[Husker] Huh? Bad Decision?

[jon johnston]

I don't think that the BCS is a joke as much as all these schools  
scheduling garbage and selling it to fans. Big teams don't want to  
schedule Hawaii and they want all home games because they're all  
addicted to mounds of cash.

Look at Nebraska's 2008 schedule. Virginia Tech is decent, then you  
get Western Michigan, San Jose State, and New Mexico State, none of  
which finished with a winning record this season, but all willing to  
come to Lincoln.

As long as we keep buying what the college presidents are selling,  
this is what we're going to get.

This will continue to get worse and as costs go up, i.e. coach's  
salaries increase, facilities/arms race continues, there will be a  
crisis in college football in the next five to ten years.

Jon Johnston
http://www.cornnation.com

On Dec 3, 2007, at 8:16 PM, Michael J Schultz wrote:

> I recent read an article that stated Hawaii tried to schedule teams  
> like
> Michigan this year but they wanted App State instead and loss, they  
> called USC but they
> did not want any part of Colt Brennan, they also had Mich St on  
> their schedule this year but Mich St
> opted out of it to play a D-II team instead.
>
> Then look at Ohio State which happens to slide into the BCS game  
> that played
> Youngstown State Univ, Akron, and Kent State and no real competition  
> in the Big Ten this year.
> They had a very soft schedule and probably have the same results  
> again like last years game.
>
> I feel for teams like Boise St and Hawaii that try to play the Big  
> Schools but if they have
> a good teams they will not play you because they are afraid to lose  
> and be embarrassed.
> The BCS in my opinion is a joke. College football needs a playoff  
> system so everyone has
> a chance to be a champion no matter what conference you are in.
>
>
> Michael J. Schultz
> Surf4evr at msn.com
>
>
>
>> Subject: RE: [Husker] Huh? Bad Decision?> Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007  
>> 15:23:55 -0500> From: SLawson at uamail.albany.edu> To: reggie at kearney.net 
>> ; husker at tssi.com> CC: > > Since they are in a perceived 'weaker'  
>> conference the only way for teams> like Hawaii to improve their  
>> status in the voters' eyes and the BCS> standings is to schedule  
>> higher profile teams out of their conference. I> know this is  
>> sometimes difficult because most teams have little to gain> by  
>> scheduling teams like Boise St. and Hawaii, but unfortunately  
>> that's> the way it goes. The system essentially sucks unless you  
>> belong to one> of the major conferences. > > It always makes me  
>> chuckle when the teams from weaker (or mid major)> conferences moan  
>> and groan about being excluded from the big games, when> at the  
>> beginning of the season they all knew they were in a weak>  
>> conference and the BCS rules have been in place for several seasons  
>> now> (as silly as they are). Again, I'm not saying the BCS system  
>> is a good> one (it is far from it) but these teams should lobby or  
>> try to do> something about it before they go 11-0.> > And as much  
>> as I dislike Missouri, they really got boned by the BCS when> it  
>> picked Kansas for the Orange Bowl, in my opinion.> > Scott in NY> >  
>> > > -----Original Message-----> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com 
>> ] On Behalf> Of marc> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 4:00 PM> To: husker at tssi.com 
>> > Subject: RE: [Husker] Huh? Bad Decision?> > I don't disagree that  
>> Hawaii's schedule wasn't the greatest, but can't> we> say the same  
>> thing about Ohio State???> > Youngstown St.> Akron> Washington>  
>> Northwestern> Minnesota> Purdue> Kent State> > >> > On 12/3/07,  
>> Scott Stewart <fourtwophd at gmail.com> wrote:> >> >> If you win all  
>> your games, the polls take care of themselves.> >> > - Unless you  
>> are Hawaii.> >> > Hawaii won all their games, but nearly everyone  
>> realizes that their> > schedule> > didn't qualify them to be a  
>> contender. They barely beat 3 fairly poor> > teams> > on the road,  
>> could have been tied by Washington this weekend - and who> > knows>  
>> > what might have happened in overtime. But they did manage to win  
>> and> who> > knows they might pull a Boise State and beat  
>> disappointed Georgia in> the> > Sugar bowl.> > >  
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