| Other than the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision, | | | | of Oklahoma, who lost to Texas earlier in the |
| every other division of college football has a | | | | season. Both Oklahoma and Texas have only lost |
| playoff system. It is time for the NCAA Football | | | | one game this season. Therefore, I guess the |
| Bowl Subdivision, formerly known as Division 1-A, | | | | BCS is not perfect; in reality, it is far from it. Will |
| to adopt a playoff system; otherwise, the | | | | we ever see a mid-major conference team in the |
| coaches, players, and alumni of certain institutions | | | | BCS Championship Game? I doubt it, if the NCAA |
| should never argue about who deserves to be in | | | | keeps the current system in place. |
| the BCS National Championship Game. | | | | I propose that the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision |
| As a former NCAA Division III football player, I | | | | adopt a playoff system. The NCAA does not |
| can appreciate the value of a college football | | | | need to eliminate any bowl games, but there |
| playoff system. During my years at Oberlin | | | | should be sixteen teams invited to participate in |
| College, I followed every minute of the Division III | | | | the "True College Football Bowl Challenge." Fifteen |
| playoffs, even though my college did not make | | | | games will be played to decide a National |
| the playoffs while I attended in the 1990's. After | | | | Champion. The winner of the tournament needs |
| the Division III playoffs concluded, there was no | | | | to win four games. The playoffs can begin the |
| argument concerning the legitimacy of the National | | | | last week in November and end around January 8. |
| Champion, for it had already been decided on the | | | | Before I go, I must tell how to pick the teams |
| gridiron. | | | | for the "True College Football Bowl Challenge," |
| My younger brother, who graduated from the | | | | unlike the BCS. I would still give the PAC-10, Big |
| University of Toledo, played in the NCAA Football | | | | Ten, SEC, ACC, Big 12, and Big East Champion an |
| Bowl Subdivision; however, at that time, it was still | | | | automatic bid into the playoff tournament; |
| referred to as Division 1-A. While my brother | | | | however, the ten remaining teams must be the |
| attended the University of Toledo, his team did | | | | next highest rated teams in the country. In |
| qualify for some bowl games. So, I do have some | | | | fairness, I propose that the conferences be |
| knowledge of the "real" NCAA football! | | | | evaluated every three years. For example, if the |
| Approximately ten years ago, the NCAA Football | | | | Big Ten or the SEC is surpassed in quality by a |
| Bowl Subdivision created the BCS (Bowl | | | | mid-major conference, then the mid-major |
| Championship Series). The BCS was supposed to | | | | conference would receive the automatic bid for |
| crown a true National Champion for the NCAA | | | | the next three years. Of course, the Big Ten or |
| Football Bowl Subdivision, but the controversy has | | | | SEC has the opportunity to win back the |
| not subsided. For example, it is hard to imagine | | | | automatic bid within another three years. |
| why the University of Texas is not facing the | | | | I stand behind President-elect Obama on this |
| University of Florida, next Thursday, in the BCS | | | | subject; the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision really |
| Championship Game, as opposed to the University | | | | needs to adopt a playoff system! |
