Posted on 10/17/2010 8:51:01 PM PDT by optiguy
You're also a day late (well, a year) on your info, last year's top Big Ten teams ALL won their bowl games. Wisconsin beat Miami; Penn State beat LSU; Iowa beat up Georgia Tech. Heck, even the lesser teams bowl scores were very close.
So much for your soft schedule theory.
And for the record, USC finally got what it deserved..............probation and sanctions for cheating. Congrats to them.
USC - the best team money can buy.
Hear, hear. And after Boise State wins against those two ranked opponents, I don't think the big conferences will be rushing to accept any games with the Broncos.
I think the BCS is based on teams they have already played, not teams there are scheduled to play.
That plays directly to my point. Auburn has beaten 3 of the BCS ranked teams. Granted they weren't BCS ranked when the poll was taken, but they were all in the AP top 25.
It’s not a matter of how long the season would be, it’s a matter of money and logistics.
First, the money. Little known secret. Most teams that go ‘bowling’ lose money. Only the top few bowls pay enough for the teams to break even or even make a bit. You’ve got too many games in your playoff so most of the earlier games will lose money. Try and convince an athletic director to sign up for three losing games before he makes a profit.
Second, logistics. You won’t get any fans to travel to any of the games. Suppose your team plays in round one. You want know they’re going to round two until late on game day round one. Now, they’ve got to make reservations, buy tickets, find an airline. Then there’s round three... Even if your team makes it into the championship game, you’ll have the same problem.
Need I mention the logistics of moving the teams around? Fly to the game site for round one on Friday. Play Saturday. Return on Sunday. Rest on Monday. Practice on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Repeat four times. Any idea how tired the teams would be in the last two rounds?
About the biggest playoff that would work is eight teams.
Now, you could have four super-conferences of sixteen teams in two divisions. That’s eight teams. Four conference championship games. The four winners go to a playoff.
Of course, that would require massive conference realignments so that’s out.
The big 10 went 4-3 in bowl games last year - breaking I believe an 8 year run of losing more than winning.
For the long run of the last decade - they have been over rated. And they continue to be over rated. One or two good games is not enough.
Michigan scheduled Massachusetts. Seriously. Will they schedule Williams next? Or maybe Wellesly?
Like I said. #1 loses again, just like clockwork. Is Oregon next?
Missouri certainly now has to enter the conversation in the National Championship race.
Yes, I would say so. And do you know what I like about them? They bring their lunch buckets and act like workmen. No glamor, just hardnosed football.
There is no way Missouri could stay withing 24 points of Oregon.
And for you Auburn fans, Auburn’s pass defense sucks and no team is in nearly as well conditioned as Oregon. Chip Kelly was laughing at UCLA when UCLA had to take a defensive time out early in the first quarter.
Loved it when he said if the team was feeling pressure prior to the game. His response was that, “You only feel pressure if you don’t know what you are doing; and we know what we are doing.”
Yep ... just like the AP, the BCS is cursed. Next!
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