Comments on: It’s time to be honest about the BCS

By: Craig Thompson welcomes our new computer poll overlords. « Get The Picture

Craig Thompson welcomes our new computer poll overlords. « Get The Picture — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:32:53 +0000

[...] that explains why Kyle Whittingham voted his own team fifth in the final regular season poll. Funny thing is, though, the computers agreed with [...]

By: Scott Weeks

Scott Weeks — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:57:08 +0000

The Big Ten and Notre Dame will never allow a playoff format because the chances of either playing in a playoff championship game would be slim to none.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:00:49 +0000

Since the BCS is so good, let’s take their computer rankings and selection committees to eliminate playoffs in high school football, NFL, MLB, NBA and Little League baseball. Everyone knows (BCS lovers tell us) that playoffs are detrimental to academic performance and are too grueling for college athletes. Imagine what negative impact playoffs have on the well being of high school and elementary students. Clever businessmen, eager for money, could use pro teams to stage postseason exhibition games in an effort to draw visitors to warm weather cities. BCS lovers should lobby Congress to pass anti-playoff legislation.

By: omnicarrier

omnicarrier — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:56:36 +0000

I think they will gradually get to an 8-team playoff, but I think the Plus One will precede it.

I’m just hoping they settle on a Plus One that takes the Top 4 Conference Champions (regardless of conference) or ND if the Irish should finish ahead of 8 or more conference champions. I think they could justify it on the basis that if you can’t win your own conference, you shouldn’t be playing for an NC.

Looking back over the past 8 years this is how it would have shaken out in terms of this Final Four for Football:

SEC Champ – 7 times
Pac-10 Champ – 7 times
Big 12 Champ – 6 times
Big Ten Champ – 5 times
BE Champ – 3 times (Miami twice and Louisville)
MW Champ – 2 times (Utah both times)
ACC Champ – once (VT)
ND – once

By: Hal

Hal — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:45:14 +0000

its a few more than 15,000 folks paying the GEEF bro, closer to 100,000…. several thousand get their money back each year once the allotment is out

By: im4UGA

im4UGA — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:22:59 +0000

For the tech geek who think he’s got a cute online name, “do you want fries”, etc. answer me this? How is it that UGA has 15,000 folks who are in a financial postition to shell out thousands each season for the opportunity to spend hundreds more on season tickets? Tech fans on the other hand obviously can’t afford to buy a single game ticket, even when given free hotdogs and cokes for your dinner. That’s what’s laughable. It doesn’t sound like it’s the UGA folks working at Micky D’s does it? Explain that one Tech Geek!

By: Making the Rounds: All this BCS is Making My Head Hurt « The Mountain West Conference Connection

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:16:23 +0000

[...] Berry Tremmel, The Oklahoman: Being from Oklahoma Berry is quite objective, which is fresh when reading others work from people who write about BCS leagues or in that region. [...]

By: Relying on the kindness of strangers « Get The Picture

Relying on the kindness of strangers « Get The Picture — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:34:20 +0000

[...] financially obligated to take care of the remaining conferences? (Never mind the fact that, as Barnhart pointed out the other day, the mid-majors have fared far better both money-wise and exposure-wise [...]

By: Obama Wants Playoffs » Blog Archive » It’s time to be honest about the BCS

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:05:54 +0000

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By: aj arizona

aj arizona — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:35:50 +0000

The argument is not over a playoff, the BCS bowls etc. This is Roy Kramers long established red herring. It absolutey does violate anti-trurst laws. 5 conferences share 18 million. 54 teams or so. While 6 conferences are guaranteed 18 million “per conference”, 120 million every year. That means a BYU, Utah, TCU compete and share 9 million with 56 other teams, while the Dukes, Vanderbilts, Baylors, Rutgers, UConn (Div. 2 just 5 yeas ago) Iowa St. Northwestern, Wash. State’s etc. are guaranteed betweeen 2 and 4 million every year regardless of their records. This is indeed collusion and violation of anti-trust laws. You just try to set up a cartel like this in the business world and people are going to prison. Once just one school gets fed up enough to put this in the courts this will be shot down. The old system was better, yes conferences had tie ins but the market determined who wopuld play as at large teams. The BCS controls college football from top to bottom including all of the bowls with congerence tie ins. This has created a caste system in College Football, not based on merit, Duke, Baylor etc. but on Conference affiliation. It’s about the money stupid. Playoff no playoff it does not matter, This is not the issue. It’s about collusion, exclusion and illegal contracts. The market does not dictate here, the cartel does. Don’t sit there any of you with a straight face and tell us that a 1-11 Duke or a 3-8 Baylor is entitled to 2-4 million every year and a number 7 ranked TCU and a #4 Utah get squat. Bring on the lawyers and throw the crooks in jail.