Which div 1-a college football teams should
be allowed to play for the championship (whatever that is)?
November 23, 2011
I hate to keep harping on this but the
BCS (Broken, Corrupt, Scandalous) is just as disgusting an institution as anything we see coming out of Washington D.C.
During college football broadcasts, we
see public service announcements extolling the virtues of the two schools playing in that game. We have Nobel Prize winners, Rhode Scholars, astronauts, senators, presidents, inventors etc. We have 120 div 1-a football schools claiming to be the ultimate Boy Scout (trustworthy, loyal, helpful,
friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, reverent).
However, how many schools have we seen
become involved in scandals over the years? Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan
(all in the Big Ten), USC, Alabama, and SMU…the list goes on forever.
Urban Meyer jumps from Bowling Green to
Utah to Florida to potentially Ohio State. Do you think he will ever get votes
as coach of the year from the schools he left?
Nick Saban jumps from Toledo to Michigan
State to Louisiana State to the Miami Dolphins to Alabama. Do you think the people
in South Florida want him retiring there?
Bobby Petrino jumps from Louisville to
the Atlanta Falcons to Arkansas. The only way Bobby Petrino can ever step foot
in the city of Atlanta again is if Hank Aaron is standing by his side.
There are others to be sure, yet a kid
tries to sell his jersey for a couple of bucks and he is banned from the school forever, even though he helped put millions
of dollars in the bank account of the athletic department and the school.
If div 1-a college football really wanted
to teach young people about fair play, why are the following eight schools allowed to schedule eight home games over the course
of a twelve game regular season? Please note the SEC, Big Ten and Big Twelve
are the biggest offenders.
- Georgia sec east
- South Carolina
sec east
- Tennessee
sec east
- Baylor
big twelve
- Texas A&M
big twelve
- Michigan
big ten legends
- Illinois
big ten leaders
- Pittsburgh
big east
If div 1-a college football really wanted
to teach young people about fair play why are these additional forty-seven schools allowed to schedule seven home games over
the course of a twelve game regular season? In the Big Ten, only Indiana and
Northwestern play less than seven home games.
- Clemson
acc atlantic
- Florida State
acc atlantic
- Maryland
acc atlantic
- North Carolina
State
acc atlantic
- Wake Forest
acc atlantic
- Duke
acc coastal
- Georgia Tech
acc coastal
- Miami-FL
acc coastal
- North Carolina
acc coastal
- Virginia
acc coastal
- Connecticut
big east
- Rutgers
big east
- South Florida
big east
- Syracuse
big east
- West Virginia
big east
- Ohio State
big ten leaders
- Penn State
big ten leaders
- Purdue
big ten leaders
- Wisconsin
big ten leaders
- Iowa
big ten legends
- Michigan State
big ten legends
- Minnesota
big ten legends
- Nebraska
big ten legends
- Kansas State
big twelve
- Kansas
big twelve
- Texas
big twelve
- Brigham Young
div 1-a inde
- Notre Dame
div 1-a inde
- Temple
mac east
- Northern Illinois
mac west
- Air Force
mountain west
- New Mexico
mountain west
- San Diego State
mountain west
- Texas Christian
mountain west
- Oregon
pac twelve n
- Stanford
pac twelve n
- Washington
pac twelve
n
- Arizona State
pac twelve s
- USC
pac twelve s
- Florida
sec east
- Kentucky
sec east
- Vanderbilt
sec east
- Alabama
sec west
- Auburn
sec west
- Mississippi
sec west
- Western Kentucky sun belt
- Hawaii
wac
In addition, the following 93 div 1-a schools
scheduled 97 games against a div 1-aa opponent (some div 1-a schools played two div 1-aa opponents) yet the div 1-a school
is not penalized playing a supposed lesser opponent. Air Force, Eastern Michigan,
North Carolina State and Wyoming scheduled two div 1-aa opponents.
- Air Force mountain west
- Air Force mountain west
- Akron mac east
- Alabama sec west
- Arizona State pac twelve s
- Arizona pac twelve s
- Arkansas State sun belt
- Arkansas sec west
- Army div 1-a inde
- Auburn sec west
- Baylor big twelve
- Boston College acc atlantic
- Bowling Green mac east
- Brigham Young div 1-a inde
- Buffalo mac east
- California Berkeley
pac twelve n
- Central Florida conf
usa east
- Central Michigan mac west
- Cincinnati big east
- Clemson acc atlantic
- Colorado State mountain west
- Connecticut big east
- Duke acc coastal
- Eastern Michigan mac west
- Eastern Michigan
mac west
- Florida State acc atlantic
- Florida sec east
- Fresno State wac
- Georgia Tech acc coastal
- Georgia sec east
- Hawaii wac
- Houston conf usa west
- Idaho wac
- Illinois big ten leaders
- Indiana big ten leaders
- Iowa State big twelve
- Iowa big ten legends
- Kansas State big twelve
- Kansas big twelve
- Kent State mac east
- Kentucky sec east
- Louisiana Lafayette
sun belt
- Louisiana Monroe sun belt
- Louisiana State sec west
- Louisiana Tech wac
- Louisville big east
- Maryland acc atlantic
- Memphis conf usa east
- Miami-FL acc coastal
- Michigan State big ten legends
- Minnesota big ten legends
- Mississippi State sec west
- Mississippi sec west
- Missouri big twelve
- Navy div 1-a inde
- Nebraska big ten legends
- Nevada Las Vegas mountain west
- New Mexico mountain west
- North Carolina acc coastal
- North Carolina State acc atlantic
- North Carolina State acc atlantic
- Northern Illinois mac
west
- Northwestern big ten legends
- Ohio University mac east
- Oregon State pac twelve n
- Oregon pac twelve n
- Penn State big ten leaders
- Pittsburgh big east
- Purdue big ten leaders
- Rutgers big east
- San Diego State mountain west
- South Carolina sec east
- South Florida big east
- Southern Methodist conf usa west
- Southern Mississippi
conf usa east
- Syracuse big east
- Temple mac east
- Tennessee sec east
- Texas Christian mountain west
- Texas El-Paso conf usa west
- Texas Tech big twelve
- Toledo mac west
- Tulane conf usa west
- Utah State wac
- Utah pac twelve s
- Vanderbilt sec east
- Virginia Tech acc coastal
- Virginia acc coastal
- Wake Forest acc atlantic
- Washington State pac twelve n
- Washington pac twelve n
- West Virginia big east
- Western Kentucky sun belt
- Western Michigan mac west
- Wisconsin big ten leaders
- Wyoming mountain west
- Wyoming mountain
west
The following five div 1-a schools scheduled
eight regular season home games as well as a home game against a div 1-aa opponent.
