PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP)--The Bowl Championship Series
formed an oversight committee Thursday to discuss the
possibility of a college football playoff and any
other changes to the bowl system.

One university president or chancellor from each of
the six BCS conferences will be on the committee. They
are Marye Anne Fox of North Carolina State; Donna
Shalala of Miami; Graham Spanier of Penn State; Harvey
Perlman of Nebraska; Robert Khayat of Mississippi; and
David Frohnmayer of Oregon.

Big East commissioner Mike Tranghese, the chair of the
BCS, said there will also be an advisory committee of
athletic directors from the conferences.

The current BCS agreement with the bowls and ABC
Sports concludes with the playing of the 2005-06 bowl
games.

ABC, which has a $525 million, seven-year contract to
televise the BCS games--the Rose, Fiesta, Sugar and
Orange bowls--has an exclusive negotiating period in
the second half of 2005 to keep the games on the
network.

The BCS was formed in 1998 in an effort to match the
top two teams in a national title game. The system is
not problem-proof and some people would prefer a
playoff system.

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