tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post7119273312597883334..comments2023-11-02T03:56:06.817-04:00Comments on FeinsteinOnTheBrink: If you are sick of anti-BCS or ESPN opinions, you are hereby forewarned of today’s topicsJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10418812412651310398noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post-77350466542705769032010-10-20T11:02:48.790-04:002010-10-20T11:02:48.790-04:00I am not sure a playoff is the answer, though. As...I am not sure a playoff is the answer, though. Ask the players and the College Football purists. A bowl game makes it so much more exciting and brings passion to the game because you should have to go undefeated to go to the national championship. Make every week count. Going to a bowl game and hanging out in a different city for a week is great. The players get to have fun and it gives each school good exposure. In all honesty, I think that is why so many people love this game. Why so many people live for saturdays and are so heartbroken when their team loses. I agree that something should be done to get the TCU's and Boises of the world recognition, but I hope we keep the post season the way it is. With that said, you don't see Gary Patterson complaining. He goes about his business and wins ball games. Same for Chris Petersen. <br /><br /><br />Great article. Enjoyed the comments, need less emotion from the peanut gallery though. Go Frogs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post-34219598323419113422010-10-19T15:18:16.865-04:002010-10-19T15:18:16.865-04:00Keep up the frustration Mr. Feinstein I'm righ...Keep up the frustration Mr. Feinstein I'm right there with you. <br /><br />Those "power" conferences get guys like Mallet Heisman votes when you watch him throw horrendous picks that cost his team a win while a guy like Kellen Moore will get zero. <br /><br />BCS/Polls mirror this small minded thinking.qtlaw24https://www.blogger.com/profile/00899760269354761775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post-34831278537040363972010-10-19T13:40:15.073-04:002010-10-19T13:40:15.073-04:00John, great column today. I'd love to see TCU ...John, great column today. I'd love to see TCU and Boise square off for the national title but I don't thinks the "opinions" would allow this. Think of the lost revenues to the network and the BCS Conferences.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post-35926923363947830692010-10-19T13:23:11.654-04:002010-10-19T13:23:11.654-04:00On the subject of ESPN, what is the deal with all ...On the subject of ESPN, what is the deal with all the buses? During NFL training camps, Chris Mortensen and Adam Schefter both traveled from camp to camp by bus. There is a college football bus. There is a Monday Night Football bus. It seems like some ESPN producer heard about the Madden bus when he was a kid and thought it was the greatest thing ever, so he had to copy it at ESPN.Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post-357538278506780152010-10-19T12:22:37.966-04:002010-10-19T12:22:37.966-04:00John, your column was spot-on today. We at TCU hav...John, your column was spot-on today. We at TCU have been dealing with this condescension for some time now, even though we do what we can, schedule those who have the guts to play us (ahem, Ohio State, Texas...), and win those games. Now that ESPN controls the BCS, they are actively working against us. They are a powerful foe with a mighty voice.<br /><br />How do we fight them?<br /><br />TCU is a small school. A private school. We have a rich and storied history complete with National Championships, Heisman Trophy and a national award named after one of our best players. Our accomplishments against schools 10 times larger than ours should be celebrated. David vs. Goliath has always been an American fascination, and our rocks have been unerring in these latter years.<br /><br />Dutch Meyer, who coached the Frogs in the 50's had a saying, "We'll fight 'em till Hell freezes over, then we'll fight 'em on the ice!" ESPN is a powerful foe. How do we fight them? <br /><br />Let us know. We are ready.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post-85983601859701854292010-10-19T10:52:23.275-04:002010-10-19T10:52:23.275-04:00John, I think you speak for many of us when you c...John, I think you speak for many of us when you comment about ESPN and its self-promotion. I also get a kick out of Dan Patrick when he refers to the "4 letter guys" as the "Mother Ship." The only way to solve the problems you raise and we all recognize is with a play-off. It's not the easiest thing to accomplish unless one is totally unconcerned with the number of season-ending games we ask these players to play and the length of the season. Plus, even if we get 8 teams in a play-off, the arguments will continue. Maybe the old system of relying on the polls with split decisions and all the arguing wasn't so bad!PeteWillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post-43344053537989965452010-10-19T08:02:38.790-04:002010-10-19T08:02:38.790-04:00Yep, I'm an idiot. Somehow slipped Boise in my...Yep, I'm an idiot. Somehow slipped Boise in my thinking for Utah...just got fired up reading Max and wrote without thinking. Moral of the story - its stupid that it matters anything other than bragging rights for fan bases and teams. Unfortunately bowls/history matters and helps determine who plays for championships in subsequent years.Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post-40264368739742029542010-10-19T02:09:20.758-04:002010-10-19T02:09:20.758-04:00BTW- Max is right in his correction of Tim: Alabam...BTW- Max is right in his correction of Tim: Alabama was beaten by Utah, not Boise St. Perhaps Tim was thinking of Boise's victory over Oklahoma 2yrs earlier in the Fiesta Bowl. Max was wrong about the the local of Utah's beat down of Bama; it wasn't in South FL (I'm assuming he was thinking of the Orange Bowl), but was, in fact, in New Orleans at the Sugar Bowl. I guess Max and Tim both need to do a better job of researching before commenting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post-44542544429466591602010-10-19T01:59:35.565-04:002010-10-19T01:59:35.565-04:00Max: If Bama players "could care less," ...Max: If Bama players "could care less," as you say, then at least they still had some interest in playing the game. I mean, it's not like the couldn't care less; in which case, I guess you would have a point.