Comments on: The BCS Blows (I mean…Bowls) Thread http://kulturblog.com/2006/12/11/the-bcs-blows-i-meanbowls-thread/ A pop culture blog by Mormons but not about Mormonism Sat, 02 Jun 2012 05:23:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jeff http://kulturblog.com/2006/12/11/the-bcs-blows-i-meanbowls-thread/#comment-18480 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:12:42 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2006/12/the-bcs-blows-i-meanbowls-thread/#comment-18480 HA Floirda stomped Ohio State Take that all u hypocrits

]]> By: Bill http://kulturblog.com/2006/12/11/the-bcs-blows-i-meanbowls-thread/#comment-18479 Tue, 02 Jan 2007 06:21:56 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2006/12/the-bcs-blows-i-meanbowls-thread/#comment-18479 Well now Boise State is undefeated and there is still a week of anticlimactic games that won’t settle anything. Yes, the game was exciting, but how can anyone take this BCS seriously when they manage to screw things up three-quarters of the time, and only get it right accidentally. If Florida wins next week I certainly won’t consider them the national champion. I wouldn’t even consider OSU the champion if they win, just like I didn’t consider USC the champion when Auburn and Utah were both also undefeated.

Then again, what do you expect from an organization like the NCAA, so hypocritical and corrupt, and a bunch of college presidents who are hardly the brightest bulbs in the box.

]]> By: adam http://kulturblog.com/2006/12/11/the-bcs-blows-i-meanbowls-thread/#comment-18478 Wed, 13 Dec 2006 14:40:59 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2006/12/the-bcs-blows-i-meanbowls-thread/#comment-18478 I am an Ohio State fan and Alum. That being said I am biased. I personally would like to see some type of Playoff system in place, but I do not want it to take from the tradition of college football’s regular season. I would not enjoy a 16-team playoff system that would cut the regular season short. There is so much tradition, and emotions that is attached to the regular season. There is nothing like big-10 football in November and the OSU/Mich game the week before Thanksgiving. It is a tradition that is over 100 years old and I and other OSU fans would not like that messed with. That weekend is just as big of a holiday as thanksgiving is where family gathers with friends to watch The Game.(the fans were upset that the kick-off time was changed to 3:30 this year because it messed with tradition. Even if OSU wins on Jan 8th it will be overshadowed by this years Mich. game.)
I also like the pre-conference season, if you had a long post season you would cut out these games not get the pre-season games we are use to here like Texas, Miami, USC, Notre Dame, Oklahoma to name a few that OSU is playing in the next few years.
Personally I would however like a 8 team playoff system of some sort that mixed in the bowls. I would enjoy the top 8 teams determined by a poll system to play it out.
Like I said I am biased but I would not care to see the conference winners of non-BCS teams playing in a tournament that just added one boring game to the mix and potental injuries. I just do not think that a typical BYU type vs.- Florida, Mich, OSU, or a USC would be that greatof a match-up. (I agree you would have an occasional upset from time to time.) However if BYU made it in the top 8 then like a Boise State that would be a different story.

]]> By: Tim J http://kulturblog.com/2006/12/11/the-bcs-blows-i-meanbowls-thread/#comment-18477 Tue, 12 Dec 2006 21:22:09 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2006/12/the-bcs-blows-i-meanbowls-thread/#comment-18477 And again, College Football would OWN the month of December.

]]> By: Tim J http://kulturblog.com/2006/12/11/the-bcs-blows-i-meanbowls-thread/#comment-18476 Tue, 12 Dec 2006 21:21:36 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2006/12/the-bcs-blows-i-meanbowls-thread/#comment-18476 16-Team playoff:

Round 1 (First weekend in Dec.)

-Week Off-

Round 2 (Dec. week 3)
Round 3 (Dec. week 4)

-Week Off-

Championship (January week 2)

]]> By: S. P. Bailey http://kulturblog.com/2006/12/11/the-bcs-blows-i-meanbowls-thread/#comment-18475 Tue, 12 Dec 2006 21:11:13 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2006/12/the-bcs-blows-i-meanbowls-thread/#comment-18475 I think it has to be 16 team with conference champs. That way, the regular conference seasons mean more, not less. Also, that way, every conference is guaranteed a slice of the revenue pie. An 8-tean tourney based on polls will wind up excluding the cururent non-BCS conferences nearly as effectively as the BCS.

]]> By: Clark http://kulturblog.com/2006/12/11/the-bcs-blows-i-meanbowls-thread/#comment-18474 Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:34:00 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2006/12/the-bcs-blows-i-meanbowls-thread/#comment-18474 John’s point about injuries and healing is a good one. However I’d note the NFL doesn’t give much recovery time.

But it’s the one reason why I’m still on the fence about a 16 team playoff with all division champs. Maybe top 8 based upon polls?

]]> By: John Mansfield http://kulturblog.com/2006/12/11/the-bcs-blows-i-meanbowls-thread/#comment-18473 Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:27:55 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2006/12/the-bcs-blows-i-meanbowls-thread/#comment-18473 Rusty, I don’t care too much either way. I edge toward the fun of watching lots of teams in post-season bowl games more than getting excited over the fairness of how a champion is crowned. I can see how others would enjoy playoffs more. What seems to be ignored is how playoffs would change the nature of post-season play in ways that have nothing to do with breaking a bowl cartel. Enduring several playoff rounds would take more out of a football team than it does a basketball team. I also suppose that Division II players are smaller overall than Division I players, so again, their playoff should be less wearing on the players.

]]> By: Matt http://kulturblog.com/2006/12/11/the-bcs-blows-i-meanbowls-thread/#comment-18472 Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:26:29 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2006/12/the-bcs-blows-i-meanbowls-thread/#comment-18472 While it would still be imperfect, I have never understood why they don’t have a playoff among the winners of the four big bowl games.

]]> By: Tim J http://kulturblog.com/2006/12/11/the-bcs-blows-i-meanbowls-thread/#comment-18471 Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:25:02 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2006/12/the-bcs-blows-i-meanbowls-thread/#comment-18471 I just don’t understand why the NCAA would want us to basically forget about College Football for nearly an entire month. Seriously, Ohio St. played Michigan almost exactly a month ago, and they won’t play again for three more weeks. Makes no sense.

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