BCS_National_Championship_Game

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia BCS National Championship Game BCS National Championship Game BCS National Championship Game The winner of the BCS National Championship Game receives the AFCA National Championship Trophy. Stadium Rotates among the following: University of Phoenix Stadium; Louisiana Superdome; Dolphin Stadium; & Rose Bowl Rotates among the following: Phoenix, Arizona; New Orleans, Louisiana; Miami, Florida; & Pasadena, California 1998-present US$18,000,000 (As of 2009) Location Operated Payout Sponsors Tostitos (1999, 2003, 2007) Nokia (2000, 2004) FedEx (2001, 2005, 2009) AT&T (2002) Allstate (2008) Citi (2006, 2010) 2009 Matchup Oklahoma vs. Florida (Florida 24-14) 2010 Matchup BCS #1 vs. BCS #2 (January 7) The BCS National Championship Game is the final bowl game of the annual Bowl Championship Series (BCS) and is intended by the organizers of the BCS to determine the national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly known as NCAA Division I-A). The participants are the two highest-ranked teams in the BCS standings at the end of the regular college football season, currently determined by averaging the results of the final weekly USA Today Coaches’ Poll, Harris Interactive Poll of media, former players and coaches, and the average of six participating Computer rankings. The game was first played at the conclusion of the 1998 college football season in accordance with the agreement reached by the Big Ten and Pac-10 conferences and the Rose Bowl Game to join the members of the former "Bowl Alliance" to create the Bowl Championship Series. The Bowl Alliance and its predecessor, the Bowl Coalition, featured championship games from 1992 through 1997. However, these were hindered by the lack of potential participation by the champions of the Big Ten or Pac-10. The game was initially rotated among the four participating bowl games, the (Rose Bowl, Orange Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, and Sugar Bowl). However, beginning with the 2006 season, the BCS National Championship Game became a separate event played at the same site as a host bowl a week following New Year’s Day. The USA Today Coaches’ Poll has contractually agreed to select the winner of the game as the national champion in its final poll of the season. Thus, the winner of the game is awarded the AFCA National Championship Trophy in a postgame ceremony. The winner also is automatically awarded the National Football Foundation’s MacArthur Trophy.[1] However, the Associated Press does not participate in the BCS and may award its national championship trophy to a different school. Since the formation of the Bowl Championship Series, there have been several controversies regarding the selection of the participating teams. Most notably, following the 2003 season, the BCS ranking system excluded Associated Press #1 University of Southern California from the National Championship Game (the Nokia Sugar Bowl). The following season, in 2004, undefeated Auburn University and University of Utah teams were left out of the National Championship Game (the FedEx Orange Bowl), 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia although the participating teams were also both undefeated. In 2001, Oregon, second ranked in the AP poll, was bypassed in favor of Nebraska despite Nebraska’s blowout loss in its final regular season game. Despite these controversies, since the inauguration of the BCS National Championship Game, to date only the 2003-2004 season resulted in a split national championship, when USC won the Associated Press national championship. The National Championship Game for the 2007 season was sponsored by Allstate, played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, on January 7, 2008, and broadcast by FOX television network. The game featured the #2 LSU Tigers and the #1 Ohio State Buckeyes. LSU won 38-24 to become the first team to win two BCS national championships. Additionally, LSU became the first team with two losses to play in a BCS National Championship Game. The game for the 2008 season was played on January 8, 2009, in Miami, Florida, and was broadcast on FOX, and sponsored by FedEx. It featured the Oklahoma Sooners and the Florida Gators. Florida won by a score of 24-14, becoming the BCS national champion and ranking first in both the final AP and USA Today polls.Additionally, Florida became the second team to win two BCS national championships.[2] BCS National Championship Game bears the FedEx brand. The 2010 game will have Citi as its title sponsor.