FIXING THE BCS

President-Elect Barack Obama told ESPN's Chris Berman that he thinks College Football should switch to a playoff system instead of the ridiculous computer based system that is currently in place. Many have been calling for this change for years. How can you really decide who is the best team without playing it out on the field? It's crazy and flat out stupid, but from the NCAA's perspective, it actually makes sense. First and second round games of a playoff won't bring in the revenue that five major BCS bowl games would. So they leave it alone and let the computers decide who the best team is.

Now I admit, there are many questions with the playoff format. For one, how do you decide who gets in? Who gets home field? Are all playoff games held at neutral sites?

Here is my proposal for a playoff system in College Football:

The playoff bracket should have eight teams comprised of the champions of the six major "BCS" conferences, and two wild card spots. These spots, as well as the seedings, are determined by the BCS Standings.

Taking a look at the current BCS Standings, here are how the seeds would look if the season were to end today.

1. Alabama (SEC Champions)
2. Texas Tech (Big XII Champions)
3. Texas (Wild Card)
4. Florida (Wild Card)
5. USC (Pac-10 Champions)
6. Penn State (Big 10 Champions)
7. North Carolina (ACC Champions)
8. Pittsburgh (Big East Champions)

So the matchups would be 1. Alabama vs. 8. Pitt, 2. Texas Tech vs. 7. UNC, 3. Texas vs. 6. Penn State, and 4. Florida vs. 5. USC. The first round games would be played at the home stadium of the higher seeded team. The semi-finals and finals would be at neutral sites and would rotate each year between the five BCS Bowls.

So you could see something like Alabama vs. Florida in the semi-finals from Tempe, Arizona, in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. Then Texas Tech vs. Texas at the Orange Bowl in Miami for a chance to play for the National Championship at the Rose Bowl.

As for the question of when to play all these games, the answer is quite simple. Don't have a month off between the regular season and the post-season. Have two weeks off to rest, and then let the playoffs begin. Problem solved.

The current BCS system is flawed and stupid and needs to be changed. This idea may not be perfect, but it sure is a hell of a lot better than what we have now.