Comments on: Speaking of college football…

By: Carpe Forem

Carpe Forem — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:30:25 +0000

Ron Paul, Ron Paul, Ron P… uh, I mean, Playoff, Playoff, Playoff!

By: jsm

jsm — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:41:32 +0000

“…can anybody argue that the game

By: CHelf

CHelf — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:11:29 +0000

Athletic Directors, Conference Commissioners, Bowl Selection Committees, payouts back to schools, marketing rights….this is politics at it’s lowest level. Add disgruntled fans and fired coaches to the mix and you have pure politics. Work with us here…

By: Jeff Emanuel

Jeff Emanuel — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:23:02 +0000

Steve, this is totally political…just read the comments!

By: TPSoCal

TPSoCal — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 05:44:48 +0000

I think UGA vs. VT in the Orange Bowl should be a great game. How about the possibility of Florida playing Illinois and Ron Zook in a bowl. That should be pretty cool as well.

I just do NOT want Ohio State to play for the BCS championship, which will ensure they do. Go Mizzou……Go WVU!!!!

rugby, don’t be a hater.

GO GATORS!

By: StevePerkins

StevePerkins — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:51:10 +0000

Erick needs to start cracking heads… these college football threads have nothing to do with Georgia politics.

Just kidding. (sorta)

By: CHelf

CHelf — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:12:05 +0000

Jace,

You are one of the few publicly doing so. Check any LSU or UT boards and the vast majority of UGA’s fans on the blogs are rooting for LSU. Most of it comes down to some vindictive attitude or jealousy or something. In reality they should swallow whatever this is and cheer for the team that a win benefits them.

Plus with Miles probably gone and Pelini not far behind, or even leading the way, LSU will not mentally be ready for this game or a major bowl game.

By: Jace Walden

Jace Walden — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:43:00 +0000

CHelf,

I am pulling for Tennessee. LSU has been a disappointment…I don’t want them representing the SEC in a big-time bowl game.

By: Jeff Emanuel

Jeff Emanuel — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:35:19 +0000

CHelf, that loss is about as bad as it can be already.

By: Jeff Emanuel

Jeff Emanuel — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:35:04 +0000

November 12? Dang, Jace — you win that one.

By: CHelf

CHelf — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:06:31 +0000

Perhaps UGA fans should be cheering for UT this Saturday as well. Not only does that ensure LSU does not jump them but it also increases strength of schedule. UGA wouldn’t want UT to add another loss making that loss even worse now would they?

By: rugby_fan

rugby_fan — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:06:15 +0000

As long as Florida loses.

My god I hate Florida.

By: Doug Deal

Doug Deal — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:43:31 +0000

Conference championships games are stupid and should be eliminated. All the teams in the PAC-10 and Big East play each other, and a true conference champion is crowned.

In the SEC, LSU did not have to play Georgia, yet they can claim the conference title without playing the second best team in the conference. Tennessee could win it all, even though they are probably are at best the fourth best team in the conference.

In the Big 12, Oklahoma can win the conference without having to play Kansas, and Missouri can win the conference without having to play Texas.

In the Big 10, OSU played each of the top 4 teams in the conference (they didn’t have to play happless Iowa and Indiana), and it turned out that the OSU-Michigan game WAS the conference championship.

Conference championship games are simply money grabs, and if they hurt the conferences that use them, then too bad. The only real way to annoint a conference champ is a round-robbin like the PAC-10 and Big East.

By: Jace Walden

Jace Walden — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:59:42 +0000

I think the BCS needs to wipe out the rules of only 2 teams from the major conferences can go to a BCS bowl. Also wipeout the Conference Champion gets an automatic bid thing.

The BCS Bowls should go to the Top 10 BCS teams, period. If your conference sucks and you’re ranked 13th, too damn bad.

What ever happened to allowing the best teams the opportunity to play in the big games?

By: drjay

drjay — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:56:40 +0000

an 8 team playoff could very easily fit into the current bcs structure–maybe if one more site were added–perhaps promoting the cotton bowl back to “big boy bowl” stature. the 8 teams play in four bowl game and the nat’l championship site can host a final four like in hoops–the champs from the current bcs conferences would get auto bids like they do now provided they are in the top 12 in the bcs standings and the next 2 highest ranked teams fill out the field.

By: Jace Walden

Jace Walden — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:51:40 +0000

Considering I put the fist one up on the 12th of November, you probably should.

By: ToddH

ToddH — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:49:32 +0000

Jeff,

After looking at it further I seriously doubt UGA will play for a national championship if Mizzou and WVU both lose. After the Oklahoma fiasco of a few years ago and their total demolition in the title game I’m sure that even though UGA has the schedule strength to carry them over the hump, that the voters in the two polls will put VT and LSU over UGA and one of them, most likely LSU, will play Ohio St.

However, I do have one problem with the argument that no winning a conference championship translates into being unworthy to play for a national title. If that were the case than in the NFL there shouldn’t be wild cards b/c they didn’t win their divisions so what right do they have in playing for the Super Bowl. Of course, all of this would be solved neatly with an eight team playoff, but the fans be damned there’s too much money in college football.

By: Jeff Emanuel

Jeff Emanuel — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:38:30 +0000

Heh. Thanks Jace — I meant to put this up on Sunday, but I’ll give you the credit for beating me to it.

By: Jeff Emanuel

Jeff Emanuel — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:35:00 +0000

By the way, if OU beats Mizzou again, and the national champeenship game is West Virginia against Ohio State, can anybody argue that the game’s winner — between the champions of two of the weakest conferences, who have no championship games of their own — will truly be the best team in the country?

Further, I think there’s a pretty good chance that the BCS championship game could be the lowest rated of all of the BCS games this year. That’s pretty sad.

By: Jace Walden

Jace Walden — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:33:27 +0000

Yawn…

This is old, old news Jeff:

http://jacewalden.blogspot.com/2007/11/georgias-national-title-hopes-still.html

http://jacewalden.blogspot.com/2007/11/georgias-path-to-bcs-national.html

But thanks for finally catching on.