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BCS AQ status likely gone in 2014

Posted on: December 8, 2011 11:43 am
Edited on: December 8, 2011 1:16 pm

NEW YORK – For all the critics of the BCS, rejoice: it appears that the BCS automatic qualifying status format will be gone in 2014.
At least that’s the indication that Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany and Conference USA commissioner Britton Banowsky gave during Thursday’s IMG Forum at the Marriott Marquis.

“Some of the people that don’t have (BCS AQ status), say they don’t want it,” Delany said. “Some of the people that do have it, don’t really care about it. Maybe it needs to be reconsidered. I’m not wed to it. I’m wed to the 1-2 game and I’m wed to the Rose Bowl. I’m not wed to the (BCS AQ) selection process or the limitations.”

The current BCS format expires after the 2013 season. There is growing speculation that when the new format is voted on and established in 2014, it could simply be reduced to only pitting the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in a bowl game or a Plus-One model (the top four teams would be seeded in the bowl games).
Either the Plus-One or without the Plus-One model would allow the other current BCS bowl games – Fiesta, Sugar, Orange and Rose – to simply align with whichever conferences they want and would not be required to select teams based on a BCS ranking.

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[NotAJerry]

Now that the conferences have gone completely kablooey, let's go ahead and remove the primary reason why everyone was in a rush to move.

[Sly Fox]

Because regardless of the system they have in place, we want to be positioned to be in the game when the playoff eventually arrives. And I believe that when the playoff is installed, the doors may be closed for good to try to gain admittance to the club. We want to get in while the opportunity exists.