BCS vs Playoffs

Every single winter, thousands of college football fans debate the BCS system and why it favors automatic qualifying conference schools and analysts will concur and disagree. It is my belief that fans' arguments are based on the school they affiliate themselves with. Boise State fans and fans of teams outside the top 2 but still in the top 25 will argue against the BCS, and everyone else will say it's ok. As an Oregon fan, I do have some biased views this year in particular, given their play over the season and especially against Stanford. Oregon can beat any team in the country. The Ducks put up 27 on top ranked LSU in Texas, which was very much a road game. That is the most points LSU's excellent defense has allowed all season. It allows 10.7 points per game. In fact, in eight of Oregon's first eleven games, the Ducks have scored more points against their opponent than any other team has against that same opponent. And the most astonishing statistic, Oregon's point total at the end of each game has been higher than their opponent's average points allowed. Technically Washington is giving up 34.1 points per game and Oregon managed a measly 34, but we'll let it slide this time. Oregon also ranks third in the nation in points and points per game (behind Case Keenum, and Brandon Weeden/Justin Blackmon), fifth in total rushing and rushing yards per game, and first in yards per rush. Darron Thomas isn't wowing anybody statistically with passing stats, but everyone knows how good he is if they watched the national championship game against Auburn.
The Ducks haven't had a lot of success in big games after a long break under Chip Kelly, but have been pretty darn good otherwise. Their offense has much improved and their defense hasn't looked better. The front seven was swarming Andrew Luck throughout the game and their secondary looked much better than it has all season. If Oregon had another shot at LSU, I think The Ducks would come out on top. Which is why I believe there should be a playoff system. Admittedly, I was fine with the BCS last season when Oregon was number 2 in December (well deserved). With so many great teams near the top of the standings, I think the BCS leaves too many questions unanswered. Perhaps Alabama and LSU should rematch their beauty of a defensive game, but if a one loss Alabama jumps an undefeated Oklahoma State in the BCS, or if OK state, Bama, and Oregon all finish with one loss, it will cause all kinds of problems. Here is my solution. The BCS rankings take place as usual, unveiling the top 25 teams each week. When the final standings are released, so is a playoff bracket. The top ten teams make the playoffs, the top 2 with first round byes. There is a 1 week bye after bowl championship games to get teams rested, but not too rested and rusty. Then each round is completed in consecutive weekends. Yes it will add four weeks to the schedule, but the BCS Championship game isn't until the second week of January anyway. Then there's the argument about the loss of BCS bowls which coincides with a loss of revenue from ticket sales and ads. Why not just play each round of the playoffs at a different BCS bowl location? With the championship location changing each year just as it does now. That way fans will still pay loads of money to go the games, and I think it would even draw more viewers. That launches the fan argument of: "I don't know which game will be my team's last, how do I know which game to buy a ticket for?" This is a minor gap in my plan, but a solution could easily be attained. My take on it is: if you want to be sure to see your team play, buy a ticket for the first round and go from there. Houston fans will still be bitter about the playoffs only including the top 10 teams instead of top 12, but that's just being greedy. If the regular season ended today, Alabama would play Boise State, Oregon would rematch Stanford for bragging rights of the century, Oklahoma would play Virginia Tech, and Arkansas would play Clemson. All of these games would be extremely intriguing and entertaining. Boise State would finally get that marquee SEC matchup that they've always wanted, Oregon and Stanford would become college football's newest rivalry, a beat up Oklahoma team would have a chance to prove their preseason number 1 ranking, while they could also be upset by a surging Hokie squad. And the Arkansas/ Clemson game is simply talented, hard nosed SEC football, looking to prove itself through several rounds of teams from different conferences, against a surprising Clemson team trying to shock the world and get to the biggest stage. Sounds pretty entertaining to me. Although it could end up that all the higher seeds win and move on and LSU eventually wins the title, I believe there would be some upsets along the way, and college football would be forever changed.