The New BCS

Starting in 2007, FOX will begin broadcasting the BCS games (excluding the Rose Bowl). They have exclusive rights over the Fiesta, Sugar and Orange Bowls through 2009 while ABC retains the rights over the Rose Bowl through 2014. FOX will also carry the yet to be named fifth BCS game. The fifth game will simply add two more at-large BCS bids making it more likely that non-power conference teams have a shot at the BCS games. The Big XII, SEC, ACC, Pac-10, and Big East will still have automatic bids for conference champions.

Although I am excited about the prospects of moving in a positive direction with the BCS, this still puts off the implementation of some kind of playoff until after 2010. The BCS system is not perfect but it's what we are stuck with right now. I feel that this new experiment won't be any more successful than what we have seen since the BCS's inception in 1998. Perhaps more failure of the system would nudge the powers that be into finally admitting that some kind of playoff is inevitable to crown a true and undisputed national champion.