No.1-ranked college football team on pay per view

Happens all the time. When networks pass on these shit games they are usually offered on PPV for $30.00 per game. It will be listed as part of Gameplan but still has the additional cost.

On a side note, this weekend's schedule sucks balls.

 

Do you people work for newspapers? Can you read?

The question: Can someone please tell me the last time a No. 1 ranked team appeared on PPV at all ... or, failing that, the last time a No. 1 ranked team appeared on PPV this late in the season.

 

Like I said, it happens all the time. Go do some research if the specifics are that fucking important to you.


http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=14806

Don't think UF was #1 at gametime, though.

 

This is what happens when no broadcast outlet wants the game.

I have no clue why Florida is playing FIU in November. On the other hand, Alabama fans don't get to act all high and mighty about this week's schedule, either.

 

Just a shot in the dark, but I'd guess it's because of the SEC schedule. Several SEC East teams (Georgia, Florida and South Carolina) have a traditional non-conference rivalry game the last week of the season. So they start the SEC schedule earlier -- Florida is already done -- and end up with an open date at the end. They chose to fill it rather than take the bye week now.
I suppose it doesn't look good to play a team like FIU at the end of the season. But in the grand scheme of things, is it really any different than playing them in September? You play them when you play them. If anything, playing the majority of the SEC schedule early in the year should be more difficult, right?

 

geez, take a pill.

 

Here's the AP Poll Archive No. 1 progression. Start your research here, HH:

http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/num1_weekly.cfm?seasonid=2009

 

Florida has occasionally taken this week of the season off in the past. That might actually be more acceptable.

 

I think the problem with that is that this is one of those years where there are only 13 Saturdays during the regular season, as opposed to 14, as there were last year. That means you get only one bye week, and most teams are not going to choose to take it in week 12.

FYI, the SEC office mandated beginning last season that every team MUST play a game during Thanksgiving week. In the past, a lot of teams would play their final regular-season game this week (Alabama-Auburn, Clemson-South Carolina were two), but they can't do that any more. Consequently, you're going to be left with a non-conference game late in the season, and you're not going to get a I-A team to come to your place this late in the year (if for no other reason than they're playing conference games, too).