PAC 12 Football Final Power Poll

...  of respectability   Just like Cal fans, Colorado fans only want to look forward. Looking back at the past two years might cause Buffs to rip their eyes out. Pac 12 Football What we learned That was just crazy talk. Well, lookie here at what coach David Shaw and his staff created: a Stanford team that has become a top-10 program while still being the most elite educational institution — by a wide margin, by the way — playing Football … Michaux: College football’s playoff system needs fixing before it’s too late Division runners-up Florida and Oregon would likely fill out the short bracket that would exclude Pac-12 winner Stanford, Big 12 champ Kansas State and a Georgia team that beat Florida and came 5 yards short of winning the toughest conference in the … Pac-12 Football: Winners and Losers in the Pac-12 Bowl Games Pac-12 fans had to wait awhile to see where eight Pac-12 teams would be playing during December and January. After much speculation and conjecture, the results are in, and while some fanbases will be happy, others will be fuming. We run down each … Scott Michaux: College football’s playoff system needs fixing before it’s too late Division runners-up Florida and Oregon would likely fill out the short bracket that would exclude Pac-12 winner Stanford, Big 12 champ Kansas State as well as a Georgia team that beat Florida and came 5 yards short of winning the toughest ...

The BCS is DEAD

...  College Football’s New Reality Tuesday, the BCS died and was replace by a four team, seeded playoff. But is this new situation better than what we’ve had, or just different? Presidents approve college football playoff College football fans have been clamoring for a playoff for years, and the BCS has been a constant target for criticism. Lawmakers have railed against it. College football playoff questions and answers Conservative estimates have the television right to the new playoff system being worth at least double what the BCS was worth. That means $300 million easy, … BCS gets boot in favor of 4-team playoff The best way to determine a major college football champion seemed so obvious to so many for so long. Just have a playoff. Now the people in charge of ...

PAC 12 Football CEO’s Agree to BCS Playoff

...  12 Football Teams BCS: [stars] LOS ANGELES – Leaders of the Pac-12 Conference agreed in principle Saturday to try to end college football’s  Bowl Championship Series, proposing its replacement with a playoff system that would allow only conference winners to play for college football’s national title. “I don’t hear anyone saying business as usual is acceptable,” said Edward Ray, Oregon State University’s president and chairman of the Pac-12 universities’ CEO group. “We need change.” Though a formal vote was not taken among the top Pac-12 university officials who attended Saturday, they expect that to occur at their next meeting later this year. >>Continue reading BCS Pac 12 Football Teams All Aboard the Playoff Train  Pac-12 Conference agreed in principle Saturday to try to end college football’s Bowl Championship Series, proposing its replacement with a playoff system.” (azcentral.com) I actually wish they’d ditch the BCS and go back to the pre-BCS bowl system. Notre Dame the sticking point on which teams get BCS playoff berths    Dennis Dodd | CBSSports.com Senior College Football Columnist Everywhere else, the pieces are already settling into place for a playoff to begin in 2014. No games until Dec. 22 because of exams. Stifle that laugh. Forget the apparent hypocrisy that … College Football 2012: Pac-12 Leaders Take ...

BCS Playoff Format

...  12 Football:  Is the BCS heading toward a playoff system?  Athletic directors of the newly expanded Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences found consensus on a “plus-one” football national-championship proposal at meetings early this week that could signal movement toward a revamped Bowl Championship Series. The athletic directors, meeting in Newport Beach, Calif., discussed several possible postseason football formats, including the status quo. It’s part of a process to give conference commissioners input from their leagues ...