The BCS Four-Team Playoff: Really Better?

A few weeks ago, the commissioners of the BCS reached an agreement that will showcase a four-team playoff for college football's national championship. Under the new agreement, the BCS Bowl Games (Orange, Fiesta, Sugar, and Rose) will take turns hosting the semifinals for the national championship with the winners of those two games meeting to determine a winner.

Many college football fans have concluded that this is a "small victory" or "a step in the right direction" or at least that "it's better than before." And while I can't completely disagree with those sentiments, the reality is the bickering won't stop and college football fans will continue to be dissatisfied with the system.

Also, I think there is one thing about the new agreement that quite frankly sucks — especially for schools in weaker conferences. The first thing that struck me about this agreement was how the number of teams invited to the elite BCS bowl games has now decreased from 10 to eight. Six of those teams will be conference champions, leaving two spots available for at large bids. Chances are pretty good that those at large bids will be taken by the SEC, Pac-12, or the conference formerly known as the Big Ten. It decreases the chances that a team from the Mountain West or the WAC or any other weaker conference will get a team into a BCS Bowl Game — even if they are undefeated.

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