<br />All that aside, it's not the NCAA that decides the champion at all; they are complicit in the madness, but it is actually the BCS that awards the championship. See wikipedia for clarification: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FBS_National_Football_Championship<br />As far as I can tell, there is nothing stopping the NCAA from starting it's own DI-AA style playoff for DI-A rather than farming the process out to the BCS. I guess they just go along with the big money players that run the bowls.<br />To the commenter that asked about the new book, "Death to the BCS," I have heard nothing but good things and plan to pick it up soon. Basically what it says is: University athletic departments are strapped for cash because all of the organizations that run the bowls eat up a lot of the revenue by lining their own pockets. If AD's, Pres's, etc. would just break away from the idea of bowl traditions, then the potential pot of money would increase substantially under a playoff system. The authors actually did some really good investigative work by looking at tax records and other financial statements to uncover the level of corruption involved. They also use sound logic to beat back every argument that BCS apologists use for their case.<br />Tim is right about Billingsly; he is a kook. Here is an excerpt from the book deriding the computer rankings used by the BCS:<br />http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ys-deathtothebcs101310Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post-71403833494181564052010-10-18T20:40:28.984-04:002010-10-18T20:40:28.984-04:00Tim
When did Boise State beat Alabama???? Do some...Tim<br /><br />When did Boise State beat Alabama???? Do some research before you start to rip me. All I said was that I would not put much stock in bowl games. This year I do believe Boise State could play with anybody in the country and if two teams from the Big XII, Pac-10, Big 10, or SEC do not go undefeated, they belong in the BCS Title Game.Maxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post-78121474729097336352010-10-18T18:35:53.211-04:002010-10-18T18:35:53.211-04:00Why can't they take the top 8 teams at the end...Why can't they take the top 8 teams at the end of the regular season and match them in a playoff and have them play in the regular bowl games that are played now. 4 teams play 1 game, 4 play 2 games and the last 2 teams play 3 games. They could be moved around the country to include some of the smaller bowls that are played in december and we would know who the national champion is on the field of play. Every other year we have a disputed national champion. I think the NCAA doesn't want to do it because they are afraid of the Boise States and TCU's and the other unknown teams that will come to the forefront in the future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post-81015793884135654582010-10-18T17:59:30.930-04:002010-10-18T17:59:30.930-04:00Go Frogs...love the site!Go Frogs...love the site!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post-65684538786270906122010-10-18T16:44:41.876-04:002010-10-18T16:44:41.876-04:00Max - you are good at excuse making. Congrats! Fac...Max - you are good at excuse making. Congrats! Fact is, you can make an excuse at every loss any time a game is played but the fact is they lined up and played, and Boise State beat them. It's 100% relevant in today's system to determine the champion, unfortunately, and the fact that Boise State lined up and played on the 2nd biggest stage in college football and won vs. Alabama is a counter argument that they don't belong. If the players weren't ready to play for the stakes at hand, then blame Saban.<br /><br />And you can bet all the money in the world that if college basketball was determined by voters, then every coach in America would get his team ready to play in a game that does help shape voters and computers minds for the next year. And while you ask how it helps next years computers? Yes, one of them (I believe Billingsly) does use the previous years finish to determine the starting point for the current year. What a joke.Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post-25216461071861086222010-10-18T16:28:20.336-04:002010-10-18T16:28:20.336-04:00John
You need to stop bringing up that Alabama los...John<br />You need to stop bringing up that Alabama lost to Utah two years ago. Alabama was coming off an emotional loss to Florida in the SEC Championship which ended their National Championship hopes. The Tide seniors could have cared less, they just went for the party to South Florida. <br /><br />It would be like basing the results of the third place game in the Final Four if they still played that game as an indicator. Those teams just came off an emotional loss and could care less about being No. 3. That is why they stopped playing that game.Maxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post-78983877887441049782010-10-18T15:26:09.929-04:002010-10-18T15:26:09.929-04:00I think our only hope of a playoff is for school P...I think our only hope of a playoff is for school Presidents to need the money more than now, and bring the football postseason into the NCAA. Currently, there is no financial benefit to the NCAA, and subsequently the programs, other than small money and fundraising talking points. Heck, if they bring the football playoff in-house, maybe they will quit threatening to expand the NCAA basketball tournament in the hopes of generating more revenue.<br /><br />Also, have you read the 'Death to the BCS' book by the Yahoo! guys? Worth the read?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980010523927297374.post-12976186467076677962010-10-18T15:14:11.468-04:002010-10-18T15:14:11.468-04:00How is Craig James still covering college football...How is Craig James still covering college football after he interfered with the coaching situation at Texas Tech?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com