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The BCS National Championship Game or BCS title game is the final bowl game of the annual Bowl Championship Series and is intended by Series organizers to determine the NCAA Division I-A national football championship. The game was first played at the conclusion of the 1998 College Football season after the Big Ten and Pac 10 conferences and the Rose Bowl Game joined the members of the former "Bowl Alliance" to form the Bowl Championship Series. The Bowl Alliance and its predecessor, the Bowl Coalition, featured championship games from 1992 through 1997. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A bowl game is a post-season college football game, typically at the Division I-A level. ... BCS Logo 2006-Present with logo of Television Rightsholder Fox Broadcasting Company The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) is a selection system designed to pair the top two teams in college football against each other in the BCS National Championship Game, with the winner crowned the BCS national champion. ... The NCAA Division I-A national football championship is the only Division I NCAA-sponsored sport without an organized tournament to determine its champion; in fact, while various other organizations (as described below) designate a national champion at the Division I level, the NCAA itself does not award a championship... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... A college football game between Colorado State and Air Force. ... For other uses of the term Big Ten see Big Ten (disambiguation). ... The Pacific Ten Conference (Pac-10) is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States. ... The Rose Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game, usually played on January 1 (New Years Day) at the stadium of the same name in Pasadena, California. ... The Bowl Alliance was an agreement among college football bowl games for the purpose of trying to match the top two teams in a national championship bowl game and to provide quality bowl game matchups for the champions of its member conferences. ... BCS Logo 2006-Present with logo of Television Rightsholder Fox Broadcasting Company The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) is a selection system designed to pair the top two teams in college football against each other in the BCS National Championship Game, with the winner crowned the BCS national champion. ... The Bowl Alliance was an agreement among college football bowl games for the purpose of trying to match the top two teams in a national championship bowl game and to provide quality bowl game matchups for the champions of its member conferences. ... The Bowl Coalition was an agreement among college football bowl games for the purpose of trying to match the top two teams in a national championship bowl game and to provide quality bowl game matchups for the champions of its member conferences. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ...

Since the formation of the Bowl Championship Series, there have been several controversies regarding the formula used for selecting the participating teams. Most notably, following the 2003 season, the BCS ranking system excluded Associated Press No. 1 University of Southern California from the BCS Championship Game (The Nokia Sugar Bowl). The following season, in 2004, undefeated University of Utah and Auburn teams were left out of the BCS Championship Game (The FedEX Orange Bowl). See Bowl Championship (main article) for a further discussion of these controversies. BCS Logo 2006-Present with logo of Television Rightsholder Fox Broadcasting Company The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) is a selection system designed to pair the top two teams in college football against each other in the BCS National Championship Game, with the winner crowned the BCS national champion. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... BCS Logo 2006-Present with logo of Television Rightsholder Fox Broadcasting Company The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) is a selection system designed to pair the top two teams in college football against each other in the BCS National Championship Game, with the winner crowned the BCS national champion. ... The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ... Head coach Pete Carroll 7th year, 74â€“14 Home stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Capacity 92,500 - Grass Conference Pac-10 First year 1888 Athletic director Mike Garrett Website USCTrojans. ... This article is about the American football game. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The University of Utah (also The U or the U of U or the UU), located in Salt Lake City, is the flagship public research university in the state of Utah, and one of 10 institutions that make up the Utah System of Higher Education. ... Auburn is the name of some places in Canada: Auburn, Nova Scotia Auburn, Ontario Auburn, Prince Edward Island Auburn is the name of some places in the United States of America: Auburn, Alabama (home of Auburn University) Auburn, California Auburn, Kansas Auburn, Georgia Auburn, Indiana Auburn, Maine Auburn, Massachusetts Auburn... The Orange Bowl is an annual college football game that is usually played on January 1 in the Miami, Florida metro area, in the United States. ... BCS Logo 2006-Present with logo of Television Rightsholder Fox Broadcasting Company The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) is a selection system designed to pair the top two teams in college football against each other in the BCS National Championship Game, with the winner crowned the BCS national champion. ...

The USA Today Coaches Poll is contractually obligated to name the winner of this 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 Bowl national championship trophy. USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. ... The NCAA Division I-A national football championship is the only Division I NCAA-sponsored sport without an organized tournament to determine its champion; in fact, while various other organizations (as described below) designate a national champion at the Division I level, the NCAA itself does not award a championship... AFCA logo The AFCA National Championship Trophy is the trophy awarded by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) to the winner of college footballs BCS National Championship Game, which determines the national champion for purposes of the Coaches Poll. ... National Football Foundation logo The National Football Foundation (NFF) is a non-profit organization founded in 1947 by General Douglas MacArthur, legendary Army Black Knights football coach Earl Red Blaik and journalist Grantland Rice. ...

