There's good news, and bad news, for those college football fans who favor a playoff tournament.
The good news: a proposal will be forwarded today, that would add a semifinal round to the BCS National Championship system.
The bad news: that proposal is expected to get a lukewarm reception at best.
Today, SEC commissioner Mike Slive will present a proposal for a "plus-one" format, which would change the current BCS system to two semifinal games in advance of a national championship game. The changes couldn't take place until after the 2009 season, when the current BCS contracts with bowl games and TV networks expire.
However, Slive's proposal is expected to fall on mostly deaf ears.
The current system, features a complicated process of polls, strength of schedule, and other variables. They are combined together in a computer...and it churns out who should play for the BCS National Championship Game, and who fills out the rest of the BCS bowl games.
The current system has too much support from the Big 10, Pac-10, and the ACC Conferences.
The Big Ten and Pac-10 have separate contracts with the Rose Bowl, which traditionally has paired the champions of the two leagues in a New Year's Day bowl game. The Rose Bowl's contract with ABC expires after the 2013 season. The Bowl Coalition was created in 1992 to help determine the sport's national champion. The Big Ten, Pac-10 and Rose Bowl weren't integrated until 1997.
Conference commissioners and Notre Dame athletics director Kevin White will spend much of Wednesday's scheduled five-hour meeting discussing the plus-one model, among other topics.
