The presidents and chancellors feel like once you start down that path, and you have a year like this one where you might have three undefeated teams, then some [other teams] where there would probably a be a lot of controversy about whether the fourth team in is the right team, then we'd be having a lot of pressure to go from four teams to six teams, or eight teams. Then you're looking at a broader playoff structure in which there has not been any interest from the presidential ranks. |
The real issues are, can an extra game really be supported? Is it something a network would be able to sell? |
There has been no directive from college presidents and chancellors to ask us to research creating a playoff structure, |
These voters have pledged their seriousness in participation. If they don't have a legitimate excuse we want the Harris people to excuse them. |
This is a new model that presents unique opportunities for the bowls hosting them. The feedback from our current bowl partners has been very positive towards it. |
This particular year, the at-large positions were really filled automatically by rules all of the conferences and Notre Dame agreed to. |
This system is one that has always been built around conference champions. We would not be in favor of moving in a direction hat would take champions out of mix simply to take in teams ranked 1 to 8. |
Under our present arrangement, the two-arena arrangement remains important. |
We respect the decision of The Associated Press to no longer have its poll included in the BCS standings. Since the inception of the BCS, the AP poll has been part of our standings. We appreciate the cooperation we have received from the organization in providing rankings on a weekly basis. We will discuss alternatives to the Associated Press poll at the upcoming BCS meetings and plan to conclude our evaluation of the BCS standings formula, including any other possible changes by our April meeting. |
We thought a case could be made for Colorado. But overall, we're pleased with the teams that got in and the positions they have in the tournament. |
We want to be part of that recovery story, for [Louisiana] and for the Gulf region that has been so hard hit by this disaster. |
We want to be part of the recovery story for the state and the Gulf Coast region. |
We want to be part of the recovery story for the state and the Gulf region. |
We'd like to have those issues resolved prior to conference media days [in late July]. |
We'll have to see how it works in practice now. Harris has been great in terms of working with them and constructing the poll. We got a good response from potential voters. But we'll have to see how it works. It is something new. |