2012 College Football Thread

[munchausen]

An all-SEC title game would bum so many people out. Maybe that would be the final straw that led to a playoff.

 

[edinatlanta]

so let me get this straight, now the argument in favor of a playoff is that because the two best teams are from the SEC, that wouldn't be good so we should have a playoff? Like, while there are merits for such a system the stupidest arguments are being trotted out for it.

 

[munchausen]

Somehow I think that some shenanigans will manage to get Stanford into the title game.

 

[MrG]



That made me spit soup on my monitor
Also, go Dawgs. Ugly win, but we'll take it.

Agreed. They can't all be pretty. I kind of thought that game might be a bit ugly. With Tech and the SECCG on the horizon, it's easy to look ahead of a terrible UK team.

A sad day for the Bulldog Nation. RIP Larry Munson http://blogs.ajc.com/uga-sports-blo...a-broadcaster-larry-munson-dies-at-age-of-89/

I heard about this earlier.

RIP, Larry. A lot of his calls are permanent parts of Bulldog history.

 

[munchausen]



so let me get this straight, now the argument in favor of a playoff is that because the two best teams are from the SEC, that wouldn't be good so we should have a playoff? Like, while there are merits for such a system the stupidest arguments are being trotted out for it.

I'm not saying it's a good argument at all. I'm just saying that it's a result that the NCAA wouldn't like as it reduces nationwide interest in the title game. I don't want a playoff but I think it's inevitable that we end up with one. I would rather go back to before the BCS, when it was all about winning your conference, beating your biggest rival and getting into a bowl game, but you can't unring that bell.

 

[ChicagoRon]



so let me get this straight, now the argument in favor of a playoff is that because the two best teams are from the SEC, that wouldn't be good so we should have a playoff? Like, while there are merits for such a system the stupidest arguments are being trotted out for it.

Actually, that has always been one of the primary arguments of a playoff. They favor the "best team playing today" over the best overall performance over a season.

They also ensure the SEC teams have to play some Non-SEC competition to PROVE they are the best two teams, rather than doing it by dominating SEC competition only. (Again, I'll point to 2007 when tOSU and Michigan played an epic 1 vs. 2 battle, then went on to lose BOTH their bowl games.... it's no different when it's the SEC or the Big 10.)

Think about a team that has a number of injuries late in the season, and fields a b-team in the championship.

Finally, there has been a long history of this in the NFL and nobody has cared. Remember when San Francisco/Dallas or New England / Indianapolis were the "de facto" Super Bowls? Still, people want to see an AFC/NFC matchup in the superbowl.

 

[StephenHero]

I think the top 8 BCS teams should be matched up 1-8, 2-7, etc. in the four BCS bowls and the four winners should have a single elimination playoff afterwards. You're only adding two more games.

 

[moffy]

but college football is a one semester sport. academics come first. adding a playoff would jeopardize the education of the student athletes. would somebody please think of the student athletes?

 

[ChicagoRon]

And yet the college world series happens after they graduate

 

[ConcernedParent]



I think the top 8 BCS teams should be matched up 1-8, 2-7, etc. in the four BCS bowls and the four winners should have a single elimination playoff afterwards. You're only adding two more games.

Enter controversy over teams 9-whatever about being snubbed. It's pretty plausible to end up having 9 or so 1 (or less) loss teams by bowl time.

but college football is a one semester sport. academics come first. adding a playoff would jeopardize the education of the student athletes. would somebody please think of the student athletes?

 

[chantheman]

last thing the BSC committee wants is Arkansas to beat LSU this week

 

[ChicagoRon]

This is hilarious

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footba...t-fails-Michigan-State-8217?urn=ncaaf-wp10226

 

[tj100]



I think the top 8 BCS teams should be matched up 1-8, 2-7, etc. in the four BCS bowls and the four winners should have a single elimination playoff afterwards. You're only adding two more games.

I think they should have the conference champions of the major conferences square off in a playoff. I really don't like the idea of a team that didn't win their conference having a shot at the National title.

I'm pretty content with having one of Alabama, Arkansas, or LSU in the title game; not thrilled at all with the idea of an SEC rematch though.

 

[ChicagoRon]



I think they should have the conference champions of the major conferences square off in a playoff. I really don't like the idea of a team that didn't win their conference having a shot at the National title.
I'm pretty content with having one of Alabama, Arkansas, or LSU in the title game; not thrilled at all with the idea of an SEC rematch though.

So you hate the NCAA Basketball Tournament?

 

[tj100]



So you hate the NCAA Basketball Tournament?

I don't love it.

I think it's a fun event, but I don't think it does a great job in equitably determining what basketball team is the best, and it's also done a great job of hollowing out the value of the regular season and conference tournaments. It's great theater, but I'm not sure it's great sports.

I actually think the current BCS system almost certainly does a better job matching up the best two teams in the country then the NCAA Basketball Title game does.