The BCS Computer's Feelings are Hurt...

So, as the BCS debate rages on, using this upset-filled season as Exhibit A, more and more people are calling for the playoff system to be implemented ('December Delirium' as some have put it). There are people on all sides of the ball upset about how the bowls are being divided up and how the rankings came out at the end of the season, but is the bracket-based playoff really the answer? Well, if you wanna see what a playoff scheme might look like, check out the College Football Playoff Simulator on ESPN. It is awesome. See how the probabilities stack up, the simulated stats and occasional upsets lead to what would be a very exciting postseason. It didn't take very long for me to generate a Virginia Tech national championship (pictured). The computer knows what is up. But this does raise some questions and concerns...

How many games are you going to ask these teams to play? Are you going to cut out some of the out-of-conference games during the season and back up the conference championships (well, that is if the conference has a championship instead of letting their top team take the last three weeks of the season off)? So what does that do to the chances of the "little guy?" If the season is going to be primarily conference games, then a championship, then seeding and bracket play (potentially 4 more games??) then were do the smaller programs get a chance to show they deserve some recognition on the national stage? Is this just about making the big names bigger and the small ones smaller? Would it become a 16-game season? Possibly more? Would it take away coverage and hype from the NFL playoffs and Super Bowl?

And what about these players? We all question if they are still studying with all that practice and traveling. But if you add another three or four weeks of football onto the season, should they just take the fall semester off academically? I mean how do you expect them to be able to do that and still study? Or do they just get to float by and pass the classes, "for the greater good?"