What is the Bracket Championship Series, anyway?
The Bracket Championship Series is not the BCS arrangement of five bowl games that are managed by the 11 – Division 1-A conferences and Notre Dame together with the local bowl committees. Actually the Bracket Championship Series is the next evolutionary step in crowning a true #1 National Champion.
When and Why was the Bracket Championship Series formed?
November 30, 2008 this site is used to debate and discuss the ideas presented here at http://www.bracketchampionshipseries.com/ and make changes for the benefit of the fans, first and foremost, and the integrity of the College Football National Champion.
How does the Bracket Championship Series formula work?
The Bracket Championship Series incorporates the current Bowl Championship Series (BCS) layout in one aspect and that it uses the BCS rankings, as is, no changes just the next step of a great idea. So the Bracket Championship Series takes the Top 24 teams at the end of the season based on the BCS rankings and gives them automatic berths to the Bracket Championship Series – Tournament. The Bracket Championship Series is a single elimination bracket tournament, you lose you are out. For four weeks straight each winner will advance to the next game until we get to the final two teams. There will be a week off between the semi-finals and the National Championship for the teams to rest and the media to promote the National Championship.
What about the Bowl Games? We cannot leave out one of the longest traditions in sports history and that is the tradition of the bowl games. The Bracket Championship Series believes and will always support the inclusion of the bowl games. What the Bracket CS will do is leave this to the BCS Governance Board on which bowl gets what game in the 24-team Bracket. For example, we have set up a 24-Team Woodside Bracket for you to critic and make suggestions about. The idea is to include all of the best bowl games that exist out in the College Football Division 1-A system and attach them to a game. We have attached the most sought after bowls to be part of the Elite Eight teams, these are the: Rose Bowl, Orange Bowl, Sugar Bowl and Fiesta Bowl. Then we have two BCS Semi-Final games that need to be renamed and feel free to post ideas on these two as well. And of course the BCS National Championship game, where at the conclusion of the game is the true National Champion, no debates, no mythical champions. Winner is Crowned #1 and loser is #2. No debates, no mythical champions. How has access been improved for schools from conferences that do not have automatic berths? Yes! Absolutely! If you cannot finish in the top 24 in the BCS rankings at the end of the season your team will not participate in the Bracket Championship Series Tournament. Is there any real chance that this might work? Yes. We believe that the billion or so dollars generated by the Entity of the BCS will justify the BCS Governance Board to rethink its position on the Bracket Championship Series Tournament idea. What that means is we vote with our dollars. When enough pressure is put upon an organization from its customers, it either changes with the needs and wants of the customer or it doesn’t and it fails. At the very least makes a lot less money to take to the bank due to lack of good will. When is the reality of this going to happen? With respects to the Bowl Championship Series contracts the answer is 2015 at the earliest. Fox Sports has an exclusive four-year agreement covering all broadcasting and sponsorship rights for the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, FedEx Orange Bowl and Allstate Sugar Bowl from 2007 through 2010. Fox also has the same rights for the BCS National Championship Game in 2007, 2008 and 2009. In addition to television rights, the contract also covers national radio rights; Internet rights; all sponsorship rights, including naming rights, signage opportunities; ancillary programming on Fox and/or FSN; and, jointly with the conferences and the bowls, rights for exploit merchandising opportunities. And The Bowl Championship Series will move to ESPN beginning with the 2011 games. Under a new four-year contract between ESPN and the BCS, the cable network will broadcast the Fiesta, Orange, and Sugar Bowls from 2011-2014. ESPN also will carry the BCS national championship game in 2011, 2012 and 2013. The Rose Bowl - which has a separate TV contract with ABC - will host the championship game in 2014.
Besides, change takes time with a mass of people and a change in ideas. So email this link out to all of your friends who you tailgate with or just love College Football. And Thank you all for your support.
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