NCAA president Mark Emmert talks college football playoff.
NCAA president Mark Emmert spoke at a Tallahassee civic organization luncheon yesterday reiterating his support for a two-round, four-team BCS championship playoff system. After Alabama blanketed LSU 21-0 in the BCS championship game, it only added more fuel to the playoff fire. Under Emmert’s final four scenario, LSU would have matched up against Stanford and Alabama would have played Oklahoma State. The winners would have advanced to the BCS championship game.
Emmert did say he would not support a playoff system beyond four teams as, “it is hard to imagine a model if you continue with a 12 game schedule… and then lay on top of that a 16 or 24-team playoff.” “You wind up putting young men through an awful lot.”
The final decision is not in Emmert’s hand, rather, there are 1,100 NCAA members that will decide the fate of the BCS. Emmert’s push is more of a response to the radical conference carousel, public outcry, university lawsuits, and a congressional inquiry.
