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Level -> NCAA clusterfuck, or why we need a playoff (12/1/2007 11:52:51 PM)
What a mess, a heap o' misery, and a playoff system would go a long way to fixing such a situation. quote: Call it BCS Armageddon. In the perfectly upsetting ending to the Season of the Upset, as many as seven teams head into Sunday at least within argument's range of the national-title game No. 1 Missouri and No. 2 West Virginia? Sorry, you had your chance. You're out, even though you'll probably still be ranked in the top 10. No. 3 Ohio State? You're the only one of the major conference champions with only one defeat, so you're in. That leaves pretty much everybody else in the top 10 worthy of consideration. Let's hear their positions for and against, leading to Sunday's 5 p.m. BCS announcement: http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/7513842

Level -> RE: NCAA clusterfuck, or why we need a playoff (12/2/2007 4:42:25 AM)
quote: Can you believe this? The folks who run the BCS computer certainly can't. The last big Saturday of the college football season was pretty much like the rest of them -- nothing went to form. No. 1 Missouri and No. 2 West Virginia each lost and blew their chances to play for the national title. That opened the door for Ohio State, the clear No. 3, to play in the BCS championship game Jan. 7 in New Orleans. There are no fewer than six candidates to face the Buckeyes -- including Georgia, LSU, Kansas, Virginia Tech, Southern California and Oklahoma, the 38-17 winner over Missouri in the Big 12 title game. All those teams except Kansas have two losses. "I'm getting ready to get in the fetal position and crawl under my desk," joked Jerry Palm, the BCS analyst who runs www.collegebcs.com, when reached Saturday night. Palm thinks LSU is the favorite to take the spot opposite Ohio State in the championship game, though he conceded nothing is for sure. http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news?slug=ap-t25-bcsrdp&prov=ap&type=lgns

HaveRopeWillBind -> RE: NCAA clusterfuck, or why we need a playoff (12/2/2007 4:56:05 AM)
So would the playoff season have to begin in October to be done by the time the bowl season rolls around? Will adding more games to the season leave the players ANY time to attended classes? College ball has been around a long time without the need for playoffs, the problem now derives from over-scheduling.

Level -> RE: NCAA clusterfuck, or why we need a playoff (12/2/2007 5:11:31 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: HaveRopeWillBind So would the playoff season have to begin in October to be done by the time the bowl season rolls around? Will adding more games to the season leave the players ANY time to attended classes? College ball has been around a long time without the need for playoffs, the problem now derives from over-scheduling. They have went from 11 regular-season games to 12 or 13; cut back on that, and have some of the bowl games as part of the playoff system, and you wouldn't really extend the season, except maybe for the title game.

Level -> RE: NCAA clusterfuck, or why we need a playoff (12/2/2007 5:21:09 AM)
From a thread on the subject last year: http://www.collarchat.com/fb.asp?m=701306

youngsubgeoff -> RE: NCAA clusterfuck, or why we need a playoff (12/2/2007 5:55:51 AM)
Ah, whatever! Y'all are just mad that my Bucks keep showing why they rule college football!

Lordandmaster -> RE: NCAA clusterfuck, or why we need a playoff (12/2/2007 5:57:38 AM)
Umm, Level, the same reasons I gave last year apply this year as well. There's not going to be a playoff until the major conferences decide they want it, and I don't see why that would happen anytime soon. Keep things the way they are, and each major conference is guaranteed a big cash payout in one of the BCS bowls. Open things up with a playoff system, and some upstart like Boise State just might have an impressive run and shut some of the major-conference teams out of the most lucrative bowl games. How is that in the interest of the major conferences?

youngsubgeoff -> RE: NCAA clusterfuck, or why we need a playoff (12/2/2007 6:03:17 AM)
Bosie state was a fluke, just like hawaii is this year.

Level -> RE: NCAA clusterfuck, or why we need a playoff (12/2/2007 6:35:25 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: youngsubgeoff Ah, whatever! Y'all are just mad that my Bucks keep showing why they rule college football! Did you know that Jim Tressel hates death metal? [:D]

youngsubgeoff -> RE: NCAA clusterfuck, or why we need a playoff (12/2/2007 7:18:58 AM)
Doesnt matter to me. Tressel is a true class act, an excellent representative of Ohio State.

Level -> RE: NCAA clusterfuck, or why we need a playoff (12/2/2007 7:38:11 AM)
Yeah, kidding aside, I think he's an excellent coach.

youngsubgeoff -> RE: NCAA clusterfuck, or why we need a playoff (12/2/2007 9:30:16 AM)
I dont think Ive ever heard him talk smack about an oppontent, or any of his players....

slaveluci -> RE: NCAA clusterfuck, or why we need a playoff (12/2/2007 5:25:45 PM)
quote: No. 2 West Virginia? Sorry, you had your chance. You're out, even though you'll probably still be ranked in the top 10 [image]http://www.collarchat.com/micons/m17.gif[/image][image]http://www.collarchat.com/micons/m17.gif[/image][image]http://www.collarchat.com/micons/m17.gif[/image]...just had to let that out.......luci

