[NU Sports] Bowl vs Playoff Survey - Very Scientific Sample Size - Please Respond

[Brian H. Winkler]

In the spirit of facts and data, I am curious what our list would favor 
for the CFB post season.

Please reply back directly to me and choose one of the three options 
below.  I will compile the results.


CFB Postseason Options:


___  Current Bowl System

___  Full Playoffs (Similar to I-AA)

___  Hybrid (Current Bowls and Plus One Playoff for Top 4 BCS seeds)


I realize there are other options but let's go with these to keep it 
simple and they seem to be the ones most discussed.

Let's find out where our group is.


Brian Winkler, CAS '91






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[NU Sports] clark has this one right




Caterpillar: Confidential Green Retain Until: 02/07/2009 



The only people who want a playoff in college football are people who are 
NFL fans first and then CFB fans second. 

I know 100-plus hearty, dedicated CFB fans and less than 5 want a playoff, 
even the plus-one version. This is not the NFL, nor do we want it to be. 
(For example, the Eagles took about half the season off with inept play 
and now very well could be in the Stupor Bowl.)

Since almost 90 percent of sports writers are NFL fanatics (I am a sports 
editor by profession; I see this all the time. No other sports attracts 
every sports writer other than the NFL) when they pay attention to CFB 
(only late in the season) they want it to be like the NFL, which is 
familiar to them. 

Every time CFB takes a step towards the NFL, whether it be timing rules, 
replay, style-wise (thank God the West Coast offense failed in CFB), or 
postseason-wise, I don't like it and I don't think most true CFB fans do, 
either.

I do, however, quite agree with Steven that I dislike the BCS. But I want 
the old New Year's Day back, with five bowls, conference tie-ins, etc., 
not an NFL-style playoff. 

BTW the rest of the world would look at "playoffs" American-style and 
shake their heads; in their (soccer) leagues the regular season is 
everything, plus Cup play, in which (horrors!) NO SEEDING is used, it's 
just a random draw and everybody's in them anyway. 

I don't see CFB fans besieging the NFL to change its game to be more like 
CFB (CFB replay, for one, is better than NFL replay rules). Why the 
reverse? Because pro American sports fans can't imagine anything else but 
NFL-style playoffs.

I like, as Harry said, the arguing, disputes, who's-No.-1? stuff, it makes 
the sport what it is. 

Hands off, NFL fanatics!!

Brad Wilson





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nothing." -- Camille Pissaro

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