Column: A real chance for change in the BCS (AP)

February 9th, 2012

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2012, file photo, Alabama running back Trent Richardson holds up the championship trophy after winning the BCS National Championship NCAA college football game against LSU, in New Orleans. College football may finally get a playoff system of sorts, if the rumblings out of the Big Ten this week are any indication of the current thought process. The conference that helped spike the idea of teams actually earning their spots in the national title game when it was proposed four years ago, seems to be warming up to it now. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)AP - LSU fans had all but disappeared into the New Orleans night by the final minutes of last month's dreary BCS title game, leaving en masse when they figured out a team that couldn't get past the 50-yard-line wasn't going to magically find a way to cross the goal line. They weren't alone, with people across the nation abandoning their TVs in hope of finding something even remotely more interesting.




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