[Husker] Not Husker - Dreaming of a playoff

[Don Rietsch]

I have a better idea.  Get rid of the stupid ranking system all together.
Then a team and its fans will all feel great about an 11-3 season instead of
threatening suicide, firing the coach, firing the OC, slitting their wrists,
beating their wives, kicking their dogs, etc.  Make college football what it
was invented to be; A GAME.  There will be just as much money to go around
with the bowl games.  Let the major bowls pick the match ups on a rotating
basis.  

Note:  I'm not kidding and I know full well some on this list will respond
with "This is the dumbest thing I have read on this list since......!!!

Drietsch70   

-----Original Message-----
From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of
David Strong
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 6:12 PM
To: “Husker List“; Don Mares
Subject: Re: [Husker] Not Husker - Dreaming of a playoff


I'm with you Don.  Anything that will get rid of the money-driven farce that
exists right now is great.  I am a contributor to the Playoff Pac and will
support just about any fair effort to lean on anyone, academic, politic, etc
who can influence a change.  All the propaganda that the BCS has spent huge
money to float...bad for the players, lessens the regular season, can't be
done logistically, will kill the other bowls, etc. etc. is all just
that...propaganda.  Bought and paid for to protect the money cow.

But all wishful thinking I'm afraid, as long as the money keeps rolling in,
no reason to change on their own.  Gonna need an organized effort to make it
happen.

Dave

--- On Tue, 12/7/10, Don Mares <donmares at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Don Mares <donmares at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Husker] Not Husker - Dreaming of a playoff
> To: "“Husker List“" <husker at tssi.com>
> Date: Tuesday, December 7, 2010, 5:35 PM
> Interesting article dreaming about a
> playoff.
> 
>
http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefootball/story/College-football-playoff-syst
em-thats-better-than-BCS-opinion-120610
> 
> I'm a huge fan of a playoff and quite frankly can't
> understand how we still
> accept not having one.  I like most everything he
> says.  Although, I think
> we got lucky to avoid much controversy and everyone
> screaming for a playoff
> this year so we can settle for acceptable BCS games, fiesta
> bowl
> withstanding.  I think its a disservice that #9
> Michigan State (11-1) and
> #10 Boise State (11-1) are left out in the cold while less
> deserving #13
> Virginia Tech (11-2) and unranked UConn (8-4) are in BCS
> bowls.  This
> article doesn't really stop that from happening but still
> gives those
> deserving an opportunity to get in.
> 
> I do think this solves a lot of road blocks.  Namely,
> the first round is at
> home, final 7 games are at neutral sites - people will
> travel to fill up
> those remaining incredibly important and exciting games to
> be a part of
> history.  The four major BCS bowl sites still get to
> host something major
> every year - likely elite 8.  One of them still gets
> the national
> championship just like we do today.  If you want, you
> can rotate and say 2
> of them get to host the final four over what they do today
> although cotton
> bowl and others would cry foul over that.  No matter
> how you slice it, this
> is going to generate a whole lot more money and excitement
> than we do now.
> Although to be fair, you should stipulate all conferences
> that have an
> automatic birth need to have an "extra" championship
> game.  If you wanted,
> you could also require all teams are ranked within the
> final standings of
> the bcs top 25.
> 
> Still play the 35 other minor bowls with similar
> schedules.  They aren't any
> more or less significant than they are today.  It's a
> good tradition and
> reward worth honoring.
> 
> The one major argument to this approach that I can envision
> is teams are
> made up of college students.  They have to prepare for
> and play the biggest
> games of their careers during finals week.  I think
> you could still make it
> work.  Push it back a week like we do now and play the
> final four on jan 1
> and the national championship a week later.  This will
> give everyone an
> extra week so the students get two weeks before their next
> game while they
> are taking finals.  That also allows teams that get
> into the tournament a
> chance to rest and heal up.
> 
> How do we make this happen?  Everyone write your
> senator-congressman and/or
> start an online petition of signatures and present to ESPN
> on ABC?
> 
> Don
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