jordo212000
Posts: 10,664
Dec 17, 2010 12:26pm
enigmaax;604074 wrote:Predictably, Bill Hancock is having none of this:
http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/ncf/news/story?id=5927151&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines
You knew he would make an appearance. haha. The things Hancock says to defend the BCS only emboldens me. He is such a joke. Just tell us the real reason why there isn't a playoff. He drives me crazy when he says illogical garbage and expects us to take it at face value.
jordo212000
Posts: 10,664
Dec 17, 2010 12:30pm
enigmaax;603090 wrote: The issue remains the same, any switch from the bowl system where the NCAA invests nothing and gets guaranteed money to a system in which the NCAA forks out up front cash and hopes they've got a good market just isn't going to happen. You already see this principle for bowl games. Why is it common knowledge that any time OSU is eligible for a BCS bowl they are going to get a bid, even if there are other teams who are "better"?Because they draw. With a playoff, you aren't certain that the best teams are also the best draws and that isn't going to be good for business.
This is reality and it is sickening.
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enigmaax
Posts: 4,511
Dec 17, 2010 1:11pm
jordo212000;604142 wrote:You knew he would make an appearance. haha. The things Hancock says to defend the BCS only emboldens me. He is such a joke. Just tell us the real reason why there isn't a playoff. He drives me crazy when he says illogical garbage and expects us to take it at face value.
I know it seems like I'm all pro-BCS and whatever, but I absolutely agree with you on this. I know they can't just come right out and say it is all about money (the tax-exempt status would be at risk), but some of the covers for it are ludicrous.
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Con_Alma
Posts: 12,198
Dec 17, 2010 1:19pm
...maybe because there isn't a need for one. I'm not even sure there's a need for the National Championship game. College football can still lend to the extension of the Universities without crowning a definitive National Championship.jordo212000;604142 wrote:... Just tell us the real reason why there isn't a playoff. ...
Red_Skin_Pride
Posts: 1,226
Dec 18, 2010 12:36am
Yeah, lets just give everyone ribbons and ice cream and make sure all the players get to play. To hell with winning anything.Con_Alma;604219 wrote:...maybe because there isn't a need for one. I'm not even sure there's a need for the National Championship game. College football can still lend to the extension of the Universities without crowning a definitive National Championship.
jordo212000
Posts: 10,664
Dec 18, 2010 11:18am
Con_Alma;604219 wrote:...maybe because there isn't a need for one. I'm not even sure there's a need for the National Championship game. College football can still lend to the extension of the Universities without crowning a definitive National Championship.
haha ok. I'm guessing the odds that a playoff will happen are certainly a little higher than the odds that we go back to a system where there is no "championship" game. Everybody involved has seen the money that can be had.
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Con_Alma
Posts: 12,198
Dec 19, 2010 8:44am
I don't think there wont come a time when there's not a NC game.
Winning is important in College Football. There are plenty of opportunities to do just that already.
Winning is important in College Football. There are plenty of opportunities to do just that already.