2003 NCAA Division I Football Playoff Bracket

Sooner Dave

If the decision is made to give a First Round Bye to your #1 BCS team, then you could drop #16. The 17th team doesn't really do anything as it would be a "play-in" game, just thought about that now. (I really wanted to attached a spreadsheet which this came from, but that file is not supported, then PDF's had to be converted to images)

The list of bowls on the right are the bowls elgible for the "wild card 1st round game gate".

If the #1 seed plays, they get #16 at home and #2 gets #15 at home. Seeds #3-5 go to the "wild card" bowl site, Seeds #6-8 go to the designated bowls listed (outback, citrus/capitalone, cotton) since they have the most tradition of the 7 bowls listed that are Super Bowl Capable.

The dates are essentially, pre-christmas for 1st Round, minor bowls Dec 25-31, 2nd Round on Jan 1, Semis is Saturday after Jan 8, and the Championship is MLKJr Day, or Monday after Jan 15.

REVISED CHART

 

Thanks for the clairification...I like how you have done that and incorporated the bowls.

But if you left it up to me, I'd say screw the bowl system. The bowls were never about football, or what was good for college football. Look at all the crap that has gone over the years, and this year as well. Teams are not chosen because they are worthy or good, but in how well they travel. Bowl games are nothing but marketing tools to get people to come to whatever town and drop a lot of money. You need to look no further than the original tourist lure, the Rose Bowl, which will have its 115th parade and 90th football game in 2004.

From www.tournamentofroses.com:

In 1902, the Tournament of Roses® Association decided to enhance the day's festivities by adding a football game. Stanford University accepted the invitation to take on the powerhouse University of Michigan, but the west coast team was flattened 49-0 and gave up in the third quarter. The lopsided score prompted the Tournament to give up football in favor of Roman-style chariot races.

In 1916, football returned to stay and the crowds soon outgrew the stands in Tournament Park. William L. Leishman, the Tournament's 1920 President, envisioned a stadium similar to the Yale Bowl, the first great modern football stadium. He enlisted the help of architect Myron Hunt and builder William A Taylor, and together they made plans for a stadium in Pasadena's Arroyo Seco area.