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« Reply #30 on: December 05, 2006, 07:19:59 PM »
right.  The conferences share the money.  If Florida plays in the Sugar Bowl it helps Vanderbilt.
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« Reply #31 on: December 05, 2006, 07:38:56 PM »
By little schools I mean every school in division 1-A and not in a BCS conference.
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« Reply #32 on: December 06, 2006, 06:03:26 AM »
I\'m not saying get rid of bowl games.  There can still be bowl games for the teams outside the top 8 or 16.
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« Reply #33 on: December 06, 2006, 06:50:25 AM »
I like bowl games.  One of the things I really like about college football is bowl games.  Unlike every other sport more then just 1 team can end their post-season with a win.  

If you take the top 8 teams in for a playoff,  what will the 9th place team say?  Especially if they have a record equal to the 8th and 7th place teams,  or in Boise State\'s case they are undefeated but have a weak schedule?

College football IS bowl games. Not playoffs.  Always has been always will be.  Of the 1 loss teams,  Michigan had their chance,  and now the second one lost team Florida is getting its chance.  

If Ohio State beats Florida should Ohio State have to play 2 more teams to prove they are the best team in the Country?  And if Florida beats Ohio State should they have to play 2 more teams to prove they are the best in the country?

If you bring in a 8 team playoff system every year would that be fair to two 12-0 teams at #1 and #2?  Should Texas have to play 2 more teams last January to prove they are the best?  No.

And what is so horribly wrong about split national championships?  These are kids,  not paid professional athletes.  No need to run them through extra games during December exams just to please media

One thing I noticed is that alot of the people who want playoffs really dont care much about the tradition of college football.  Former LSU coach Nick Saban,  Urban Meyer, all these guys ready to cut and run to the NFL,  yet they want to change the history and tradition of college football before they do.

I dont see why there is ANY controversy this year,  Florida and Ohio State is playing for the title and whoever wins is clearly the best team in the country.
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« Reply #34 on: December 06, 2006, 02:10:09 PM »
I completely agree with everything Clowd just said.
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« Reply #35 on: December 07, 2006, 04:26:23 PM »
With lawmakers from Michigan now demanding a playoff system Im glad some people see things the same way I do.  

The BCS has matched the top two ranked opponents a lot more than pre-bcs times while keeping the integrity of bowl games.  Can\'t ask for much more than that.
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« Reply #36 on: December 07, 2006, 05:15:22 PM »
you can have a playoff system and have consolation games...

p.s. I don\'t see anyone complaining about the NCAA basketball playoff... and yes I know they can\'t play 6 rounds... but 6 conf(Big East, ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10, SEC, etc.) winners and 2 atlarges would do just fine.  That way if you are the 2nd best team in your conf you still have a chance.
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« Reply #37 on: December 07, 2006, 05:31:37 PM »
Quote from: The Hurricane

p.s. I don\'t see anyone complaining about the NCAA basketball playoff... and yes I know they can\'t play 6 rounds... but 6 conf(Big East, ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10, SEC, etc.) winners and 2 atlarges would do just fine.  That way if you are the 2nd best team in your conf you still have a chance.


Because thats comparing apples to oranges...
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« Reply #38 on: December 07, 2006, 06:11:07 PM »
It really is.  Establishing an NCAA Tournament in basketball didn\'t kill tradition in any way...the championship was already being decided via tournament.  And basketball and football are two completely different games.

Also, have you ever noticed the people who tend to campaign for a playoff tend to fall into one of two categories: sore losers or pro football fans?
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« Reply #39 on: December 07, 2006, 08:19:47 PM »
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With lawmakers from Michigan now demanding a playoff system


Are you serious?
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« Reply #40 on: December 07, 2006, 08:54:44 PM »
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Are you serious?

Right as I was starting that post I read on si about how two different lawmakers in Michigan were talking about it.  A republican and a democrat, thats about all I remember on who they were.

Actually heres the link
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/football/ncaa/12/07/michgian.lawmakers.ap/index.html
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« Reply #41 on: December 07, 2006, 11:22:13 PM »
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That way if you are the 2nd best team in your conf you still have a chance.


If you are by definition 2nd best in any conference, why should you have a chance to play for the national title?  If we already know there is a team that\'s better than you, then how do you belong in the conversation for best team in the nation?
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« Reply #42 on: December 08, 2006, 07:43:52 PM »
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Right as I was starting that post I read on si about how two different lawmakers in Michigan were talking about it.  A republican and a democrat, thats about all I remember on who they were.

Actually heres the link
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/football/ncaa/12/07/michgian.lawmakers.ap/index.html



Dude, that\'s just silly.

Don\'t the have more important things to deal with?


I guess not.
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« Reply #43 on: December 10, 2006, 10:24:08 AM »
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« Reply #44 on: December 10, 2006, 12:09:16 PM »
Highest percentage of first place votes ever.  Amazing.
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