If there were any a time to scrap the BCS or change it, it would have been now, with the defending champion’s president pushing the charge for a playoff. It would also have to come from the SEC, arguably the most popular and the best (we’re not sold on that yet) conference in college football.

But we have to shed a tear. After Thursday and Friday’s SEC meetings, Florida President Bernie Machen is backing off his playoff push.

bq. They are persuaded, and I am now persuaded, that the best way to proceed is to try to work within the BCS structure, to make some changes to make it better. That seems to me to be a very good way to go.

Fucking great. The BCS will never go away.

Earlier: BCS on Death Row? Defending Champ’s President to Unveil New Plan
Work within the system [SI.com]

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