College football has been around for 142 years and may finally have found a system that works for identifying a national champion (Rosenberg, 2014). As sports fans, it is natural to want a particular team to be identified as the best team in any sport. In college football, in some ways, it's a different story. There are bragging rights among schools for a year and traditions that must be maintained for history programs such as; Alabama or Notre Dame. Believe it or not, college football may have finally gotten it right after suffering through 15 years of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). College football has picked the national champion the wrong way over the years by using a flawed system. The BCS was chosen to help with the national championship game and unfortunately is not a popular choice among fans. Fans have argued that the BCS is unfair and a playoff system would be the best scenario to decide who truly is the true national champion. The BCS has its own supporters to keep it around and not use the playoffs. Continuing to use the BCS would severely damage the history of college football. It's best to start by describing what system college football first used to decide its champion, the BCS. The BCS decided who would play for the national championship using a combination of polling and computerized selection methods (Murphy, 2014). This method was considered unfair by fans across the nation, especially smaller-tier schools. The BCS would favor larger power conferences (ACC or SEC) over mid-level conferences (Mountainwest or WAC), which would result in an SEC team finishing 11-1 going into the championship game against a WAC team that it finished 12-0. This would strip the integrity of the s... middle of paper... the final decision was reached to implement a playoff system that included all conferences and schools, large or small. In the long term, hopefully fans will be happy with this change and will be able to enjoy the same type of tournament that is enjoyed during March Madness.Works CitedHayes, Matt. “You want a playoff system? Here it is." Sporting News 232.50 (2014): 32. SPORTDiscus with full text. Network. April 3, 2014. Mandel, Stewart. “Big Bang Theory.” Sports Illustrated 119.7 (2013): 76. SPORTDiscus with full text. Network . April 3, 2014. Michael McCarthy. “BCS Cable Link Complete as ESPN Lands at Rose Bowl.” USA Today, June 13, 2009. Murphy, Austin. “Goodbye to All This.” full text. Network. April 3, 2014. Rosenberg, "This Changes Everything." Sports Illustrated 117.2 (2012): 21-22. Full text. Network. 2014