- Pittsburgh
big east
- Illinois
big ten leaders
- Baylor
big twelve
- Georgia
sec east
- Tennessee
sec east
The following forty-three div 1-a schools
scheduled seven regular season home games as well as a home game against a div 1-aa opponent.
- Clemson
acc atlantic
- Florida State
acc atlantic
- Maryland
acc atlantic
- North Carolina
State
acc atlantic
- Wake Forest
acc atlantic
- Duke
acc coastal
- Georgia Tech
acc coastal
- Miami-FL
acc coastal
- North Carolina
acc coastal
- Virginia
acc coastal
- Connecticut
big east
- Rutgers
big east
- South Florida
big east
- Syracuse
big east
- West Virginia
big east
- Penn State
big ten leaders
- Purdue
big ten leaders
- Wisconsin
big ten leaders
- Iowa
big ten legends
- Michigan State
big ten legends
- Minnesota
big ten legends
- Nebraska
big ten legends
- Kansas State
big twelve
- Kansas
big twelve
- Texas
big twelve
- Brigham Young
div 1-a inde
- Temple
mac east
- Northern Illinois
mac west
- Air Force
mountain west
- New Mexico
mountain west
- San Diego State
mountain west
- Texas Christian
mountain west
- Oregon
pac twelve n
- Washington
pac twelve
n
- Arizona State
pac twelve s
- USC
pac twelve s
- Florida
sec east
- Kentucky
sec east
- Vanderbilt
sec east
- Auburn
sec west
- Mississippi
sec west
- Western Kentucky sun belt
- Hawaii
wac
After you sort out all the schedule
manipulation, only twenty of the 120 div 1-a football schools should be allowed to play for the championship. Each of these schools scheduled six of fewer home games and did NOT schedule a div 1-aa opponent.
Any team, which schedules more than six
home games in a twelve game regular season, is gaining an unfair advantage.
Any div 1-a team, which schedules one or
more div 1-aa opponents in the twelve game regular season is gaining an unfair advantage.
In both of these situations, the div 1-a
team should incur a penalty. That penalty should be the forfeiture to play in
the championship game. Of course, given the fact that the BCS is broken, corrupt
and scandalous, it always comes down to who lines whose pocket with the most money.
- Oklahoma State big
twelve
overall 10 w 1 L conf 7 w
1 L
- Boise State mountain west
overall 9 w
1 L conf 4 w 1 L
- Oklahoma big twelve overall 8 w 2 L conf 5 w 2
L
- Tulsa conf usa
west overall
8 w 3 L conf 7 w 0
L
- Florida International sun belt
overall 7 w 4 L conf 4 w
3 L
- Nevada Reno wac
overall 6 w
4 L conf 4 w 1 L
- Ball State mac
west overall
6 w 5 L conf 4 w 3
L
- UCLA pac twelve s
overall 6 w
5 L conf 5 w 3 L
- East Carolina conf usa east overall 5 w 6 L conf 4 w 3
L
- Marshall conf usa
east overall
5 w 6 L conf 4 w 3
L
- San Jose State wac overall
4 w 7 L conf 2 w 4
L
- New Mexico S
State wac
overall 4 w 7 L conf 2 w
3 L
- North Texas sun
belt overall 4 w 7 L conf 3 w 4
L
- Miami-OH mac east
overall 4 w 7 L conf 3 w
4 L
- Rice conf usa
west
overall 4 w 7 L conf 3 w
4 L
- Troy Alabama sun belt
overall 3 w
7 L conf 2 w 4 L
- Alabama Birm conf usa east
overall 3 w 8 L conf 3 w
5 L
- Middle Tennessee State sun belt overall 2 w 8 L conf 1 w 5
L
- Colorado pac twelve s
overall 2 w
10 L conf 1 w 7 L
- Florida Atlantic sun belt
overall 0 w
10 L conf 0 w 7 L
George Sarkisian
Chief Executive Officer
www.GeorgeSarkisian.com
