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College Foot BOWL Mania
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I didn't like WV's penalties and personal fouls. Instead of playing a game on a level field, their players were dragging OU down to their level. I guess it's the game these days. It'll continue until the NCAA starts penalizing trash talk, which is just as severe as a late hit IMO.
Might be more total money in the playoff and more money for a team going far in it but a lot of schools would lose a lot of money because they are not strong enough to get in multiple games and will be forced to play early on in smaller crappier games that do not pay as well.
There is to much money at risk and involved for schools to give up the current system.
A lot of schools would get complete shut out of the system. Fewer total schools would get to play bowl/playoff games. There is not enough time for that to take place. At most we could expected to see maybe the top 30 BSC schools in the play off system but chance are it might be limited to the top 20. It pretty clear that one of the schools in the top 20 in the BSC ranking system would win over all in almost every case.
You do realize that the conference gets the money and not the school? Each school in the conference gets a part of the bowl money.
Also, the bowls don't have to disappear--they can be used as rounds in a playoff.
You're just arguing distribution of money at this point--which means you agree it's absurd for Div. 1-A to not have a playoff. Right? The details can all be worked out, and I'd bet it would end up being much more equitable than the system we now have.
minus one fact the conferences normally will give the school going to X bowl game the largest chunk of the money. Big 12 for example divides up the money 13 ways. 2/13 to the school that goes to the game and 1/13 to the rest.
Some conferences will lose money because lets face it they do not have any schools that can complete for even a remote chance so no go for them. Sun Belt Conference could kiss it one school it sends to the bowl games each year good bye. All the weaker D-1A schools that have a bowl game can kiss them good bye. All the weak conferences that are D-1 can kiss any bowl games they have good bye.
Bowl games are also a way schools get their name out there and hmm that does not related to confrence at all but to the school name.
Net result of a playoff system would mean a lot fewer schools would have a bowl game and I willing to bet we would have fewer bowl games total because fewer games can be played on the same day as it is currently.
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I hoped I fixed it before your meddling eyes arrived.
nope I quoted it while it still said Sugar Bowl
regarding the playoffs, the ncaa's 'official' answer is "the kids need to take their finals, so having playoffs will interfere with their studies" or something like that. that's dumb, and we know that is 100% false. every other sport has kids running around doing sports during finals. look at the ncaa basketball tourney. schools on quarter systems are taking final exams during the tourney. it's all about the $$$, and that's all.
and here's a way they can fix it. all the non playoff schools can go play in the taco bell bowl or something during the week and get their gifts, while the playoff teams play in a playoff on fridays and saturdays. it can start two weeks after the final day of play and end around new years. everyone's happy, right? but i bet the ncaa will have excuses ready.
and here's a way they can fix it. all the non playoff schools can go play in the taco bell bowl or something during the week and get their gifts, while the playoff teams play in a playoff on fridays and saturdays. it can start two weeks after the final day of play and end around new years. everyone's happy, right? but i bet the ncaa will have excuses ready.
oh whatever it was clean
lol and what school has classes right now? thats right most are on winter break for like a month lol
there needs to be a playoff
Rodimus--
As I said, you're merely arguing distribution. There would be a much larger pool of money available, so even if some conferences don't have teams in the playoff, they can still get a share--all that is simply negotiation.
The bigger point is that the current system does not produce a champion on the field, and that's ridiculous. Every other football level manages to do it.
As others have said, even if there are fewer bowl games, so what? Most of them are awful. Alternatively, have a playoff of 16 teams and let the rest of the teams go to the bowls that aren't a part of the playoff. There are ways to do both.
As I said, you're merely arguing distribution. There would be a much larger pool of money available, so even if some conferences don't have teams in the playoff, they can still get a share--all that is simply negotiation.
The bigger point is that the current system does not produce a champion on the field, and that's ridiculous. Every other football level manages to do it.
As others have said, even if there are fewer bowl games, so what? Most of them are awful. Alternatively, have a playoff of 16 teams and let the rest of the teams go to the bowls that aren't a part of the playoff. There are ways to do both.