The National Championship Game for 2006 was sponsored by Tostitos. It was played at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona on January 8, 2007 and broadcasted by FOX television network. The game featured the #1 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes and the #2 ranked Florida Gators. Florida won by the final score of 41-14. Allstate will sponsor the 2008 game, scheduled to be played in New Orleans, Louisiana on January 7, 2008 to conclude the 2007 season. BCS National Championship Game 2007 Bowl Game Florida Gators at Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State Buckeyes (12-0) 0 January 8, 2007 - University of Phoenix Stadium The Tostitos BCS National Championship Game or BCS Title Game for the 2006 season will be played on January 8, 2007 at the University... The 2006 NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) football season, or the college football season, began on August 31, 2006 and, aside from all-star exhibition games that follow, concluded with the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) National Championship Game on January 8, 2007 in Glendale, Arizona, USA, where the... A ready-to-eat nacho tray of Tostitos. ... | {{Infobox_Stadium | stadium_name = University of Phoenix Stadium | image = | address = 1 Cardinals Drive, Glendale, AZ 85305 | construction start = July 30, 2003 | opened = August 1, 2006 | owner = Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority | operator = Global Spectrum | surface = Tifway 419 Hybrid Bermuda Grass | construction_cost = $455 million | architect = Peter Eisenman|HOK Sport | former_names = Cardinals Stadium (August... Location in Maricopa County and the state of Arizona Coordinates: , Country State Counties Maricopa Government - Mayor Elaine Scruggs (R) Area - City 55. ... Official language(s) English Spoken language(s) English 74. ... is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... FOX redirects here. ... The 2006 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the college football season of 2006-2007. ... The team is honored as BCS champions by President George W. Bush at the White House. ... The Allstate Corporation NYSE: ALL is the largest publicly held personal lines insurer in the United States. ... The 2008 BCS National Championship Game will be played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana on Tuesday, January 8, 2008, and feature the #1 and #2 teams in the nation to decide the BCS National Championship. ... NOLA redirects here. ... is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (common) era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... The 2007 NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) football season, or the college football season, began on August 30, 2007,[1] progresses through the regular season and bowl season, and (aside from all-star exhibition games that will follow) will conclude with the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) National Championship...

History

From the 1992 through 1997 seasons, the Bowl Alliance and its predecessor, the Bowl Coalition, arranged a championship game. However, without the participation of the Big Ten and Pac 10 conferences, scheduling a definitive championship game was somewhat "hit or miss." For instance, undefeated 1994 #2 Penn State and undefeated 1997 #1 Michigan were obligated to play in the Rose Bowl pursuant to the Big Ten's contractual commitment and were therefore unable to participate in the championship game. Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... The Bowl Alliance was an agreement among college football bowl games for the purpose of trying to match the top two teams in a national championship bowl game and to provide quality bowl game matchups for the champions of its member conferences. ... The Bowl Coalition was an agreement among college football bowl games for the purpose of trying to match the top two teams in a national championship bowl game and to provide quality bowl game matchups for the champions of its member conferences. ... For other uses of the term Big Ten see Big Ten (disambiguation). ... The Pacific Ten Conference (Pac-10) is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States. ... The Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (commonly known as Penn State) is a state-related land-grant university in Pennsylvania, with over 80,000 students at 24 campuses throughout the state. ... The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (U of M, UM or simply Michigan) is a coeducational public research university in the state of Michigan. ... The Rose Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game, usually played on January 1 (New Years Day) at the stadium of the same name in Pasadena, California. ... For other uses of the term Big Ten see Big Ten (disambiguation). ...

The Big Ten's "contractual commitment" in no way obligated the individual schools involved. Michigan in 1997, for instance, did receive an invitation from the Orange Bowl to play the eventual champion Nebraska, but due to their Big Ten Conference tie-in, had no choice but to play the lower ranked Pac-10 champion #7 Washington State, while Nebraska faced #3 Tennessee. [1] In 1994, Penn State had to play the much lower-ranked Pac-10 champion Oregon, resulting in a 38-20 Penn State victory in a game that was never close. The previous night, Nebraska came from behind to defeat #3 ranked Miami in the Orange Bowl to win the National Championship. The Orange Bowl can refer to: Miami Orange Bowl stadium in Miami, Florida. ...

