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BCS Administrator on Rose Bowl and NonAQ.   Message List  
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Re: [collegebcs] Re: BCS Administrator on Rose Bowl and NonAQ.

2009/6/10 Emmet O'Brien <obrienemmet@...> wrote

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> >I agreed they should have a playoff system, like they do in others sports
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So you would be happy to be like the NFL and have 32 teams playing the
regular season then contesting a play-off??

Alan


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Bill Hancock, administrator of the BCS(and former director of the Final Four) was a guest on a Sports Talk program here in Columbus today that is co-hosted by ... 		Jim Mengel
jmmengel
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12:01 pm

the bcs system is a load of crap. college football would make way more money if they had a playoff system and still keep the tradition and dignity of the bowl...
thegame19800869
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5:36 am

... It they could do that they would have done it by now. It's simply not realistic to expect the bowls to co-exist with a play-off system. Jerry has an...
eaglealan64
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3:22 pm
Emmet O'Brien
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5:20 am

Agreed Kevin. There is not one BCS Champion who did not deserve it on the strength of a season. The same cannot be said for any other sport....
Jim Mengel
jmmengel
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1:29 pm

2009/6/10 Emmet O'Brien <obrienemmet@...> wrote ... So you would be happy to be like the NFL and have 32 teams playing the regular season then contesting...
Alan Milnes
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4:56 pm

... Thankfully, I don't think we will ever see a playoff system in NCAA Football as long as the Bowl Committee are around.......and besides this ain't baseball...
Jason O'Mahony
jayoshanks
Offline Send Email 		Jun 11, 2009
12:19 pm

You guys all crack me up. Everybody's caving on a playoff system using the same shopworn assertion that "every week is a playoff in college footie". Please,...
reidomo
Offline Send Email 		Jun 13, 2009
3:44 pm

Your argument could use some explanation. What is it that needs to change? Under the system in place college football stages a 12 game regular season that...
Jim Mengel
jmmengel
Online Now Send Email 		Jun 13, 2009
11:10 pm

System is doing fine if what you're after is profits for colleges. But how do we know that a playoff system would not register even more attendance and even...
reidomo
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1:25 am

The BCS is definitely imperfect. Ideally, a bracket system as large as college basketball would be great. However, that is not going to happen. Why is that?...
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hpbiiidvm
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3:22 pm

... Bowl teams play 13 or 14 games during the season. I'd say that's "deciding it on the field." Penn State Proud, Trader Kevin...
Trader Kevin
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5:20 am

I'd like to chime in with a couple of observations. First, it is very difficult to compare football to baseball, basketball, and hockey because football is...
John Martin
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You may be using a new whip, but the horse is still dead. Both the Rose and the Fiesta Bowls, which are, after all, just "exhibition games, beat any game of...
Jim Mengel
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