[NU Sports] SjT vs BCS

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

> Yeah, really--are you trying to
> encourage him, Jim? :)

I'm not that easily bated ... plus, I usually mix my B(C)S shots in amid other e-mails. I rarely send one on the woes of the B(C)S alone.

> >From what I can tell, Truog is no different than anyone
> else who believes  that having a playoff will somehow
> eliminate all the controversy and ambiguity of declaring a

Then you haven't been paying attention ... without going into it, I'm for multiple options but anything besides this "worst of both worlds" solution we've had crammed down our throat by the Big Least.

> Of course, the first iteration of a playoff system won't
> satisfy them--it will have too few teams, or won't grant

Seems to me the NCAA tournament is the same (32 to 48 to 64, now some say to 96 ...), but few complain when March Madness comes along.

Oh well, another time and another day ... I've still got those 1951 Pittsburgh Pirates and 1983 Vancouver Canucks to rant about for now.:)

GO CATS!!!
-SjT