[3] Based upon television contracts between the BCS and the Pasadena Tournament of Roses with ESPN and ABC, the BCS will retain its current format through at least the 2014 season. Criticisms and controversy Critics of the current BCS championship complain that the national champion is decided by polls and computers—not by competition on the field. The BCS method chooses only the top two ranked teams, according to a combination of the BCS computer rankings and two human polls, to compete for the national championship. This has often led to controversy and questions as to whether the team who won the BCS National Championship Game is actually the best team. In 2003, for example, USC was not included in the BCS Championship Game, but beat Michigan in the Rose Bowl and ended up #1 in the Associated Press final poll. The following season, USC and Oklahoma finished #1 and #2 in the final BCS poll before the games, while an undefeated Auburn team from the SEC finished third and was thus left out of the national championship game. In all other NCAA sporting events, the national champions are determined by a playoff system. The major conferences (the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Big East, Pac-10, and SEC) gain monetarily from the current structure, and are quite unwilling to risk changing the system, even if a playoff system is fairer or leads to better football for the players and the fans. In a 2008 interview with 60 Minutes, U.S. President-elect Barack Obama espoused the idea of a playoff system: I think any sensible person would say that if you’ve got a bunch of teams who play throughout the season, and many of them have one loss or two losses, there’s no clear decisive winner; that we should be creating a playoff system. Eight teams. That would be three rounds, to determine a national champion. It would add three extra weeks to the Future The game’s location rotates among the sites of the BCS bowls. Future scheduled sites are as follows (note the years shown are for the game, which occurs in the calendar year following the corresponding NCAA football season): • The Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California in 2010 • University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona in 2011 • The Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana in 2012 • Dolphin Stadium in Miami, Florida in 2013 The title sponsor of the BCS National Championship Game each year will be the same as that of the bowl game in that year’s host location. Thus, the 2007 game was the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game, after the title sponsor of the Fiesta Bowl. The following year saw it become the Allstate BCS National Championship, and the 2009 game 2 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia season. You could trim back on the regular season. I don’t know any serious fan of college football who has disagreed with me on this. So, I’m gonna throw my weight around a little bit. I think it’s the right thing to do. Many critics of the Bowl Championship Series favor a larger championship tournament with eight to sixteen teams, similar to that administered by the NCAA for its Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), Division II, and Division III football championships. Others favor adopting the incremental step of adding a single post-bowl championship game between the winners of two BCS games among the top four ranked teams in the BCS standings, the so-called "plus one" option. The SEC and ACC conferences have recently been pushing for some form of playoff system. BCS National Championship Game On November 18, 2008, the BCS announced that ESPN had won the television rights to the BCS National Championship Game for 2011, 2012, and 2013. ESPN’s sister network, ABC, is scheduled to broadcast the 2014 National Championship Game as part of the final year of its current contract with the Rose Bowl. The contract with ESPN is notable as it appears the BCS National Championship Game will become the most prominent annual sporting event not to be shown over broadcast television.[4] Radio References [1] NFF Website [2] 2008 NCAA Football Rankings - Final (Jan. 8) [3] Allstate press release, March 22, 2006 [4] ESPN, BCS agree to four-year deal for television, radio, digital rights [5] bcsfootball.org - TV Ratings Game results • For Bowl Coalition championship game results from 1992-1994, see: Bowl Coalition • For Bowl Alliance championship game results from 1995-1997, see: Bowl Alliance Note 1: †Double overtime See also • Harris Interactive College Football Poll • Bowl game External links • Watch BCS National Championship Game Live On Your PC! • Bowl Championship Series - Official website of the Bowl Championship Series. Records by conference Records by team Media coverage Television From 1999 through 2006, ABC broadcast eight BCS National Championship Games pursuant to broadcasting rights negotiated with the BCS and the Rose Bowl, whose rights were offered separately. Beginning with the 2006–07 season, FOX obtained the BCS package, consisting of the Orange Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Sugar Bowl, and the BCS National Championship Games hosted by these bowls, with ABC retaining the rights to the Rose Bowl and BCS National Championship Games hosted by the Rose Bowl. This means FOX has the rights to the 2009 BCS Championship Game, and ABC will have the rights to the 2010 National Championship Game. 3 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Season Date 1998 Winner Loser BCS National Championship Game Bowl Game 16 1999 Fiesta Bowl Site Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona MVP Peerless