The winners of "championship" games during these seasons were not assured of winning a national title. In reality, however, the winners of the games during these seasons did win or share the championship in every season that these games were arranged. As a result, the unofficial "National Championship Game" had become an annual event, and other bowl games began to be viewed as less significant events, which was certainly true with respect to their potential for determining the National Champion.

Finally, in 1998, the Bowl Alliance participating conferences and bowl games reached an agreement with the Big Ten, the Pac 10, and the Rose Bowl to join a "Super Alliance," which was subsequently christened the "Bowl Championship Series." Today, all Division 1 Football Bowl Subdivision schools and conferences contractually agreed to participate in the BCS, making it the first "true" national championship to involve all the major conferences. Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...

During the initial eight seasons of the Bowl Championship Series (1998-2005) the championship game rotated among its four participating bowl games, the Rose, Orange, Sugar and Fiesta Bowls. Beginning with the 2006 season, to increase television revenues and to make more BCS bowl slots available, the BCS has added a fifth game. Initially, it was anticipated that a fifth bowl would be added to the Championship Game rotation, potentially the Cotton Bowl or Capital One Bowl. However, the organizers ultimately settled on a format where the existing BCS bowls would host a second annual game on a rotating basis, that would take place one week after New Year's Day. For the Cotton Bowl stadium, see Cotton Bowl (stadium). ... The Capital One Bowl is an annual college football bowl game played in Orlando, Florida at the Citrus Bowl, and previously known as the Tangerine Bowl (1947-1982) and the Florida Citrus Bowl (1983-2001). ... This article is about the date January 1 in the Gregorian calendar. ...

The teams participating in the BCS National Championship Game have always been the top two teams in the BCS rankings. These rankings are composite rankings including a poll of coaches, a poll of writers, and computer rankings. The computer ranking system has been tweaked over the years to address various concerns, such as the overweighting of strength of schedule. Also, following the 2003 season, the Associated Press prohibited the BCS from using its writers poll in determining BCS rankings, in part to preserve the integrity of its own process and results. As a result, the BCS has now commissioned a new writers poll, the Harris Interactive Poll, for inclusion in the BCS composite ranking process. The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ... The Harris Interactive College Football Poll is a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I-A college football teams. ...

Future

Beginning with the 2006 season, the National Championship Game became a separate event from the host bowl played at the same site as the host one week after New Year's Day. The game's location will rotate between the sites of the BCS bowls; note that the date of the game occurs in the calendar year following the corresponding NCAA football season: The 2006 NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) football season, or the college football season, began on August 31, 2006 and, aside from all-star exhibition games that follow, concluded with the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) National Championship Game on January 8, 2007 in Glendale, Arizona, USA, where the... This article is about the date January 1 in the Gregorian calendar. ...

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. Barring any changes in corporate sponsors, the 2008 game will bear the Allstate brand, the 2009 game the FedEx brand, and the 2010 game the Citi brand, with 2011 returning to the Tostitos brand.^[1] | {{Infobox_Stadium | stadium_name = University of Phoenix Stadium | image = | address = 1 Cardinals Drive, Glendale, AZ 85305 | construction start = July 30, 2003 | opened = August 1, 2006 | owner = Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority | operator = Global Spectrum | surface = Tifway 419 Hybrid Bermuda Grass | construction_cost = $455 million | architect = Peter Eisenman|HOK Sport | former_names = Cardinals Stadium (August... Location in Maricopa County and the state of Arizona Coordinates: , Country State Counties Maricopa Government - Mayor Elaine Scruggs (R) Area - City 55. ... The Louisiana Superdome, often informally referred to simply as the Superdome, The Dome or even the New Orleans Superdome is a large, multi-purpose sports and exhibition facility located in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana. ... NOLA redirects here. ... Interior of Dolphin Stadium, football configuration Dolphin Stadium (previously known as Joe Robbie Stadium, Pro Player Park, Pro Player Stadium[1], and Dolphins Stadium) is a football, lacrosse, soccer and baseball stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, a suburb north of Miami. ... Location in Miami-Dade and the state of Florida. ... The Rose Bowl is an outdoor football stadium in Pasadena, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. ... Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... The Fiesta Bowl, now sponsored by Tostitos tortilla chips (a Frito-Lay product), is a United States college football game played annually since 1971. ...

