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11-30-2006, 09:24 AM
By Jack Carey, USA TODAY
Bowl Championship Series coordinator Mike Slive said Wednesday that he remains "very open-minded" about looking at alternative formats to the BCS but there's no guarantee any other system will solve all of college football's postseason issues.
"There is not any format that does not have advantages or disadvantages," Slive said in a Wednesday conference call with members of the media. "Whatever we do, whether we keep it the way it is or whether we modify it, it won't be perfect."
This is the first year of a four-year agreement that sends the top two teams in the final BCS standings to a new championship game, apart from the four traditional BCS bowls.
This year's title game will be Jan. 8 in Glendale, Ariz. No. 1 Ohio State will be one participant in the game, with the other to be determined this weekend. If No. 2 Southern California beats UCLA, the Trojans are expected to advance. If they lose, No. 3 Michigan or fourth-rated Florida would go.
The final BCS standings will be announced Sunday along with the matchups for the Rose, Tostitos Fiesta, FedEx Orange and Allstate Sugar bowls.
Slive, the commissioner of the Southeastern Conference, saw Auburn from his league get shut out of a title-game appearance two years ago despite an undefeated season. This year, another highly ranked SEC team, Florida (11-1), probably also will be watching the title game, even if it beats Arkansas on Saturday for the SEC crown. Gators coach Urban Meyer has said it might be time for an eight-team playoff.
One of the alternatives Slive said he was open to looking at is called the "plus-one" model, whereby the top two teams in a post-bowl BCS standings would meet for the championship.
"If the idea is simply to have a 1-2 game, the BCS has done that," Slive said. "When we start looking at that ... and if 1-2 isn't enough, how many are enough?
"If (the present format) doesn't work ... each conference will have to make decisions about whether or not this format is the one we want to continue with."
Rosey sales:
In anticipation of a bid to a BCS game, LSU has collected 28,500 ticket requests for the Rose Bowl and 19,500 for the FedEx Orange Bowl. An SEC team has not played in the Rose since Alabama in 1946.
Bowl Championship Series coordinator Mike Slive said Wednesday that he remains "very open-minded" about looking at alternative formats to the BCS but there's no guarantee any other system will solve all of college football's postseason issues.
"There is not any format that does not have advantages or disadvantages," Slive said in a Wednesday conference call with members of the media. "Whatever we do, whether we keep it the way it is or whether we modify it, it won't be perfect."
This is the first year of a four-year agreement that sends the top two teams in the final BCS standings to a new championship game, apart from the four traditional BCS bowls.
This year's title game will be Jan. 8 in Glendale, Ariz. No. 1 Ohio State will be one participant in the game, with the other to be determined this weekend. If No. 2 Southern California beats UCLA, the Trojans are expected to advance. If they lose, No. 3 Michigan or fourth-rated Florida would go.
The final BCS standings will be announced Sunday along with the matchups for the Rose, Tostitos Fiesta, FedEx Orange and Allstate Sugar bowls.
Slive, the commissioner of the Southeastern Conference, saw Auburn from his league get shut out of a title-game appearance two years ago despite an undefeated season. This year, another highly ranked SEC team, Florida (11-1), probably also will be watching the title game, even if it beats Arkansas on Saturday for the SEC crown. Gators coach Urban Meyer has said it might be time for an eight-team playoff.
One of the alternatives Slive said he was open to looking at is called the "plus-one" model, whereby the top two teams in a post-bowl BCS standings would meet for the championship.
"If the idea is simply to have a 1-2 game, the BCS has done that," Slive said. "When we start looking at that ... and if 1-2 isn't enough, how many are enough?
"If (the present format) doesn't work ... each conference will have to make decisions about whether or not this format is the one we want to continue with."
Rosey sales:
In anticipation of a bid to a BCS game, LSU has collected 28,500 ticket requests for the Rose Bowl and 19,500 for the FedEx Orange Bowl. An SEC team has not played in the Rose since Alabama in 1946.