Level -> RE: NCAA clusterfuck, or why we need a playoff (12/2/2007 5:45:06 PM)
The bowl schedule. Teams in maroon are my picks to win, games in blue are ones that may turn out to be the best matchups. San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Utah vs. Navy San Diego Dec. 20, 9 p.m. ESPN HD R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Memphis vs. Florida Atlantic New Orleans Dec. 21, 8 p.m. ESPN2 HD Papajohns.com Bowl Southern Miss vs. Cincinnati Birmingham, Ala. Dec. 22, 1 p.m. ESPN2 HD New Mexico Nevada vs. New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. Dec. 22, 4:30 p.m. ESPN HD Pioneer Las Vegas UCLA vs. BYU Las Vegas Dec. 22, 8 p.m. ESPN HD Sheraton Hawaii Boise State vs. East Carolina Honolulu Dec. 23, 8 p.m. ESPN Motor City Purdue vs. Central Michigan Detroit Dec. 26, 7:30 p.m. ESPN HD Pacific Life Holiday Arizona State vs. Texas San Diego Dec. 27, 8 p.m. ESPN HD Champs Sports Boston College vs. Michigan State Orlando, Fla. Dec. 28, 5 p.m. ESPN HD Texas TCU vs. Houston Houston Dec. 28, 8 p.m. NFL Network Emerald Maryland vs. Oregon State San Francisco Dec. 28, 8:30 p.m. ESPN HD Meineke Car Care UConn vs. Wake Forest Charlotte, N.C. Dec. 29, 1 p.m. ESPN HD AutoZone Liberty UCF vs. Mississippi State Memphis, Tenn. Dec. 29, 4:30 p.m. ESPN HD Valero Alamo Penn State vs. Texas A&M San Antonio Dec. 29, 8 p.m. ESPN HD PetroSun Independence Alabama vs. Colorado Shreveport, La. Dec. 30, 8 p.m. ESPN HD Bell Helicopter Armed Forces California vs. Air Force Fort Worth, Texas Dec. 31, 12:30 p.m. ESPN Roady's Humanitarian Georgia Tech vs. Fresno State Boise, Idaho Dec. 31, 2 p.m. ESPN2 Brut Sun South Florida vs. Oregon El Paso, Texas Dec. 31, 2 p.m. CBS Gaylord Hotels Music City Kentucky vs. Florida State Nashville, Tenn. Dec. 31, 4 p.m. ESPN HD Insight Indiana vs. Oklahoma State Tempe, Ariz. Dec. 31, 6 p.m. NFL Network Chick-fil-A Clemson vs. *Auburn* Atlanta Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m. ESPN HD Outback Wisconsin vs. Tennessee Tampa, Fla. Jan. 1, 2008, 11 a.m. ESPN HD AT&T Cotton Missouri vs. Arkansas Dallas Jan. 1, 2008, 11:30 a.m. FOX Gator Texas Tech vs. Virginia Jacksonville, Fla. Jan. 1, 2008, 1 p.m. CBS Capital One Michigan vs. *Florida* Orlando, Fla. Jan. 1, 2008, 1 p.m. ABC HD Rose Bowl presented by Citi Illinois vs. *USC* Pasadena, Calif. Jan. 1, 2008, 4:30 p.m. ABC HD Allstate Sugar Hawaii vs. *Georgia* New Orleans Jan. 1, 2008, 8:30 p.m. FOX Tostitos Fiesta Oklahoma vs. West Virginia Glendale, Ariz. Jan. 2, 2008, 8 p.m. FOX FedEx Orange Virginia Tech vs. Kansas Miami Jan. 3, 2008, 8 p.m. FOX International Rutgers vs. Ball State Toronto Jan. 5, 2008, Noon ESPN2 HD GMAC Bowling Green vs. Tulsa Mobile, Ala. Jan. 6, 2008, 8 p.m. ESPN HD Allstate BCS Championship Game LSU vs. Ohio State New Orleans Jan. 7, 2008, 8 p.m. FOX

dcnovice -> RE: NCAA clusterfuck, or why we need a playoff (12/2/2007 5:47:43 PM)
The NCAA does sports besides basketball?

Level -> RE: NCAA clusterfuck, or why we need a playoff (12/2/2007 5:48:53 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: slaveluci quote: No. 2 West Virginia? Sorry, you had your chance. You're out, even though you'll probably still be ranked in the top 10 [image]http://www.collarchat.com/micons/m17.gif[/image][image]http://www.collarchat.com/micons/m17.gif[/image][image]http://www.collarchat.com/micons/m17.gif[/image]...just had to let that out.......luci *Awww, sweet lady hugs. Hey..... they had a great year..... but damn, Pitt got 'em....*. [X(]

Level -> RE: NCAA clusterfuck, or why we need a playoff (12/2/2007 5:49:56 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: dcnovice The NCAA does sports besides basketball? Yes, but don't tell anyone, dc. You have a favorite team in all this mish-mash?

dcnovice -> RE: NCAA clusterfuck, or why we need a playoff (12/2/2007 5:54:48 PM)
Well, Notre Dame is the family alma mater (though not mine personally), so I tend to root for them. Rumor has it they're having a rough season.

Level -> RE: NCAA clusterfuck, or why we need a playoff (12/2/2007 6:10:49 PM)
Yes, the Irish have struggled this year....... they were not even invited to the Tidy Bowl. [X(]

liks2plzlf -> RE: NCAA clusterfuck, or why we need a playoff (12/2/2007 7:37:30 PM)
Don't yale and Harvard participate in playoffs when they qualify? The other colleges compete in playoffs, and have for years. Buckeyes!! They sure showed us last year.

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