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Is there a "+1" game next year?

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'Double-hosting’ concept could lead to ‘plus-one’ game
BY WENDELL BARNHOUSE
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — A new format for the BCS next season comes with hints that changes to college football’s postseason could be coming — or, at the least, considered.

SEC commissioner Mike Slive takes over as BCS coordinator, replacing Big 12 commissioner Kevin Weiberg. Speaking at the Football Writers Association of America breakfast Wednesday morning, Slive made it clear he wants to keep an open mind.

“There is no system that is perfect, there are pros and cons to everything,” Slive said. “But I think it’s our obligation to continue a dialogue about the postseason.

“There’s an annual nervousness about the BCS that I think has become a distraction.”

The Rose Bowl also marked the end of an eight-year BCS run under the current format. Next season, the BCS starts a four-year agreement that includes a double-hosting format and a two-network format.

The double-hosting plan means that the Fiesta Bowl will host its usual game Jan. 1. Then it will host the BCS championship game Jan. 8. The Fiesta, which also runs the Insight Bowl, will stage three bowls in 11 days next season in the Phoenix area. The plans also means the number of BCS teams will increase from eight to 10.

There has been increased discussion that the double-hosting format could morph into a “plus-one” system. In the plus-one, two teams would be selected to play for the national championship after the BCS games are played.

ABC Sports pushed for the plus-one format while negotiating the new contract that starts next season.

Loren Matthews, senior vice president of programming for ABC Sports, who is retiring, has been the point man on ABC’s negotiations with the BCS for the past eight years.

“I think what you’ll see in the future is something different than what you see now,” he said. “The college presidents are looking at it from not only economic but academic angles.

“I just think that the commissioners left to their own devices might come up with a different system.”

Slive said that if “all parties agree,” then changes could be made to the contracts and the current BCS format. Fox and the BCS have a four-year deal, but ABC has an eight-year deal with the Rose Bowl, the Big Ten and the Pac-10.

That means that if there are to be changes to college football’s postseason, they’re not in the near future.

Starting next season, Fox Sports will televise the Fiesta, Sugar and Orange bowls and ABC will continue to televise the Rose Bowl. Fox has the sponsorship and naming rights to the BCS title game, which currently is being called “The BCS National Championship.”

Other new aspects of the BCS starting next season:

There will be 10 BCS teams, up from eight. Automatic bids go to the champions of the six BCS conferences — Big 12, Big Ten, Big East, ACC, SEC and Pac-10.

One conference champion from the non-BCS conferences — MWC, WAC, C-USA, MAC and Sun Belt — will automatically qualify for a BCS bowl in two ways: (1) finish in the top 12 of the final BCS standings; (2) finish in the top 16 of the BCS standings and ranked higher than the champion of one BCS conference.

If next year’s format had been in place this season, TCU would have earned a BCS berth.

Any of the 10 BCS spots not filled by conference champions will go to at-large teams.

Notre Dame is guaranteed a BCS bowl bid if it finishes No. 8 or higher in the final BCS standings.
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BuckeyeTrail said:
i just died a little inside when i read that last post..... college football has been made so much more enjoyable to me because of the absolutely top-notch, professional job done by ABC..... nobody loves Big Ten football more than Musburger and Danielson....because they do so many buckeye games,
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I for one don't care how much love musburger gives us. I thinks he's the absolute worst in the business. Whenever he calls tOSU games, I turn down the volume and listen to the Columbus radio broadcast of the game. Musburger is constantly looking for that one memorable quote that will put him up there w/ Al Michaels'--"Do You Believe in Miracles, Yes!" Problem is, it will take a Miracle for Mush to come up with one on his own. I hope he enjoys a long, happy retirement (the sooner the better) :biggrin:
 
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Deety said:
Well, Holy Buckeye! It isn't as though that's an easy task. :p
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I'm just saying that he is too focused on his legacy as a sportscaster. I doubt if anyone will top Als' quote. He should stop trying.
Here's one for him, Down goes Frazier... Down goes Frazier...Down goes Frazier! (Do we have any players named Frazier) Maybe I should root for Musburger to get his quote. Then he can retire and I won't have to listen to his babbling anymore. :tongue2:
 
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BuckeyeTrail said:
This is really depressing news. Most of you might think I'm ridiculous and overreacting....but when fox does take over, every last one of you will be wishing fondly for the good ole' days of ABC. ABC understands and cherishes the color, the pageantry, the tradition, and the spectacle of college football....FOX on the other hand, all they know is loud sound explosions and even louder graphics and gimmicks.
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I couldn't agree more. And I personally enjoy Musburger and Danielson. FOX always seems to try to be so "cutting edge" with all the fancy graphics, and the sound effects, it's kind of ridiculous. I hope they don't dick around and forget the important things about college football, such as putting extra crowd mics near the bands...
 