Price, Dwayne Goodrich January 1 Tenness- 23 2 Florida 4, 1999 ee (SEC) State (ACC) January 1 Florida 4, 2000 State (ACC) 46 2 Virginia Tech (Big East) 1999 29 2000 Sugar Bowl Louisiana Peter Superdome Warrick New Orleans, Louisiana Pro Player Stadium Miami, Florida Torrance Marshall 2000 January 1 Ok3, 2001 lahoma (Big 12) January 1 Miami 3, 2002 (Florida) (Big East) January 2 Ohio 3, 2003 State (Big Ten) January 2 LSU 4, 2004 (SEC) 13 2 Florida State (ACC) 2 2001 Orange Bowl 2001 14 2002 Rose Bowl Rose Bowl 37 2 Nebraska (Big Pasadena, 12) California 31† 1 Miami (Florida) (Big East) 21 1 Oklahoma (Big 12) 24 2003 Fiesta Bowl Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona Ken Dorsey, Andre Johnson Craig Krenzel, Mike Doss 2002 2003 14 2004 Sugar Bowl Louisiana Justin Superdome Vincent New Orleans, Louisiana Pro Player Stadium Miami, Florida Matt Leinart 2004 January 1 USC (Pac 55 2 Ok4, 2005 10) lahoma (Big 12) January 2 Texas 4, 2006 (Big 12) 41 1 USC (Pac 10) 19 2005 Orange Bowl 2005 38 2006 Rose Bowl Rose Bowl Pasadena, California 14 2007 BCS National Championship Game University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale, Arizona Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana Dolphin Stadium Miami, Florida Vince Young (offense); Michael Huff (defense) Chris Leak (offense); Derrick Harvey (defense) Matt Flynn (offense); Ricky JeanFrancois (defense) Tim Tebow (offense); Carlos Dunlap (defense) 2006 January 2 Florida 8, 2007 (SEC) 41 1 Ohio State (Big Ten) 2007 January 2 LSU 7, 2008 (SEC) 38 1 Ohio State (Big Ten) 24 2008 BCS National Championship Game 2008 January 2 Florida 8, 2009 (SEC) 24 1 Oklahoma (Big 12) 14 2009 BCS National Championship Game 4 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2009 January TBD on December 6, 2009 7, 2010 BCS National Championship Game 2010 BCS National Championship Game Rose Bowl Pasadena, California Losing Teams USC Ohio State (2) Florida State (2) Virginia Tech, Miami (FL) Oklahoma (3), Nebraska Title Seasons 2003, 2007 2006, 2008 1998 2005 2001 2004 1999 2002 2000 Conference SEC Pac-10 Big Ten ACC Big East Big 12 Team LSU Florida Tennessee Texas Miami (FL) USC Florida State Ohio State Oklahoma Nebraska Virginia Tech Wins Losses Winning Teams 5 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 2 2 4 Wins 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 Tennessee, LSU (2), Florida (2) USC Ohio State Florida State Miami (FL) Oklahoma, Texas Losses 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 Percentage 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .500 .500 .333 .333 .250 .000 .000 5 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Date Network Bowl Play-byColor play analyst announcer Keith Jackson Bob Griese BCS National Championship Game Sideline Studio reporter(s) host Lynn Swann Studio TV Ratanalyst(s) ing[5] 17.2 17.5 1999 ABC 2000 ABC Fiesta Bowl Sugar Bowl John Terry Saunders Bowden John Terry Saunders Bowden John Terry Saunders Bowden Brent Gary Lynn Musburger Danielson Swann Jack Arute Brad Nessler Keith Jackson Keith Jackson Bob Griese Tim Brant Dan Fouts Lynn Swann Jack Arute 2001 ABC Orange Bowl 17.8 2002 ABC Rose Bowl Lynn John Terry Swann Saunders Bowden Todd Harris Lynn John Terry Swann Saunders Bowden Todd Harris John Terry Saunders Bowden Craig James 13.9 2003 ABC Fiesta Bowl 17.2 2004 ABC Sugar Bowl Brent Gary Lynn Musburger Danielson Swann Jack Arute Brad Nessler Bob Griese 14.5 2005 ABC Orange Bowl Lynn John Craig Swann Saunders James Todd Harris Aaron Taylor Todd Harris John Craig Holly Rowe Saunders James Aaron Taylor Chris Myers Chris Rose Eddie George Emmitt Smith Jimmy Johnson Eddie George Urban Meyer Jimmy Johnson Eddie George Barry Switzer Jimmy Johnson TBD 13.7 2006 ABC Rose Bowl Keith Jackson Dan Fouts 21.7 2007 FOX Tostitos Thom BCS National Brennaman Championship Game Barry Alvarez Charles Davis 17.4 2008 FOX Allstate Thom Charles BCS National Brennaman Davis Championship Game Chris Myers Chris Rose 17.4 2009 FOX FedEx Thom Charles BCS National Brennaman Davis Championship Game Chris Myers Chris Rose 15.8 (26.8 million viewers) 2010 ESPN on ABC Citi TBD BCS National TBD TBD TBD TBD 6 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Championship Game 2011 ESPN BCS National TBD Championship Game BCS National TBD Championship Game BCS National TBD Championship Game BCS National TBD Championship Game TBD BCS National Championship Game TBD TBD TBD TBD 2012 ESPN TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD 2013 ESPN TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD 2014 ESPN on ABC TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD Date Network Bowl Play-byColor analyst Sideline Studio Studio play reporter(s) host analyst(s) announcer Brent Bob Davie and Lisa Salters Musburger Todd Blackledge 2007 ESPN Radio Tostitos BCS National Championship Game Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BCS_National_Championship_Game" Categories: College football bowls, Bowl Championship Series This page was last modified on 18 May 2009, at 23:16 (UTC). 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