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First BCS Rankings

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by spnited, Oct 18, 2009.

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  1. Stoney

    Stoney Well-Known Member

    The current system gives us illegitamate results anyways. I want the system changed. It will not change unless it becomes entirely clear to those fuckheads in charge that the current system isn't working for them (because they don't give a shit about what we want). NHLesque TV ratings for a championship game would pound that message home about as well as anything I can imagine.
     
  2. Sam Mills 51

    Sam Mills 51 Well-Known Member

    It's why college football - or at least its "system" of determining a champion - is a complete joke. As bad as NASCAR allowing the cars other than those in the Chase to continue running.

    Forget Cincy-Boise. Bring on TCU-Boise. Gotta have two non-BCS schools here to maximize embarrassment.
     
  3. budcrew08

    budcrew08 Active Member

    Every other division has a playoff. The system works, especially in division 3. The best teams make it the furthest. Period. End of story. The BCS sucks.
     
  4. PopeDirkBenedict

    PopeDirkBenedict Active Member

    Cincy v. Boise BCS title game would be used as Exhibit A for "Why The System Works."
     
  5. Mystery Meat II

    Mystery Meat II Well-Known Member

    And what happens if the playoffs give us Boise State vs. Cincinnati in the title game? Lower ratings than Florida-Texas or USC-Penn State. Which is what would happen anyway. It's not like going to a playoff is going to make a hill of difference in perception of those cuddly-wuddly mid-majors.

    And as long as the school presidents are firmly opposed to a playoff system -- and they have for many years and show no signs of relenting -- all this anger towards the BCS is misplaced, because some form of it is as close as we'll get to a playoff system in the current environment, no matter what we might want. Hell, I'd like to see a playoff too, but I'm not holding my breath. The BCS, warts and all, gives us a better shot at a national champion than the old-school system which would send No. 1 UCLA to play No. 7 Iowa in the Rose, No. 2 Georgia to play No. 5 Notre Dame in the Sugar, No. 3 Texas to play No. 6 Nebraska in the Cotton and No. 4 Virginia to play unranked Mississippi State in the Citrus.

    And you think things are bad for the mid-majors now? In 1985, Fresno State went undefeated. Their reward? A California Bowl matchup at their home stadium with Bowling Green and a final ranking of 16th in the AP poll.
     
  6. Simon_Cowbell

    Simon_Cowbell Active Member

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    Certainly as fuck does.

    If Cincinnati beats two stud programs in the quarters and semis of an 8-team playoff, they are totally legitimized in a title game.

    Interest is greater.

    Not to mention the three bowl games that would join the Big 4 as significant entities.
     
  7. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    Boise-Cincy would do better ratings than Florida-Iowa, or anyone vs. Iowa. And the novelty would bring big ratings in any event.
     
  8. Mystery Meat II

    Mystery Meat II Well-Known Member

    Among hardcore fans? Possibly. Among the casual fans for whom the title game might be their only exposure to college football in any given season? They'll look at the matchup, wonder how long Idaho has had its own college and why the hell the Bengals are playing college football, then turn to CSI: Duluth.

    Playoffs don't generate that much interest for mid-major or small-market teams. Super Bowls and World Serieses with less-than-sexy teams involved get (relatively) poor ratings, no matter what they had to do to get there.
     
  9. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    That's assuming that the casual fans are the lion's share of the audience for the title game, which I don't think is the case. And ratings should in no way, shape or form be a basis for determining a champion. That's why you have marketing and promotions departments.
     
  10. zagoshe

    zagoshe Well-Known Member

    No, no, no - the system is not a joke because EVERY game matters!!!

    Never mind that a week 2 loss means your season is over and the rest of your games are basically exhibition games -- the SYSTEM KEEPS EVERY GAME relevant and protects student-athletes from missing too much class.....[\idiots in ugly blazers and pinhead college presidents....]
     
  11. albert77

    albert77 Well-Known Member

    I'm always amused by the mid-major fans who honestly believe that a D-1 playoff system would magically solve their school's self-esteem problems. In fact, short of a 24 or 32-team system, a playoff would effectively shut out all but the so-called BCS conferences from any chance of winning a national championship. Like it or not, the current system is as good as we're going to get.
     
  12. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    They're legitimized. But it doesn't mean Joe Fan has more interest. Mayby they should because of the novelty. But it just doesn't work like that.

    A journeyman can beat Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick en route to a Wimbledon final meeting against Roger Federer.

    His spot in the final is legit. But that doesn't mean the average fan wouldn't rather see Federer face Nadal or Roddick.

    That's the way it works with fans. "Big names" mean something to them. The difference between Nikolay Davydenko and Roger Federer is miniscule as far as what they do with a tennis ball. But no one wants to see Davydenko.

    Cincinnati-Boise State = Nikolay Davydenko-Gilles Simon


    Please stop. We're not playing today. Thanks.
     
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