[NU Sports] For those who need a break from dumb Big Ten ideas ...

[Beamsley, Jeff]

You are correct.

The only thing a playoff settles is who is playing the best at the end of the season.  Folks predict that it will give the little guy a chance, but in fact it will give one or two loss teams from the big conferences a better chance to win a national championship by winning their conference championship and getting hot during the playoffs.  The NCAA bball playoffs are such a grind, that the cream generally does rise to the top.  I'm not sure the football playoffs will produce the same results.

As we've seen with NU, injuries can dramatically change the competitive nature of teams.  What happens, for example, if Cam Newton blows a knee in practice?  Does that mean that Auburn loses the right it earned by its body of work to play in the NC game?

I suspect that we will see a national championship playoff eventually, but for now I'm only concerned about NU playing in the only playoff available to us and winning that one.

Jeff


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From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Miller
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 8:13 AM
To: SjT (Stephen J. Truog); NU Sports List
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] For those who need a break from dumb Big Ten ideas ...

You know, that WAS fun...because it illustrated all the reasons why I hate the 
idea of a playoff.

The first time I ran the simulation, Virginia Tech--a team that lost 
to I-AA James Madison--made it all the way to the championship game. blech.

The second time, Stanford (a team that couldn't win it's own conference title) 
won the National Championship.  double blech.

The third time (and I swear, I'm not making this up) the #2 through #6 
seeds--Oregon, TCU, Stanford, Wisconsin, & Ohio State--all lost in the first 
round, and the #15 seed Nevada made it to the championship game.  At that point, 
I about tossed my breakfast all over my laptop and felt it was time to quit.

So, you know...playoffs aren't a guarantee of spectacular drama.  Sometimes, 
they just suck.




----- Original Message ----
From: SjT (Stephen J. Truog) <sjtruog at yahoo.com>
To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Sent: Mon, December 13, 2010 11:51:56 PM
Subject: [NU Sports] For those who need a break from dumb Big Ten ideas ...

Here's a fun link from SI for those who wish someone in college football could 
make a smart decision.:)

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/ncaa/ultimate-playoff-2010/?xid=si_ncaaf


My five simulations using the different methods yielded national champions of 
...

- Auburn
- Alabama
- Oregon
- TCU
- Wisconsin

Pretty fun. Wish we could see it on the field!:)

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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