Seattle Times: Big Ten, Pac-12 ADs favor 4-team BCS playoff
August 13, 2011 10:38 AM
Just got off phone w/Jim Delany. He called Sea Times story "erroneous" and said that Big Ten ADs do not support a Plus-One. Post to follow.
TeddyGreenstein
The proposed format the ADs favored in a straw vote calls for adding a BCS bowl, probably the Cotton, and seeding the top four teams, which would play semifinals in two BCS bowls on a rotating basis. Presumably, the current BCS formula still would be used to rank teams. Winners would advance to a title game in what has become known as a "plus-one" format.
In this format, the Rose Bowl wouldn't host semifinal games in exchange for the right to preserve an annual matchup of the Big Ten and Pac-12, but would host the title game every five years.
The athletic directors' consensus is nonbinding and not even a recommendation. But it could be a launching point to a position by the two leagues, which have traditionally held fast to the Rose Bowl and opposed any form of playoff.
seattletimes.com
TeddyGreenstein
The proposed format the ADs favored in a straw vote calls for adding a BCS bowl, probably the Cotton, and seeding the top four teams, which would play semifinals in two BCS bowls on a rotating basis. Presumably, the current BCS formula still would be used to rank teams. Winners would advance to a title game in what has become known as a "plus-one" format.
In this format, the Rose Bowl wouldn't host semifinal games in exchange for the right to preserve an annual matchup of the Big Ten and Pac-12, but would host the title game every five years.
The athletic directors' consensus is nonbinding and not even a recommendation. But it could be a launching point to a position by the two leagues, which have traditionally held fast to the Rose Bowl and opposed any form of playoff.
seattletimes.com
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