BCS Playoffs, scenario #3

BCS Playoffs: Scenario #3

After looking into the portal of the alternate universe and seeing how the NCAA handled the BCS Playoffs in scenario #2, I wanted to check another portal to see if there was another situation. I found one, and wanted to explain that to you.

Remember, this is a scenario of the “what ifs” in college football. In this particular portal, I see that the NCAA has adopted the playoffs as so many people cried for, but I am not sure about where the games are played, which bowls sponsor them and those kinda details, I can only see who is playing.

In the second scenario, the NCAA went with six teams, giving the top two teams a bye while the others fought it out. The higher seed played the #2 team and the lower seeded team remaining played the #1 team. In that scenario, we saw Florida vs. Texas, but this portal is slightly different.

This universe believes that not six, but EIGHT teams should be in the BCS Playoffs. The idea here was that often times the non-BCS teams don’t get to make it in the top 5, which will likely keep them out of the playoffs. To increase the number to eight gives them a fair shot to compete should they make it that far. It would virtually mean an undefeated season, but it is quite possible.

The BCS Playoffs looks like this: the #1 team plays #8, the #2 team plays the #7, while the #3 team plays the #6 and finally the #4 team plays the #5. The highest seeded team remaining plays the lowest seeded team, and the two remaining teams play one another. The final two play in the BCS National Championship.

With those being the qualifiers, this is what I see in this alternate universe….

#1 Alabama draws #8 Penn State in a classic duel and the attempt of the Big 10 to earn some respect for their conference.

#2 Texas Tech takes on #7 Utah in the great matchup to see if indeed this non-BCS team can hang with the likes of the high scoring Big 12.

#3 Texas faces #6 USC as both 1 loss teams try to take a shot for the National Title.

#4 Florida plays #5 Oklahoma as both teams shake off early losses to try to claim the grand title.

From what I think I see in this universe, Texas Tech wins their game, as do Texas, and I think I see Florida defeating Oklahoma in a classic game. The Alabama vs. Penn State game is very cloudy, I can’t really make it out. It’s possible that there MIGHT have been an upset.

If so, then Penn State, as the lowest seeded team, would draw Texas Tech, and Florida and Texas face off. I can’t swear by that Alabama/Penn State game, but I am hearing a lot of talk about “upset” so I will just assume Penn State won.

But if so, I also see that it would be their only win, as Texas Tech defeats them and advances to the National Championship. The Florida vs. Texas game is another classic, as Florida seems to continually show us their greatness, and I just can’t see clearly enough to tell what hue of orange comes out of that game.

So Texas Tech faces the winner of Florida and Texas in what would promise to be a great game. But there is still controversy.

Boise State, ranked #9 and undefeated, is disappointed in how the NCAA has ignored them, when 3 teams out of the same conference made up almost HALF the playoffs. Even the ACC cries foul even though their best team, UNC is ranked #16 by BCS standards.

It would appear that the playoffs didn’t fully solve the matter of who was the BEST team, when undefeated teams are still left out, and the power conferences don’t all have a representative in the games. The Big East does not have a lot to argue, but they are considered a BCS conference.

It would appear that the issue of playoffs is still not resolved in this universe either…