posted Dec 6, 2007

that pod idea confused the heck out of me!

Just take the conference champs, plus the highest 5 in the BCS standings and do a playoff bracket.

Yes, football is the roughest sport and all that, but if the other divisions of Mens College Football can do it then Division 1 can do it.

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posted Dec 9, 2007

The BCS is the sole reason why I watch American Football. The NFL is way too boring for me, (For God's sakes that Browns can make it to the playoffs with a 7-5 record). This season was crazy and I loved it. Can't say the same about the NFL. It's a unique system that makes this sport unique. They should be broadcasting these games to the UK and show the importance of the games. A playoff system won't work and it will kill the excitement of the game. Trust me.

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posted Dec 9, 2007

Also the fact Gene Whats-his-face is total garabge. The man basically takes everyone's opinions and writes an article about it. He watches spelling bees and calls football (soccer) boring. Complete garbage and a waste of time. Then again, that summarizes ESPN in general.

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posted Dec 31, 2007

I think a large part of the problem is that so much is dependant on the impact of a loss on a teams ranking. To me, it makes no sense that if you're ranked say 5 in the nation and lose to no.2 (which you're supposed to on paper) you go down the rankings because automatically there will be teams with fewer losses and the system takes that as the starting point in most cases (unless you play in a weak conference (like Hawaii). So if you don't play that many competitive games in a season because of your strength of schedule, you can feasibly rise to the top and be in the mix, even though you might not be that good.

So the main flaw as I see it is in the non conference games. What I think most fans would like to see is more cross conference competition that had a meaning, rather than the powder puff games most elite programs use to ensure they protect the win loss record.

What I’d do is create tiers within the major conferences and make each team in say the top 3 in 07 play at least 2 or 3 of their non conference games in 08 against teams ranked in the top tier of the next 2 or 3 geographically convenient conferences.

That way you'd get more games like VT v LSU without which I doubt LSU would have been in the title game...

How much fun would it be to have regular season games like USC v Oklahoma. Essentially, you'd have a program of Bowl games within the regular season. Want you may lose is the ability of small schools to generate revenue by being cannon fodder. If the non-conference schedules became a dictate of the NCAA however, then the undoubted commercial value of these games could easily be appropriated across the nation rather than creating a rich get richer.

I think it’d be much easier to judge the best 2 teams at the end of the year if you have more relevant cross conference competition. So much hot air is wasted discussion how much better the SEC is relative to the PC 10 etc, much of this could be resolved during the year, and it would therefore be easier to compare the relative merits of respective conference champions who have played at least a few other “contenders” outside of their normal schedule.

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posted Dec 31, 2007

There will never be a simple solution to the Championship game while television dictates who they would like to take part in it.
Tv's prayers where answered when both West Virginia and Missouri ( both small tv markets)lost their final games.
Even after last years debacle of not inviting unbeaten Boise State to the Championship game though they went on to beat Oklahoma no lessons were learnt with unbeaten Hawaii this year. Hawaii is another small market and the excuse of their easy schedule should not be used against them after what happened with Boise State last year.
It would be sweet justice if they went on to beat Georgia. Especially as Georgia feel slighted about not making the Championship game even though they never won their conference!
So instead of an unbeaten team going into the Championship game we have two two loss teams with big tv markets going head to head with the vast majority of those watching feeling apathetic about the outcome ( except for Michigan fans! ).
Come on Colt show the tv execs just how good your Hawaii team is...

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posted Jan 4, 2008

Hawaii ended up being destroyed by Georgia.

The highlight of the BCS Bowls for me this week was watching Oklahoma being stomped once again, this time by West Virginia, and seeing wrestling commentator Jim Ross looking miserable on the sideline.

USC and Kansas have won the other BCS Bowls to take place this week, just OSU/LSU to go on Monday night.

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posted Jan 7, 2008

Somewhat harsh AmericanSportsFan.

But yes, they do take College Football seriously in the South, you need only look to Nick Saban leaving the Miami Dolphins for the Alabama Crimson Tide to see this.

But College Football is incredibly passionate and this is great for the sport. Personally, this is the nearest thing the US has to local rivalry, and some of the rivalries in College Football garner immense intensity.

I mean, there is always the danger in NFL of franchise re-location and ultimately money does play a large part of this.

In College Football this doesnt occur. Although admittedly, it is becoming a larger feature of the game. College Footy, still gets my vote all the time. All we need is a proper play-off of some sort, but this can and will hopefully be sorted out soon, and also, it would be nice to see more international exposure of NCAA football. I'd watch it over NFL for sure in England.

Let's just hope the pen pushers come up with something soon, it's only a matter of time till they give into fan power....i hope!

Roll Tide Roll!!!! Next season ha ha!

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posted Jan 8, 2008

This article is not original but it, like others, ignores the realities of US academic life. While the football students are special they are still students with academic responsibilities, however lightly these sometimes appear to be held.

First a playoff of the top two teams from each of the various conferences will still end up generating a lot of talk and discussion. It will be no better than it is now. And some of the loudest complainers would soon be dismissed by the SEC teams. [I am on the LSU Faculty but it is patently clear that the SEC has the highest competitive standards year after year.]

Secondly, the present system gives the students time to take their end of semester examinations to maintain their standings at their various universities. Only a small minority of them go on to careers in professional football.

Thirdly, a playoff -- three games for the finalists -- would run on into the Spring Semester and would result in additional and possibly significant injuries in a sport with high damage incidence.

A change would not necessarily be for the better.

PS: GEAUX TIGERS!

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posted Jan 12, 2008

Yes Hawaii got stagefright against a good Georgia team.
If only West Virginia wouldn't have done the same against Pitt in their final game and would have played Ohio State for the National Championship...
Congratulations to LSU but playing virtually on their front door for the title game? Hardly fair...

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posted Jan 13, 2008

I emailed ACC comish/currentBCS chairman John Swofford with my 'BCS Playoff' idea.. haven't heard anything from him.. I dont think they're going to do jack

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