(04-27-2012 12:17 PM)TRest3 Wrote:  

(04-27-2012 10:06 AM)CommuterBob Wrote:  I think the Rose is in. They don't want to be left off of the gravy train that the BCS is almost certain to become. The bowls that need to be shaking in thier boots are the Beef O'Brady's Bowl, the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, etc. While the 7-win bowl eligibility isn't set in stone, it's still on the table.

My guess is that the four BCS bowls survive and add the Cotton to the rotation (Big XII vs BE?) so there will be five games that would rotate the semifinals with one site hosting an additional NCG (like they do today), but also, an additional 3 bowls added to the BCS to fill out the 20-team event (Capital One, Outback, and Chik-fil-A perhaps) with teams somewhat selected by contracts, but maybe more by a BCS committee. Note that McMurphy was talking the next rotation would be either a 5-year or 10-year contract, not the 4-years the BCS has previously been on.

What 20 team event are you referencing? Will there be 10 "BCS" bowls, including the playoff games?

The one proposed by the BCS at their meetings this week. They have two scenarios they are contemplating in addition to the 4-team playoff: a 10-12 team event where they will have spots for 6-8 additional teams to play in upper-tier bowls, or (what I believe could happen) a 20-team event where they will have spots for 16 additional teams in upper-tier bowls.