I’ve posted video below of a television ad that criticizes the Bowl Championship Series and will run in selected cities Thursday night before the ABC telecast of Alabama vs. Texas in the BCS Championship game.
(Might wanna backoff on the powder next time)
The ad was paid for by Playoff PAC, a federal political action committee dedicated to setting up a college football playoff system. The AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN reports the ad will run in local markets Dallas, Boise and Salt Lake City before the BCS title game on Fox:
Coincidentally, those markets cover undefeated teams that have been snubbed in the past two years by the BCS championship — Boise State, Texas Christian and Utah.
As you might expect, the spot notes the undefeated status of TCU and Boise State and lampoons BCS Executive Director “Baghdad” Bill Hancock.
While I’d have appreciated a little of this spliced in there, the spot gets the job done.
For those of you video-impaired, here’s the title sequence:
THEY WENT UNDEFEATED
TCU
BOISE STATE
AND NOW?
THEY AREN’T PLAYING FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
THE BCS RESPONSE?
BCS Executive Director Bill Hancock: YOU HAD A GREAT SEASON. NOT EVERYBODY CAN PLAY.
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YOU HAD A GREAT SEASON
NOT EVERYBODY CAN PLAY
THEY CAN, IT’S CALLED A PLAYOFF
JOIN US AT:
playoffpac.com
10:45 pm on January 4th, 2010
Great spot. Hopefully it will help make a difference in this disaster known as the BCS (Bulls–t Championship Series)
10:46 pm on January 4th, 2010
Great spot. Hopefully it will make a difference in this disaster known as the BCS.
(Should be just shortened to the BS, since that’s what it is)
11:42 pm on January 4th, 2010
The game is on ABC not Fox
5:50 am on January 5th, 2010
Does Cincinatti not count as “snubbed?”
11:49 am on January 5th, 2010
The game is on ABC…
4:07 pm on January 5th, 2010
“You had a great season” against garbage competition. Both of those teams would lose 4 to 5 games a year in the SEC. They don’t deserve a shot
7:26 am on January 6th, 2010
Mike,
So why do they even bother to play the games if someone can predetermine who deserves a shot? Sounds like the only way to prove your theory is with a playoff system. Otherwise, just grab the preseason rankings, determine who the best team is, give them the award, and they can just get rid of the entire season.
7:51 pm on January 6th, 2010
Judging how many of the pros completely BLEW it when handicapping this season’s Bowl Games - a playoff is the ONLY plausible answer! Ohio State didn’t have a chance in just about everyones’ books (and as a MIchigan fan, I wish that had been the case) Florida State - why were they even showing up for the game, other than to kiss Bobby goodbye? BYU? Navy? Air Force? UConn? Why did these guys even bother to make the trip? (And Northwestern was not even expected to show up other than as tourists!)
The BCS should be halled in front of a court for the anti-copmpetition institution that it is and a playoff should be mandated! How can a team REALLY feel like a champion, when they haven’t beaten EVERYONE yet? Whether Texas wins or Alabama wins, they’re not champions in my books until they beat Boise! …and I want Texas to take the championship (AFTER they beat Bama AND the Broncs)