While there are still some details to be worked out following the BCS Presidential Oversight Committee's announcement Tuesday in Washington, we now know for certain where things are headed by the 2014 season: a seeded four-team playoff, with teams being chosen by a selection committee.
For good reason, how to determine the four teams has been the component that has come up most this spring and summer during conversations with coaches. From the SEC to the Big Ten to the Pac-12, coaches' eyebrows are raised when it comes to the selection process -- because that's the area in which their teams are most directly affected.
Where and when the semifinals would be played and how the money will be divided are important issues, but coaches seem to recognize that their future schedules stand to be affected by how the four teams are selected. And it's clear that some teams and conferences will be in better position than others to seize the berths.
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Travis Haney
ESPN Insider• Joined ESPN as Insider's national college football writer in April 2012
• Previously wrote for The Oklahoman and The Post and Courier
ABOUT THIS BLOG
Travis HaneyTravis Haney joined ESPN in April 2012 as Insider's national college football writer. He previously covered the University of Oklahoma Sooners for The (Oklahoma City) Oklahoman for one season, and the University of South Carolina Gamecocks for The (Charleston, S.C.) Post and Courier for four. Additionally, Haney has contributed since 2003 to ESPN publications and projects, including ESPN The Magazine.
A native of Cleveland, Tenn., Haney's initial introduction to a college football cathedral was Neyland Stadium. He later graduated from the University of Tennessee, in 2003, and has spent time covering the Volunteers, the University of Georgia, Clemson University, and other schools. Safe to say, football, and football in the South, was injected into his bloodstream at a young age.
Haney is the author of three books -- Gamecock Glory and Gamecock Encore, which chronicled the South Carolina baseball team's run to the 2010 and 2011 national championships, and State of Disunion, a historical look at the Clemson-South Carolina football rivalry that he co-wrote with Larry Williams.
Haney resides in Charlotte, N.C. You can follow him on Twitter here.
