[Husker] Bonus
Shawn Sherlock
shawnsherlock at sbcglobal.net
Wed Dec 8 09:24:14 CST 2010
Read in the omaha paper that Bo is to receive a $250,000 bonus for making the B12 CCG & a bowl game. He reportedly received the same last year. While that is a sizable sum to most of us, it is crazy to think that he was four points shy of an additional $300,000.
The assists' bonuses range from $22,000 to $47,000
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On Dec 8, 2010, at 7:47 AM, Quinn Coldiron <qcoldir at yahoo.com> wrote:
> This argue against the playoffs drives me crazy. This is division 1 football.
> Division 2, 3 and NAIA have been playing football with a playoff for like
> forever! Using this logic, we should do away with the playoffs for those
> divisions, then.
>
>
> And saying "think about the kids" is also hypocrisy. Look at basketball and
> baseball. Those season run forever, and those kids miss way more school than
> football could even imagine. Sometimes I wonder how the baseball players manage
> to go to class at all!
>
> The bowls are not a reward for anybody but the sponsors and the bowl committees.
>
> I'm tired of the current format and in my opinion a playoff can not come soon
> enough.
>
> Quinn
>
>
> -----------------------------
> Quinn P. Coldiron
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Merlin Green <mgreen at nebraska.edu>
> To: husker at tssi.com
> Sent: Wed, December 8, 2010 7:35:20 AM
> Subject: [Husker] Re: husker Digest, Vol 7, Issue 485
>
>> 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?
>
> Please no playoffs ever. You think it's mucked up now, wait to you get
> this going. some teams will be playing 17 or 18 games. The pros talk
> about how much damage a season of that length does to their bodies, think
> what it does to a college age kid. The elite teams would than get who
> knows how many extra games and how much practice time over teams that don't
> make the playoffs. So rich would just get richer and the poor would
> continue to slid.
>
> I can just imagine what the bluebloods like USC, Texas, Miami & Florida
> will say the first time they have to play a second week of December game in
> Madison, or Ann Arbor or Lincoln. The alternative to that is to have all
> the games at warm weather sites. Then you make fans of cold weather teams
> travel long distances 3 to 4 times right during the holiday season.
>
> The bowl system as least is a reward for the teams and fans. The teams
> come in 7-10 early, enjoy a little of the local culture and get to relax a
> little. With the playoffs, it would be fly in the day before, play the
> game and back home immedietely.
>
> The nuetral sites game will be in Texas, Floriday, Callifornia and other
> sun belt states. So even though nuetral they would tend to favor the
> southern teams as far as location.
>
> No play-off ever.
>
> Merlin Green
>
>
>
>
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> 3. Re: Not Husker - Dreaming of a playoff (Don Mares)
> 4. Re: Not Husker - Dreaming of a playoff (Andy Knipp)
> 5. Re: Not Husker - Dreaming of a playoff (Jon Johnston)
> 6. Re: Not Husker - Dreaming of a playoff (Mike Nolan)
> 7. Re: Not Husker - Dreaming of a playoff (David Strong)
> 8. RE: Not Husker - Dreaming of a playoff (Don Rietsch)
>
>
> ----- Message from Don Mares <donmares at gmail.com> on Tue, 7 Dec 2010
> 16:35:34 -0600 -----
>
> To: “Husker List“ <husker at tssi.com>
>
> Subject: [Husker] Not Husker - Dreaming of a
> playoff
>
>
>
> Interesting article dreaming about a playoff.
>
> http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefootball/story/College-football-playoff-system-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
>
>
>
> ----- Message from "Skylar Dodds" <sklarbodds at cox.net> on Tue, 7 Dec 2010
> 16:47:27 -0600 -----
>
> To: "'"Husker List"'" <husker at tssi.com>
>
> Subject: RE: [Husker] Not Husker - Dreaming of a
> playoff
>
>
>
> First, let me say that I hope college football NEVER goes to a playoff.
