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

[Scott Zeller]

I'd prefer eliminating the BCS altogether, but failing that, keep the
current bowl system.

On 1/8/09, Brian H. Winkler <Winkler_Brian_H at cat.com> wrote:
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> In the spirit of facts and data, I am curious what our list would favor
> for the CFB post season.
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> Please reply back directly to me and choose one of the three options
> below.  I will compile the results.
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> CFB Postseason Options:
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> ___  Current Bowl System
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> ___  Full Playoffs (Similar to I-AA)
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> ___  Hybrid (Current Bowls and Plus One Playoff for Top 4 BCS seeds)
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> 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.
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> Let's find out where our group is.
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> Brian Winkler, CAS '91
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> Brad Wilson <bwdolphin146 at yahoo.com>
> Sent by: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com
> 01/08/2009 04:49 AM
> Please respond to
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> [NU Sports] clark has this one right
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> The only people who want a playoff in college football are people who are
> NFL fans first and then CFB fans second.
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> 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.)
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> I like, as Harry said, the arguing, disputes, who's-No.-1? stuff, it makes
> the sport what it is.
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> Hands off, NFL fanatics!!
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> Brad Wilson
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