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01-09-2008, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Nutriaitch
WTF have we done to offend the football gods? Last time we won it, it was questioned, and now again this time. Not many really questioned USC's title when Auburn was left out. Nobody questioned Miami's the year Nebraska undeservingly got in. Nobody really questioned OU's the year FSU got there over Miami, etc. etc.
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01-09-2008, 01:31 PM
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Ahh questioning your title. Welcome to our world. |
Well, at least no one said y'all played the wrong team, and may not be better than team X who played a weaker opponent in another bowl game. Then have the media lessen your win because it was a "home" game, yet leave out the fact that team X played just as much of a "home" game as yours. Then let that happen TWICE in a 5 year period.
I just HOPE and PRAY that if the LSU/USC game ever happens, that both teams are completely healthy, and not in a "down" year. I don't want any excuses from either side. The hype and build-up to that game would be HUGE!
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01-09-2008, 01:55 PM
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I hear what you guys are saying and a playoff would certainly end the arguments about the legitimacy of the national champion. However, I also think it would be good for the losing team as well. With the expansion of the BCS, the other games are so watered down it seems and the championship game is of such magnitude that unless it is a game like the Texas-USC from a couple of years ago; the loser gets skewered in the media (unless it is Oklahoma). A team that endured a 4 round playoff to get to the NC game would certainly not be treated with such disrespect as this year's Buckeyes.
For me, I favor a playoff because of the match-ups it would produce. Teams like LSU, USC, OU, tOSU would likely be seeing one another on a regular basis. You'd see rivalries develop in time. I'm also afraid that teams will stop scheduling tough non-conference games if they think its going to bite them in the ass. When Kansas gets the BCS bid over Mizzou, that does nothing to encourage teams to play stronger schedules.
I like the model that has the 16 team field with all of the conference champs and a couple of wild cards. Play the first round at home sites. Use bowl sites/neutral fields for the later rounds. Leave the bowls in place and let them have teams that lost in the first round. I know it is not going to happen, but I can dream.
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01-09-2008, 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Nutriaitch
Well, at least no one said y'all played the wrong team, and may not be better than team X who played a weaker opponent in another bowl game. Then have the media lessen your win because it was a "home" game, yet leave out the fact that team X played just as much of a "home" game as yours. Then let that happen TWICE in a 5 year period.
I just HOPE and PRAY that if the LSU/USC game ever happens, that both teams are completely healthy, and not in a "down" year. I don't want any excuses from either side. The hype and build-up to that game would be HUGE!
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Last time I checked, this year's crystal football will still be in your trophy case...
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01-09-2008, 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by MuckFich06
I like the model that has the 16 team field with all of the conference champs and a couple of wild cards. Play the first round at home sites. Use bowl sites/neutral fields for the later rounds. Leave the bowls in place and let them have teams that lost in the first round. I know it is not going to happen, but I can dream.
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I'm against a playoff actually. What I love about college football, is the excitement of the regular season. For example, if we win our conference, we would be in a playoff (comissioners would never allow a system that doesn't ensure a spot for league champs). So, when Va Tech played BC in the regular season, I probably would have watched, but no way in hell would I have been jumping around and screaming at my TV (I was at a hotel in Corpus, and woke the neighbors) when Va Tech choked that game away. I probably would not have cared about the 'Zona/Oregon game, nor the USF/Rutgers game. Yet I was IN TO each of those, because of what they meant to my team. This happens EVERY year for several teams' fans. That would be completely lost with a playoff system.
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01-09-2008, 02:05 PM
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Last time I checked, this year's crystal football will still be in your trophy case...
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So is the one from '03, it just gets old having to justify it to outsiders. Especially when teams from your own conference (Auburn '03) defend team X instead. And those bastard wonder why we shed no tears for them in '04 .
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"I would rather a daughter in a whorehouse than a son at Auburn"
If Auburn was playing Satan's Army, I'd probably pull for the Prince of Darkness.
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01-09-2008, 02:08 PM
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Surprise, surprise. The UGA pres proposes not giving higher seeds any home field advantage.
My question is, if the playoff format was such that the higher seed had home field advantage in the first round, would *ANY* SEC president vote in favor of it? The mere prospect of sending an SEC team to Columbus, A^2, State College, South Bend, etc. in December would make me in favor of it.
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01-09-2008, 02:21 PM
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lol I'd get a kick out of an SEC team having to play here in December.
football is always good fun, but its at its best outside in crappy weather. jmo.
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