BCS powers approve 'double-hosting' model
June 9, 2004
By Dennis Dodd
SportsLine.com Senior Writer
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Bowl Championship Series commissioners approved on Wednesday the framework for a new postseason model beginning in 2006.



The "double-hosting" BCS model will begin after that 2006 season with the 2006-2007 bowls. The four existing BCS bowls -- Sugar, Fiesta, Rose and Orange -- will each play host to two games once every four years. The second game in the bowl will be the BCS title game matching the two top-ranked teams from the regular season.

The other four bowls will be a mixture of conference champions and increased at-large openings to provide access for any coalition teams that qualify. The addition of a fifth game means there will be two more BCS slots, bringing the total to 10. Counting the champions of the six BCS leagues, that would leave four at-large openings. It is expected that a coalition team (formerly "non-BCS") could qualify for one of those spots if it finished in the top 12 in the final BCS regular-season rankings.

Resolution of the issue was made possible when the Rose Bowl agreed to open a slot for coalition qualifiers under certain conditions. The most likely scenario is if the Rose loses either the Pac-10 or Big Ten champion to the BCS title game (No. 1 vs. No. 2). It was not immediately known how often coalition qualifiers would play in any of the four bowls.





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What a hokey crock'a crap!!!! This is no resolution at all, but the stupidest idea they have come up with since the inception of the Big BS (BCS). They try and act like they want to appease everybody :angel: but they show their true colors every time the open their mouths. :devil:

Dollars ruled the day.

They couldn't add a fifth game to the title rotation without lowering how much the existing four paid out. They couldn't get the other bowls excited about being the fifth game unless they were in the title rotation.

Piggy-back was the only way to pay the non-BCS what they've been promised without cutting how much the BCS were getting.

arkstfan Wrote:Dollars ruled the day.

They couldn't add a fifth game to the title rotation without lowering how much the existing four paid out. They couldn't get the other bowls excited about being the fifth game unless they were in the title rotation.

Piggy-back was the only way to pay the non-BCS what they've been promised without cutting how much the BCS were getting.

Dollars versus Common Sense......Dollars win!
The whole system is screwed up and the NCAA is afraid to take on the BCS. The BCS schools could drop out of the NCAA, but it would have a major impact on the basketball tournament and all the minor sport championships.