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Musburger, I think, fell off his game a little this year. Maybe it's the age, or the Budweiser, but he let loose some real head scratchers this season, not least of which was "Welcome to the floor of the Big House" during the introduction of the OSU/Texas game at the Horseshoe. He's becoming a caricature of himself, much like what had happened to Keith Jackson over the past five - ten years. I still like listening to Brent call a game, but I think Brad Nessler gained some ground this season in the argument for which is the top team at ABC. Unfortunately, for Brad, he's been stuck with Bob Griese.

I think ABC would be well served to pair Brad Nessler and Gary Danielson together as the 'top team' for CFB. Mike Tirico and Herbstreit are a good pair too. They've been far more listenable since ABC/ESPN took Corso out of the booth. Tirico gets props just for the call at the end of the Alamo Bowl -- he knew the names of every Michigan player throughout the sequence of laterals. Could you imagine how badly Brent or Keith, neither of which can spot a fumble any longer, would've butchered that? :biggrin:
 
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Dryden said:
Musburger, I think, fell off his game a little this year. Maybe it's the age, or the Budweiser, but he let loose some real head scratchers this season, not least of which was "Welcome to the floor of the Big House" during the introduction of the OSU/Texas game at the Horseshoe. He's becoming a caricature of himself, much like what had happened to Keith Jackson over the past five - ten years. I still like listening to Brent call a game, but I think Brad Nessler gained some ground this season in the argument for which is the top team at ABC. Unfortunately, for Brad, he's been stuck with Bob Griese.

I think ABC would be well served to pair Brad Nessler and Gary Danielson together as the 'top team' for CFB. Mike Tirico and Herbstreit are a good pair too. They've been far more listenable since ABC/ESPN took Corso out of the booth. Tirico gets props just for the call at the end of the Alamo Bowl -- he knew the names of every Michigan player throughout the sequence of laterals. Could you imagine how badly Brent or Keith, neither of which can spot a fumble any longer, would've butchered that? :biggrin:
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I thought the same thing all year. Nessler and Danielson would be an excellent team.
 
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Look... hack on the ABC guys all you want... they probably deserve it...

But... at least they've been calling College football games for the last 10 thousand years, and have an appreciation (if not complete understanding)of the nuances and traditions of the game... and have covered a lot of these top teams for a long time....

Anyone else fear... "Welcome to Fox Sports Coverage of the 2007 BCS Title Game, Live from Tempe Arizona, where Ohio State faces LSU for the National Cahmpionship of College football... I'm Joe Buck with my partner Troy Aikman."
 
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I can't stand Mushberger...not because he is biased or anything, but that frigging overdone poser laugh you hear at least 20 times a game is too much to handle. I can't stand John Saunders' "The BCS is the greatest thing in the history of organized athletics" crap either.

All that said, a move from ABC to Fox is horrible...the NFL is already on suck boulevard in this way, and now college football is soon to follow. More crappy graphics of a talking ball with a prepubescent voice explaining a spiral instead of analysis from Gary Danielson...wonderful...NOT.
 
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AKAKBUCK said:
Okay... one vote for, "Let's hope its not Joe Buck":wink2:
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One more vote for, "Let's hope its not Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Pam Oliver, Dick Stockton, Daryl Johnston, Tony Siragusa, Sam Rosen, Bill Maas, Chris Myers, Kenny Albert, Brian Baldinger, Jay Glazer, Curt Menefee, JC Pearson, Ron Pitts or Tim Ryan."

Did I forget any of their broadcast teams? :tongue2:

Oh yeah ... and Tim McCarver, YOU SUCK! I know this is a football thread, but I just wanted to add that anyway. :biggrin:
 
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