Why has Div. 1-AA, excuse me, FCS, found success in running a playoff system? They began with eight teams and will soon balloon to 20 teams in 2010.

It is definitely not hard to organize a playoff system consisting of conference champions. What is making it difficult is millions of dollars that the big schools would lose by not having their automatic bids to the bcs bowl games. Money. That is what the key is to all this hoopla. Not the whole “not letting the non-bcs teams be involved” junk. Think about it…aren't both Fresno State and Florida division 1A teams? Only the bcs system separates the two teams. A playoff system would bring equality to division 1A college football. Equality not in the sense of affirmative action, but equality in giving a smaller division 1A school (such as a Fresno State) a chance of beating a larger division 1A school (such as a USC) in the playoffs or if so possible, in the championship. The BCS only chooses the select few. Not because of what they are doing on the field, but because that team happens to be popular with the media and fans. The American way would be to have a playoff and let the field determine who is champion, not the press or computers.

I could say more about this subject, but really it would mean nothing, because ultimately, this whole subject is about greed and those who don't want to give it up. Until that is remedied, we can debate or whatever til we are blue and it would be just that…meaningless.

One thing I'd like to point out with that though, is being in a conference full of successful, semi-successful and big name schools gives an inherent advantage monetarily. Fresno State, unfortunately, is stuck with bottom feeders like Utah State, Idaho and New Mexico State (who will likely never be good).

When you share a conference with other successful programs and name schools, it brings everybody up, earns everyone more money, better and bigger facilities, better recruits, better access, etc. Fresno State, Boise State and Hawaii (and maybe Nevada) just have each other. The rest of the conference mates makes those programs have to work even harder.

A play-off system doesn't necessarily mean and end to bowl games….. It would be easy to keep the same bowl tie-ins besides the 8 teams or whatever that got into the playoff.

Voter bias is something that can't really be proven and it takes extremely long to be changed because it's all based on what they “think”. There is absolutely no way to attack that and win

Why has Div. 1-AA, excuse me, FCS, found success in running a playoff system? They began with eight teams and will soon balloon to 20 teams in 2010.

It is definitely not hard to organize a playoff system consisting of conference champions. What is making it difficult is millions of dollars that the big schools would lose by not having their automatic bids to the bcs bowl games. Money. That is what the key is to all this hoopla. Not the whole “not letting the non-bcs teams be involved” junk. Think about it…aren't both Fresno State and Florida division 1A teams? Only the bcs system separates the two teams. A playoff system would bring equality to division 1A college football. Equality not in the sense of affirmative action, but equality in giving a smaller division 1A school (such as a Fresno State) a chance of beating a larger division 1A school (such as a USC) in the playoffs or if so possible, in the championship. The BCS only chooses the select few. Not because of what they are doing on the field, but because that team happens to be popular with the media and fans. The American way would be to have a playoff and let the field determine who is champion, not the press or computers.

I could say more about this subject, but really it would mean nothing, because ultimately, this whole subject is about greed and those who don't want to give it up. Until that is remedied, we can debate or whatever til we are blue and it would be just that…meaningless.

One thing I'd like to point out with that though, is being in a conference full of successful, semi-successful and big name schools gives an inherent advantage monetarily. Fresno State, unfortunately, is stuck with bottom feeders like Utah State, Idaho and New Mexico State (who will likely never be good).

When you share a conference with other successful programs and name schools, it brings everybody up, earns everyone more money, better and bigger facilities, better recruits, better access, etc. Fresno State, Boise State and Hawaii (and maybe Nevada) just have each other. The rest of the conference mates makes those programs have to work even harder.

A play-off system doesn't necessarily mean and end to bowl games….. It would be easy to keep the same bowl tie-ins besides the 8 teams or whatever that got into the playoff.

Voter bias is something that can't really be proven and it takes extremely long to be changed because it's all based on what they “think”. There is absolutely no way to attack that and win

Hatch's tantrum about the lack of access shouldn't really be against a system that actually allows mid majors to play in the title game should they have the points, but it should really be against the voters and their biases that determine those standings.