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Twitter Recap: Presidential Oversight Committee to be Presented With Multiple BCS Overhaul Options
The future of the BCS will be, ultimately, in the hands of 12 university presidents.
As the BCS commissioners left the Hilton Chicago O’Hare Airport hotel on a Wednesday filled with promise, the group seemed barely closer to a new system for crowning a national champ in college football than they had before an April 26 press release had suggested a four-team playoff proposal was imminent.
That promised “seismic change” suggested by BCS executive director Bill Hancock has turned into a bevy of unanswered questions.
The commissioners met Wednesday to try to hammer at least some of the details of a unified playoff proposal they would submit to the NCAA Presidential Oversight Committee, which needs to approve any change to the postseason format.
Headed into the meeting, prospects for steps in the right direction seemed sunny.
On way in one BCS commissioner said nobody (including Big Ten and PAC-12) is “entrenched” in inflexible position
— Joe Schad (@schadjoe) June 13, 2012
The commissioners had even met earlier than scheduled, Tuesday night, to get the proverbial ball rolling:
BCS meetings began last nite in Chicago. “Still long way to go. Significant issues must be resolved” BCS source told me
— Brett McMurphy (@McMurphyCBS) June 13, 2012
And the commissioners seemed to be having a good time at it on Wednesday, too:
BCS commishs eating lunch now – veggie quesadillas, lime marinated skirt steak strips – still scheduled to finish by 4 p.m. ET
— Brett McMurphy (@McMurphyCBS) June 13, 2012
But when Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott left early to catch a flight, the rumblings that had surfaced in the last week of truly lacking consensus among the commissioners was confirmed. There would be multiple options presented to the Presidential Oversight Committee on June 26.
Larry Scott just left the meeting to catch a flight, said commishes hope to present multiple options to presidents in DC in 2 weeks. — Andy Staples (@Andy_Staples) June 13, 2012
And it will be up to this group to decide which of the proposals it likes, or none at all, of course, on June 26:
Scott Cowen – President, Tulane University
Rev. John Jenkins – President, University of Notre Dame
Bernie Machen – President, University of Florida
C. L. Max Nikias – President, University of Southern California
Duane Nellis – President, University of Idaho
Harvey Perlman – Chancellor, University of Nebraska
John G. Peters – President, Northern Illinois University
Bill Powers – President, University of Texas
James Ramsey – President, University of Louisville
Gary Ransdell – President, Western Kentucky University
Charles W. Steger (chair) – President, Virginia Tech
John Welty – President, California State University, Fresno
Which proposals would be presented? Well, Scott wouldn’t say:
I asked Scott if plus-one was still on the table, but he said he wouldn’t speak specifically about any one model. — Andy Staples (@Andy_Staples) June 13, 2012
But Hancock was clear, the status quo is not on the table anymore:
Bill Hancock on BCS meetings: “There will be something for everybody but there won’t be everything for anybody.”
— Brian Hamilton (@ChiTribHamilton) June 13, 2012
The group will meet again, looking to further nail down a few proposals for the group above:
Hancock: next week’s goal is further refinement
— Joe Schad (@schadjoe) June 13, 2012
In the meantime, the commissioners will return to their conference presidents, with plenty of options still available:
Bill Hancock “Everything is on the table” including plus-one — Brett McMurphy (@McMurphyCBS) June 13, 2012
But the four-team playoff still seems to be the focus of these talks:
#NotreDame AD Jack Swarbrick on 4-team BCS: “That continues to be our focus. What are the implementation elements of the four-team model?” — Brian Hamilton (@ChiTribHamilton) June 13, 2012
The pace for answering these questions? Slow and steady. SEC commissioner Mike Slive is in no rush:
Slive at BCS meeting:”I think we are reaching consensus slowly but surely on several issues.”
— Shannon Ryan (@sryantribune) June 13, 2012
And finally, the 12-member squad released this statementt following the meetings Wednesday:
We made progress in our meeting today to discuss the future of college football’s post-season. We are approaching consensus on many issues and we recognize there are also several issues that require additional conversations at both the commissioner and university president levels.
We are determined to build upon our successes and create a structure that further grows the sport while protecting the regular season. We also value the bowl tradition and recognize the many benefits it brings to student-athletes.
We have more work to do and more discussions to have with our presidents, who are the parties that will make the final decisions about the future structure of college football’s post-season.
A nice breakdown of what this three graf exercise in blah means can be found at the great Team Speed Kills.
More to come.
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2012-06-13
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