Comments on: BCS Meetings: Much Ado About Nothing

By: NateHeupel

NateHeupel — Mon, 05 May 2008 04:20:58 +0000

The BCS needs to be left exactly like it is. I’d rather OU not get an extra chance to buttfuck anything with national title ramifications until Stoops and Venables get the defense figured out.

By: hoju

hoju — Mon, 05 May 2008 03:29:46 +0000

Read “Bowls, Polls, and Tatterred Souls” by the cnnsi.com college football writer, Stewart Mandel for an insightful discussion of this topic.

By: Huckleberry

Huckleberry — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:08:30 +0000

I think a playoff is the way to go as well, but people should be aware that games like the Texas/USC Rose Bowl might have never happened if there had been a playoff in place.

Some years you wish there was a playoff (2004/2007), and some years all a playoff will do is screw up a good thing (2002, 2005).

By: WhoooTex

WhoooTex — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:47:38 +0000

“If there had been a 4-team playoff this past December, you would have had these two semifinals Jan. 1 and Jan. 2.

#1 Ohio State vs. #4 Oklahoma and #2 LSU vs. #3 Va. Tech.”

Uh oh. I seem to remember the big problem with the BCS last year was that Southern Cal and Georgia didn’t get bids to the championship game. This just seems like it would make them madder. Which is fine with me.

By: Bob in Houston

Bob in Houston — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:46:19 +0000

“Critics have said Division I-A is greedy and only in it for the money. If that were the case, we’d have a playoff now, because the money is so incredible.” —- Dutch Baughman, executive director, Division 1A Athletic Directors Association

That’s only half of the issue. Who would get the money is the other half.

By: flamingmonkeyass

flamingmonkeyass — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:23:58 +0000

I’ve said for a long time now that the fundamental obstacle in having a D1 football playoff lies largely at the feet of the NCAA office itself. A playoff would take the money out of the confences and schools’ hands and would put it in the NCAA’s for distribution. That wouldn’t be such a bad thing if it weren’t for the fact the NCAA is a bunch of greedy bitches. Look at the money generated by March Madness. That CBS contract isn’t with the invidual confrences and schools, but with the NCAA directly. If the NCAA didn’t do such a shitty job distributing that fund (read: kept a good deal for themselves), then perhaps the Bowls, university presidents, coaches, athletic directors and confrence chairmen wouldn’t be so against giving the NCAA control over a D1 playoff. But alas, they can’t trust them. Or rather, they can only trust them to do things in the best intrest of the NCAA office and not in the best interest of the other parties’ respective positions. Thus I doubt we’ll ever see a D1 playoff more than what we already have. Thanks NCAA.

By: HenryJames

HenryJames — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:05:16 +0000

LSU - Virginia Tech rematch. I guess that’s always a possibility in a playoff system.