Boring name, but exciting implications
Ask any fan of college sports about the NCAA Football system, and you know what they’ll tell you? For lack of euphemism, they’ll tell you BCS bowl system is a crock of shit. While this may be harsh, unless your team is in one of the super conferences or has an incredible season that involves destroying a big market team, there is a very small chance they’ll play for a championship, deserving or not. While it has been an uphill battle to get the NCAA to look into a playoff system (the issue was so big it even made it to U.S. congress), prayers of the fateful fan may have been answered.
As announced by ESPN, in the 2014/2015 season, the NCAA will implicate a four-team playoff system. Dubbed, for simplicity’s sake, the College Football Playoffs, the first National Championship will be held on January 12, 2015. The championship will rotate between the Rose, Sugar, Orange, Cotton, Fiesta and Chick-fil-A bowls, with the dates being announced for the first 10 years. The sights of each championship, though not set in stone, will most likely rotate between Miami, New Orleans, Arlington, Atlanta and Glendale, Arizona. While sights from around the U.S. put in bids to host the game, the inaugural playoff championship will be held in Cowboy Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
According to the Executive Director of the BCS, Bill Hancock, “ We think the new playoff will be the most dynamic improvement to college football in a generation. Certainly, it’s what the fans want.” Fans are also encouraged to vote online for the new logo of the playoffs. Though the determination of making the four-team playoff is still in the works, this is a positive step for college football. Hopefully the bold move will allow for the best teams to duke it out for the title of best team in the nation, instead of only the biggest schools.
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