the bottom half conferences from
competing for the national championship, and the mega bucks of big
name bowl games. This makes what SMU did in the early 80s look like chewing gum in class.We should work to abolish the BCS not join it.

Now you know why the United States is not a pure democracy. Now you
know why there is a U.S. Senate with 2 votes from each state. Guess
the bottom schools, and conferences waited too late to form a version of
the senate in the NCAA where you have to get approvals from both
houses of the NCAA for a rule to take effect.

Someone like Copeland needs call the Tulane president, and get him riled
up again over the BCS again. Take it from where ever Barton's hearings
last week left off, and expand on it.

[magnolialeague]

Agree...but I wouldn't put faith in the Senate if you want results in our lifetime...

Just go your own way....Unplug from the BCS.

Create your own fan base and have your own playoffs. If you offer a good product, fans will show. The smaller schools are located in high density areas

Money!! Money!!! Money!!! Here is an idea: COURAGE!!! COURAGE!!! COURAGE!!!

The majority of BCS schools are large schools that have compromised their academics to sanction semi-pro football. Fine. It is their perogative. Our small schools don't offer classes like: Chair Stacking Class, Mixing the Greatest Kol-Aid, A Study In How Long Was the Six Day War?

Time to reorganize and create a more competitive landscape.

[NavyCrimson]

looks like there are more & more nails going into our already available & ready coffins -

things will continue to get worse until our wimps (administrators) start fighting these cartel crooks!!!

New BCS coordinator open to changes, but not playoff...Associated Press
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2280592

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- The new Bowl Championship Series coordinator is open to changes in college football's postseason. That doesn't mean fans should expect anything like a playoff anytime soon.

Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Slive is taking over for Kevin Weiberg of the Big 12. Next season, the BCS will play five games, with the final one being designated the national championship game.

Speaking on Wednesday to the Football Writers Association of America, Slive said he wants to examine ways to improve college football's postseason, including the "plus-one" arrangement. In that format, the top-ranked teams after the four major bowls would advance to the national title game.


But he cautioned that any changes would be made with the blessing of the university presidents, who have never supported anything resembling a playoff.

Slive also said postseason changes would be made within the bowl system.

"We have to think long and hard when we start to talk about expanding the postseason about what impact it will have on the regular season," he said.

No. 1 Southern California and No. 2 Texas played in the Rose Bowl for the national title on Wednesday night.

Starting next season, there will be five BCS games instead of four. The Rose, Sugar, Fiesta and Orange bowls will be played on Jan. 1-3. The BCS championship game, which has yet to be named by Fox, will be played on Jan. 8 at the site of the Fiesta Bowl.

The championship game will continue to rotate between the four sites. ABC will continue to hold the broadcast rights to the Rose Bowl while Fox has the Fiesta, Sugar and Orange bowls.

The fifth game was added to allow greater access and revenue to teams from conferences without automatic bids to the BCS. The Southeastern Conference, Atlantic Coast Conference, Big East, Big 12, Big Ten, Pacific-10 and Notre Dame formed the BCS eight years ago as a way to match the Nos. 1 and 2 teams in the country in a bowl game.

During Weiberg's two years leading the system that determines college football's national champion, the BCS signed a new television contract with Fox that runs from 2007 to 2010 and developed a new format.

Slive replaced Roy Kramer, who is considered the founding father of the BCS, as SEC commissioner in 2002 after serving as Conference USA commissioner for seven years.

In the five-bowl format to be used next season, the championship game matchup is set after the regular season. No teams advance from the first four games, but it does create the framework for a plus-one.

"It creates a situation that would tolerate that format," Slive said.

Slive also said Sugar Bowl officials expect the game to be played in New Orleans at the Superdome next season.

Hurricane Katrina forced the Sugar Bowl to be played in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta this year.

[MrMustang1965]

Fire Copeland.