Yesterday I read some of the statements from the Playoff Problem website. What a joke!! The BCS arguments are ridiculous.
I agree with most of what Wetzel is proposing. In my opinion, I would like to see a playoff system starting with 32 teams, which includes everyone in the top 25 coaches poll, plus each conference champ (if that champ is not in the coaches poll) and then the other spots could be lottery bids or something.
I am upset that there is a stigma that not all conferences are equal. Terms such as "mid-majors" vs "power conferences" make me mad. I say that if a team has qualified to play Division I ball, then they are on an equal playing field. I understand why a 9-3 LSU team is invited over a 10-2 BYU team if they are ranked higher. Yes, that is fine, but stop calling the MWC and WAC the little red-headed step brother conferences that nobody cares about. If we are in your division, we are just as good as you, and the recent BCS busting games show that (except for Hawaii). I guess what it will take to prove this is more teams being willing to play cross conference (ahem...BYU). We need more exposure and more opportunity.
What if conferences were done away with? it was the responsibility of each team to schedule the opponents that would take them to the top. I guess that's what some schools are (Notre Dame). That'd be cool to try.
Corporations are too involved. There is too much money being exchanged over the sport. It ruins the sport for me cause now if I want to see games on TV i have to pay huge dollars to get cable and stuff. so lame.
Hiring Ari Fleisher as the BCS PR guru is a desperation move if ever there was one! His explanation(s) are pathetic and ridiculous (being diplomatic).
It's just like most other things, though -- follow the money. The money tells the tale.
Change will come when the bowl execs become convinced that "December/January Madness" can be as lucrative as March Madness, and not a minute sooner. Even then, the power conferences will fight to hold onto their much greater share of the pie.
But, people want a winner decided on the field. Maybe it will happen sometime.
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Yesterday I read some of the statements from the Playoff Problem website. What a joke!! The BCS arguments are ridiculous.
I agree with most of what Wetzel is proposing. In my opinion, I would like to see a playoff system starting with 32 teams, which includes everyone in the top 25 coaches poll, plus each conference champ (if that champ is not in the coaches poll) and then the other spots could be lottery bids or something.
I am upset that there is a stigma that not all conferences are equal. Terms such as "mid-majors" vs "power conferences" make me mad. I say that if a team has qualified to play Division I ball, then they are on an equal playing field. I understand why a 9-3 LSU team is invited over a 10-2 BYU team if they are ranked higher. Yes, that is fine, but stop calling the MWC and WAC the little red-headed step brother conferences that nobody cares about. If we are in your division, we are just as good as you, and the recent BCS busting games show that (except for Hawaii). I guess what it will take to prove this is more teams being willing to play cross conference (ahem...BYU). We need more exposure and more opportunity.
What if conferences were done away with? it was the responsibility of each team to schedule the opponents that would take them to the top. I guess that's what some schools are (Notre Dame). That'd be cool to try.
Corporations are too involved. There is too much money being exchanged over the sport. It ruins the sport for me cause now if I want to see games on TV i have to pay huge dollars to get cable and stuff. so lame.
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Hiring Ari Fleisher as the BCS PR guru is a desperation move if ever there was one! His explanation(s) are pathetic and ridiculous (being diplomatic).
It's just like most other things, though -- follow the money. The money tells the tale.
Change will come when the bowl execs become convinced that "December/January Madness" can be as lucrative as March Madness, and not a minute sooner. Even then, the power conferences will fight to hold onto their much greater share of the pie.
But, people want a winner decided on the field. Maybe it will happen sometime.
Don't hold your breath.
Dad
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