Is there any good reason why the commissioners of the BCS conferences shot down the propsal to transform the BCS into a 4-team playoff?

It is what (most of) the fans want and have been begging for for years.

Apparently, only the ACC and SEC wanted to consider the playoff system further. IF the SEC (with BCS contenders LSU, Georgia, Florida, and even Arkansas and Alabama) and ACC (Miami and FSU) are willing to consider a playoff system, why can't the others?

The SEC is the consensus top Conference in college football and they are willing to put their seedings on the line to consider a playoff system but the other conferences back away?

This just proves that the SEC is the top conference and they know it. They are willing to put their title hopes on the line against TWO opponents while the PAC 10, Big 10(11) and Big 12 are content to take their chances on the seeding process.

How weak.

This is not that drastic of a proposal. You can take two of the BCS games and turn them into the Semi-Finals games, and leave the Championship game set where it is. It would require adding one additional Bowl into the BCS system and would require the Championship teams to play one extra game. This means more money for the Bowl game that gets adopted into the BCS format and more money for the two teams that make it to the championship game.

Oh no. We're asking kids; who have had a month off, who want to play 16 to 19 games per year in the NFL, and have dreams of playing for the National Championship, to play one extra game.

It is not like they proposed revamping the entire bowl system to make it a playoff like the basketball tournament.

I guess if your team or conference isn't willing to put their guys on the line for one extra game to prove they deserve the championship, then they don't deserve to be there. Plus, this gives teams and conferences (and their fans) an excuse to blame the BCS through 2014. Every year there always seems to be at least one team left out in the cold when the final rankings are made for the BCS championship.

Sports is all about "put up or shut up". I guess after this latest vote, conferences like the Pac 10, Big 10(11) and Big 12 proved they just need to shut up when it comes to the "unfairness" of the BCS format. And remember, I'm a Big 10(11) guy.

- Mr Pressbox