Game results

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Criticism

Many critics of the Bowl Championship Series favor a full scale 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. A mythical national championship (often abbreviated MNC) is a national championship that is won without a tournament to determine an undisputed national champion. ... BCS Logo 2006-Present with logo of Television Rightsholder Fox Broadcasting Company The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) is a selection system designed to pair the top two teams in college football against each other in the BCS National Championship Game, with the winner crowned the BCS national champion. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A or N-C-Two-A ) is a voluntary association of about 1,200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... Logo for the 2007 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game // The NCAA Division I Football Championship is a college football game played to determine the champion of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly known as Division I-AA). ... Division II (or DII) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. ... Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. ...

Although opinion polls among fans show overwhelming support for a college football playoff, some football traditionalists, including major college university presidents, strongly oppose a playoff system because of concerns that a playoff would destroy the bowl game tradition and reduce the importance of games played during the regular season. Critics of a playoff often point to the NFL where leading teams will often bench their starting players in the final few games of the regular season because a loss will cause no harm. Any such action in the college game would likely be minimized by the proposition that one extra loss would probably be enough to keep a team out of a limited sudden-death playoff system of 4 or 8 teams, such as has been most frequently proposed. NFL redirects here. ...

Television

For Fox Sports in Australia see Fox Sports (Australia). ... ABC Sports redirects here. ... The Fiesta Bowl, now sponsored by Tostitos tortilla chips (a Frito-Lay product), is a United States college football game played annually since 1971. ... For the former professional American football player, see Keith Jackson (football player). ... Robert Allen Griese (born February 3, 1945 in Evansville, Indiana) is a former American football quarterback who earned All-American honors with the Purdue Boilermakers before being drafted in 1967 by the American Football Leagues Miami Dolphins. ... Lynn Curtis Swann (b. ... John Saunders, is currently a journalist for ESPN and ABC. Before working for ESPN, he worked in Baltimore for WMAR and for City-TV in Toronto. ... Terry Bowden is a college football sports commentator for ABC Sports. ... This article is about the American football game. ... Brent Woody Musburger (born May 26, 1939 in Billings, Montana) is an American sportscaster for the ABC and ESPN television networks. ... Gary Dennis Danielson (born September 10, 1951 in Detroit, Michigan) is a former professional American football quarterback. ... Jack Arute is an auto racing pit reporter and college football sideline reporter for ABC Sports. ... The Orange Bowl is an annual college football game that is usually played on January 1 in the Miami, Florida metro area, in the United States. ... Brad Nessler, as part of an NBA on ABC sports broadcast (c. ... The Rose Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game, usually played on January 1 (New Years Day) at the stadium of the same name in Pasadena, California. ... Tim Brant is home again at ABC7/WJLA-TV as Vice President of Sports. ... Todd Harris was the lead play-by-play announcer for ABC and ESPNs coverage of the Indy Racing Leagues IndyCar Series, and also has called motocross, supercross, and X Games coverage on ESPN. Harris past duties at ABC and ESPN include being the lead announcer for the World... The Fiesta Bowl, now sponsored by Tostitos tortilla chips (a Frito-Lay product), is a United States college football game played annually since 1971. ... Daniel Francis Fouts (born June 10, 1951) was an American football quarterback in the National Football League for the San Diego Chargers from 1973 through 1987, and is famous for being one of the most prolific quarterbacks of the Super Bowl Era. ... Todd Harris was the lead play-by-play announcer for ABC and ESPNs coverage of the Indy Racing Leagues IndyCar Series, and also has called motocross, supercross, and X Games coverage on ESPN. Harris past duties at ABC and ESPN include being the lead announcer for the World... For the footballer, see Craig James (footballer) Jesse Craig James (born January 2, 1961 in Jacksonville, Texas) is an American sports commentator for college football games on the ABC television network. ... Aaron Taylor is a former NFL offensive lineman for the San Diego Chargers out of De La Salle High School in Concord, CA and a graduate of University of Notre Dame who is currently a college football analyst for ABC Sports. ... The Fox Sports logo used from 1999 to the present. ... A ready-to-eat nacho tray of Tostitos. ... Thom Brennaman is an American sportscaster, and the son of sportscaster Marty Brennaman. ... Barry Alvarez Barry Alvarez (born December 30, 1946, Langeloth, Pennsylvania) is a retired college football head coach and current Director of Athletics at the University of Wisconsin. ... Charles Davis is a former, football player for the University of Tennessee. ... Chris Rose is one of the hosts of The Best Damn Sports Show Period on Fox Sports Net. ... For other uses, see Jimmy Johnson. ... Emmitt James Smith III (born May 15, 1969 in Pensacola, Florida) is a former American football player, who played for the Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals. ... Edward Nathan George, Jr. ...

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