What if the playoff opposition is just too strong? There has been some support for looking into a plus one. Most recommend a four team playoff of the top 4 ranked BCS teams after the final Saturday of the regular season/conference championship games.
Let's examine last year. I would be willing to bet that you take a random poll of college football fans across the country and ask them a simple question "Which team would have won a four team playoff?" that USC and Georgia would be extremely popular responses. Problem - USC and Georgia would not have been in a four team playoff last year. That's right. The final regular season BCS rankings were Ohio State, LSU, Virginia Tech and Oklahoma. 3 of those 4 got 'exposed' in their bowl games. Now you see the potential for continued controversy.
Plus, a four team playoff with a plus one still leaves two of the four BCS games irrelevant. To me the main issue with the post-season is that the BCS bowls have become irrelevant with the stand alone title game held several days after. To solve this problem and make the Rose and other bowls happy that would like to maintain conference ties - play the BCS bowl games on January 1st - Old School style - and then the BCS formula selects 2 of the 4 winners for a plus one. Controversy remains but this is about making the BCS games relevant again. Must see TV. Just like the first Saturday in December is now - channel surfing to check on whether or not a late upset will shake up the title chase.
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