> College football is the best COMPLETE SEASON of any sport on any level. A
> loss in almost any other sport does not mean much by itself, but in college
> football, it's everything.
>
>
>
> In the NFL, if the Jets played in college football, last night's pasting
> from the Pats would have meant their NC dreams are over and that game would
> have a life or death atmosphere. Instead, it's "Oh well, we got our tails
> whipped, we'll fix things and move on".
>
>
>
> In college basketball, regular season games rarely mean anything at all.
> Maybe in the home stretch when it determines seeding for a conference
> tourney or something, but that's even a yawner. Yeah, you get 7 really
> exciting games at the end of the year, but that's after 30 snooze-fests.
>
>
>
> In college football, every game is live or die if you have a MNC hopeful
> team. Every game. It's exciting, it's edge of your seat, it's everything
> you could want from sports. Yes, some teams that aren't anywhere in the
> discussion have less exciting seasons, but there's college pride because
> it's a local game that keeps them coming in those situations. Plus,
> they're
> still playing to get to a decent bowl. And don't say, "The other bowls
> don't mean anything" because they DO mean something to the players.
>
>
>
> Second, contacting your congressman is the worst thing you can do. There
> is
> probably a list somewhere of people that should be involved in whether or
> not college football should have a playoff and Congress is either not on
> that list or at the VERY bottom. Elected officials should not be trying to
> control college football. We've already got one corrupt organization
> (NCAA)
> controlling everything, we don't need 2.
>
>
>
> --
>
> Skylar
>
>
>
> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of
> Don Mares
> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 4:36 PM
> To: "Husker List"
> Subject: [Husker] Not Husker - Dreaming of a playoff
>
>
>
> 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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> ----- Message from Don Mares <donmares at gmail.com> on Tue, 7 Dec 2010
> 16:54:14 -0600 -----
>
> To: Skylar Dodds <sklarbodds at cox.net>
>
> cc: "\"Husker List\"" <husker at tssi.com>
>
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Not Husker - Dreaming of a
> playoff
>
>
>
> Agreed...But don't you think anything more than one loss a year and even
> that puts you in a very risky position to never make this field.
>
> Don
>
> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Skylar Dodds <sklarbodds at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> First, let me say that I hope college football NEVER goes to a playoff.
>> College football is the best COMPLETE SEASON of any sport on any level.
> A
>> loss in almost any other sport does not mean much by itself, but in
> college
>> football, it's everything.
>>
>>
>>
>> In the NFL, if the Jets played in college football, last night's pasting
>> from the Pats would have meant their NC dreams are over and that game
> would
>> have a life or death atmosphere. Instead, it's "Oh well, we got our
> tails
>> whipped, we'll fix things and move on".
>>
>>
>>
>> In college basketball, regular season games rarely mean anything at all.
>> Maybe in the home stretch when it determines seeding for a conference
>> tourney or something, but that's even a yawner. Yeah, you get 7 really
>> exciting games at the end of the year, but that's after 30 snooze-fests.
>>
>>
>>
>> In college football, every game is live or die if you have a MNC hopeful
>> team. Every game. It's exciting, it's edge of your seat, it's
> everything
>> you could want from sports. Yes, some teams that aren't anywhere in the
>> discussion have less exciting seasons, but there's college pride because
>> it's a local game that keeps them coming in those situations. Plus,
>> they're
>> still playing to get to a decent bowl. And don't say, "The other bowls
>> don't mean anything" because they DO mean something to the players.
>>
>>
>>
>> Second, contacting your congressman is the worst thing you can do. There
>> is
>> probably a list somewhere of people that should be involved in whether or
>> not college football should have a playoff and Congress is either not on
>> that list or at the VERY bottom. Elected officials should not be trying
> to
>> control college football. We've already got one corrupt organization
>> (NCAA)
>> controlling everything, we don't need 2.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Skylar
>>
>>
>>
>> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf
>> Of
>> Don Mares
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 4:36 PM
>> To: "Husker List"
>> Subject: [Husker] Not Husker - Dreaming of a playoff
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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>> husker at tssi.com
>> http://romaine.tssi.com/mailman/listinfo/husker
>>
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>
>
> ----- Message from Andy Knipp <andy at knipp.com> on Tue, 7 Dec 2010 22:56:53
> +0000 (GMT) -----
>
> To: husker at tssi.com
>
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Not Husker - Dreaming of a
> playoff
>
>
>
>
> For the first year or two. But then the TV $ dictates a 32 team field. Or
> 48.
