[NU Sports] SjT - this book is for you

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

:) - you had me at the title!

I'll probably wait for the movie ... but interesting to examine some of their points ...

• The flawed math and corruption that determine which teams participate in the national championship 

Hmm ... maybe Nebraska will being some of that math with them where you can not win your league but still play in the B(C)S title game?:) Or how you jump over teams that beat you if your last name is Bowden?

• How the system hurts competition by perpetuating "cupcake" schedules 

And here's one of my bigger problems with the system. We get cupcake city now. It's going to be real interesting to watch how they handle this new Big XII. The national championship game should, in most years, be the winner of the SEC title game vs. the Big Ten title game winner. Especially if those teams are unbeaten or have one loss and beat another top 10 team in the league title game. Texas and Oklahoma will have each other and nothing else on their schedules for a year and no title game. They better not get a kind computer bump.

• How a comprehensive sixteen-team playoff plan can solve the problem while enhancing profitability 

And that's why it will ultimately happen - the B(C)S is stubborn and evil, but everyone can see the writing on the wall. As each argument gets debunked year after year (student athletes first? Stop playing on Tuesday or Thursday night! ... #1 vs. #2? What about when Texas beats OU and still loses out? Etc.), it gets closer and closer. A playoff would be bigger than March Madness and rival the Super Bowl for viewers (especially if they worked it out for the weekend prior to the NFL's big game).

It will happen and it will be fun to watch. I just wish that in the mean time we could enjoy a traditional bowl schedule instead of the B(C)S, which is the worst of both worlds.

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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STEPHEN J. TRUOG
sjtruog at yahoo.com
GO CATS!!! GEAUX SAINTS!!!
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