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Mars"The reason the Big 12 stayed together is the commissioner was able to put together a deal that enabled Texas and Texas A&M to go from about $8 million-$12 million a year to around $20 million a year... I donât really have a dog in the hunt as to how the conferences ought to be aligned. But I do think this moves us toward a playoff because we now know where the money is... I think what happened with the Big 12 staying together maybe postpones the creation of a playoff system... But it doesnât eliminate it... All those contracts have a kickout clause. They could go to a playoff and modify the contract... If weâve learned anything through the basketball and baseball playoffs, itâs this: When you have a true playoff, the underdogs do stand up and bite every now and then... It would be more fun and exciting and now we know for sure that it would also generate a lot more money.â ~Texas Rep. Joe Barton
âThe fact is, the consensus of all of the schools in the 11 conferences support the BCS... There are some who have said they would rather do something else. But itâs a small percentage because the presidents of those schools know the BCS works. It does match the top two teams in a bowl game and it does preserve the importance of the regular season. And it does preserve the bowl system that so many people enjoy. I donât see the universities changing their minds about a playoff or about the BCS system... The fact is, nobody knows. As of today, we have six automatic qualifying conferences... The official data wonât be compiled until after the four years, but intuitively looking at what theyâve done the last two years, we know the Mountain West is off to a good start.â ~BCS executive director Bill Hancock