>
>
>
> On Dec 7, 2010, Don Mares <donmares at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Agreed...But don't you think anything more than one loss a year and even
> that puts you in a very risky position to never make this field.
>
> Don
>
> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Skylar Dodds <sklarbodds at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> First, let me say that I hope college football NEVER goes to a playoff.
>> College football is the best COMPLETE SEASON of any sport on any level.
> A
>> loss in almost any other sport does not mean much by itself, but in
> college
>> football, it's everything.
>>
>>
>>
> _______________________________________________
> husker site list
> husker at tssi.com
> http://romaine.tssi.com/mailman/listinfo/husker
>
>
>
>
> ----- Message from Jon Johnston <jon.johnston at gmail.com> on Tue, 7 Dec 2010
> 16:59:55 -0600 -----
>
> To: Don Mares <donmares at gmail.com>
>
> cc: “Husker List“ <husker at tssi.com>
>
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Not Husker - Dreaming of a
> playoff
>
>
>
> For the 100th time - any playoff system that incorporates the bowls in
> multiple rounds would screw every cold-weather team worse than they've been
> screwed for the past 100 years.
>
> Think about the logistics, dammit. Nebraska plays it's first round at home,
> then the next ones on the road because somebody thought it'd be a good idea
> to keep the BCS bowls happy?
>
> You think a cold-weather team would ever win another national title?????
>
> College football needs a playoff like a fish needs a bicycle.
>
> Jon Johnston
> Corn Nation
>
> On Dec 7, 2010, at 4:35 PM, Don Mares wrote:
>
>> Interesting article dreaming about a playoff.
>>
>>
> http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefootball/story/College-football-playoff-system-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
>> _______________________________________________
>> husker site list
>> husker at tssi.com
>> http://romaine.tssi.com/mailman/listinfo/husker
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Message from Mike Nolan <nolan at romaine.tssi.com> on Tue, 7 Dec 2010
> 17:03:13 -0600 (CST) -----
>
> To: jon.johnston at gmail.com (Jon Johnston)
>
> cc: “Husker List“ <husker at tssi.com>
>
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Not Husker - Dreaming of a
> playoff
>
>
>
>> For the 100th time - any playoff system that incorporates the bowls in
> multiple rounds would screw every cold-weather team worse than they've been
> screwed for the past 100 years.
>>
>> Think about the logistics, dammit. Nebraska plays it's first round at
> home, then the next ones on the road because somebody thought it'd be a
> good idea to keep the BCS bowls happy?
>
> So make BOTH teams play at least 750 miles from home. Like that's going
> to happen!
> --
> Mike Nolan
>
>
>
>
> ----- Message from David Strong <gbrlist at yahoo.com> on Tue, 7 Dec 2010
> 15:11:52 -0800 (PST) -----
>
> To: “Husker List“ <husker at tssi.com>, Don Mares
> <donmares at gmail.com>
>
> 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-system-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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> ----- Message from "Don Rietsch" <drr at livgenmi.com> on Tue, 7 Dec 2010
> 18:45:58 -0500 -----
>
>
>
> To: "'David Strong'" <gbrlist at yahoo.com>, "'"Husker List"'"
> <husker at tssi.com>, "'Don Mares'"
>
> <donmares at gmail.com>
>
>
>
>
>
> Subject: RE: [Husker] Not Husker - Dreaming of a playoff
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 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
>> _______________________________________________
>> husker site list
>> husker at tssi.com
>> http://romaine.tssi.com/mailman/listinfo/husker
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