It is time for the Semifinals of the Launspach BCS Bracket. I wish these were the actual bowl games instead of what we have seen so far, oh well maybe someday.

Make sure to get your votes in quick - the final game poll will start Saturday. Here are the match ups:

Time for Quarterfinals of the 2007 Launspach BCS Bracket.

Here are the results from the Second round.

Ohio State 94% - Central Michigan 6%
West Virginia 67% - Illinois 33%
Virginia Tech 53% - Missouri 47%
Georgia 90% - BYU 10%
Oklahoma 94% - Central Florida 6%
USC 79% - Kansas 21%
Florida 74% - Hawaii 26%
LSU 91% - Florida Atlantic 9%

Voting is open until Monday night Dec 31, so make sure to get your picks in and tell your friends.Vote for the Quarterfinals:

Quarterfinal round winners will be posted Tuesday, January 1.

First off, I wasn’t even aware there was a New Mexico Bowl until a few minutes ago.

Second, I believe the State of New Mexico got the bowl game as a package deal. (take Steve Alford, get a bowl game).

Third, I believe that bowl officials from the New Mexico Bowl have sent apologies to the University of Iowa for not selecting them to this years big game.

The Reno Gazette-Journal  reports that Nevada, one of the participants, had sold only 95 of its 6,000 allotted tickets at the beginning of the week.

95? Total?

Heck, some Iowa families bring 95 family members to bowl games.

Anyways, be a part of the few, the proud the people that actually see the 2007 New Mexico Bowl, coming to you live Saturday on ESPN.

Time for Round 2 of the Launspach BCS Bracket.

The First Round produced one decent match up and a couple of blow outs.

Game 1
A nail biter.  Juice Williams had a big game and led the Illini game winning drive with only a few minutes left on the clock.

Final - Illinois 58% to ASU 42%

Game 2
The Missouri offense was just too much for the Volunteers.

Final - Missouri 67% to Tennessee 33%

Game 3
Todd Reising  completed  30 of 42 passes for 287 yards as the Jayhawks rebounded from their Big 12 North Division championship loss to Missouri.

Final - Kansas 83% to Clemson 17%

Game 4
Tim Tebow brought the Heisman trophy to the sideline, but didn’t need the inspiration. Florida rolled.

Final - Florida 87% to Boston College 13%

Ready for Round 2

The Second Round poses some interesting match ups including Illinois vs West Virginia, Virginia Tech vs Missouri  and Hawaii Florida.

Voting is open until Thursday night, so make sure to get your picks in and tell your friends.

Here is the updated bracket.

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Vote for the second round winners:

Second round winners will be posted Friday, December 21. Stop by Friday to vote for the next round in the Launspach BCS Bracket.

It is very easy to complain about the BCS. I mean, the NCAA couldn’t put up a bigger bullseye to hit.

So, rather than rehash what is wrong with the BCS, our good friend Andy Launspach took matters into his own hands and setup a playoff system for D-1 college football and we’ll play the games out here.

Stop by each week and help pick the 2007 Launspach BCS Champion.

First the methodology

• There are 12 automatic spots and 4 wild card spots.
• The 11 conference champions are automatically in the field.
• The last remaining automatic spot goes to the highest ranked team that wasn’t a conference champion.
• Instead of giving away the final 4 spots, I propose there is a Wild Card weekend where 8 teams play for the final 4 spots.
• Those 8 teams would be picked from the remaining top teams in the final regular season AP Poll.

We’ll get into the seeding process later.

Second, here is this years bracket

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Vote for the first round winners:

First round winners will be posted Monday, December 17. Stop by Monday to vote for the quarterfinal round winners in the Launspach BCS Bracket.