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NationalChamps.net is proposing the idea of a MWC v WAC championship game to determine an automatic bid for the BCS.
November 12, 2009 - The Mountain West Conference (MWC) and the Western
Athletic Conference (WAC) are closing in on a deal that will send the football champion of each respective conference to a Championship Game against each other the first weekend of December much like the ACC, Big 12, SEC, C-USA and MAC currently have in place. The game would be played at a predetermined neutral facility.
Since the Mountain West and Western Athletic Conferences currently lack
enough teams to maintain a Championship Game structure as individual leagues, the logical choice among each school's presidents was to let the champions of each league square off with a chance for the winner to be represented in the current BCS bowl process.
BCS representatives continue to receive criticism from non-aligned BCS conferences that they are not getting a fair shake in the bowl selection process. This week Texas head coach Mack Brown spoke out in support of schools not getting an equal chance at receiving an automatic BCS bid. While the MWC/WAC Championship Game would not necessarily place the BCS selection process on a level playing field, it would at least help solve some of the scheduling problems that mid-major schools face.
It is an interesting idea and one that I have considered in the past. Could you imagine how great a TCU v. BSU game would be this year to determine a spot in the BCS? That would be epic...of course this year both teams look like they will make it in, so such a scenario could screw one of the teams.
Nevertheless, it would be quite fun. Though I think another way to set it up, especially if there was no chance the MWC could get an auto bid on it's own, is to have the two-highest rated Non-BCS teams play in a championship game. Certainly most years it would be MWC v WAC, but it could also be CUSA, MAC, or (heaven forbid) Sun-Belt. For instance this year it could have quite possibly been Houston up there with TCU and BSU.
Ultimately, however, it is still in the best interest of the Utes, Cougs and all MWC teams to add Boise and maybe another two teams (my vote being either Houston and Nevada or Houston and SMU) and securing an auto-bid for the conference alone to guarantee the money would be there year in and year out.
Thoughts?
2 comments:
Not worth it to the MWC. BSU gets a free ride into the game every year.
I think it should be the 2 highest ranked non-AQ teams. Although that would be a more difficult structure to work out. Otherwise they might as well call it the Boise Bowl every year. Still I think it's a good idea and probably appealing to the press folks. Hey an automatic bid would be really tough to pass up. Only on rare occasions, like this year, would it be detrimental to one of the teams. BTW I think TCU beats Boise State without much of a problem this year.
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