Penn State head coach James Franklin has always had thoughts and opinions on the current state of college football. With the talks about the future direction and decisions being made with the College Football Playoff, it is no surprise Franklin has voiced some concerns about where the postseason is heading. Talks of possible expansion and comments from rival coaches like Ohio State’s Ryan Day about how many teams from the Big Ten should be in the playoff have not gone unnoticed by Franklin. And he once again has shared his concern about how the whole operation conducts itself.
“It’s funny, because I think there’s all these complaints about the BCS, but then we go to this, and I think it goes back to really, my answer is, the problem is, everybody voting and everybody involved in the process whether you want to be biased or not, we all are biased,” Franklin said in a recent offseason press conference. “I think in a lot of ways, you could make the argument a formula could be better. But we didn’t love the formula. So we went to this other system.”
Judging by his comments, Franklin is prepared to stump for the return of the old BCS formula to eliminate as much of the potential bias as possible in the selection process for the College Football Playoff. And he is fair to point out this concern, and he is not alone in that line of thinking.
The BCS was created with the intent of guaranteeing a. true national champion in college football, a sport where a matchup of the top two teams in the rankings was not guaranteed at the end of the season due to bowl partnerships. Penn State is well aware of the flaws of the old style with championship-caliber seasons ultimately going unrewarded in the history books. The BCS was not a perfect system, but it ultimately did more to improve the championship issue than not. The College…
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Publish date : 2025-06-10 09:37:00
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