[Husker] The fed bringing the heat on the BCS

[David Strong]

Wha?

Dave


> From: Jon Johnston <jon.johnston at gmail.com>
> If northern teams are stupid enough
> to fall for a tournament like that, then we deserve to never
> win another national championship. It's been 100 years that
> warm-weather teams have gone to cold weather places to play
> football, giving them a huge advantage. 
> 
> Look at your tournament in consecutive weeks. Nebraska
> would potentially go to the Orange, the Sugar, and the Rose.
> So, three weeks on the road against a team that's probably
> playing in it's own state. And how many Husker fans do you
> think can afford to make that trip three weeks in a row? And
> how much does it cost the team to go a bowl game, and now
> you want three of them? (Or two, or four, for that matter).
> 
> 
> That is not a healthy format for a playoff system. The only
> viable format would be the same as everyone else does it,
> home field advantage, and the bowls go away because there
> won't be money left for them. 
> 
> It's real easy until you consider logistics, then it's not
> easy at all. 
>