2008-09 College Bowl Season
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The Man Who Would Kill The BCS
Meet U.S. Representative Joe Barton; global warming skeptic, enthusiastic [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization_IV"]Civilization IV - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:Civilization4-Tech_tree.png" class="image"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f9/Civilization4-Tech_tree.png/700px-Civilization4-Tech_tree.png"@@AMEPARAM@@en/thumb/f/f9/Civilization4-Tech_tree.png/700px-Civilization4-Tech_tree.png[/ame] player, ranking Republican on the Energy and Commerce Committee. Barton is introducing legislation today on Capitol Hill that would get rid of the BCS and force college football to adopt a playoff to determine the national champion. Oh, did I mention that he's from Texas?
He's from Waco, to be exact, and if I'm not mistaken that's University of Texas country (well, OK; Baylor. But the Bears aren't going to play for the national title anytime soon, and UT is just up the freeway). So it's just a coincidence that he's crusading against the system that totally hosed the Longhorns this season. Yep.
Categorizing the BCS as a violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act is total genius or complete madness, or possibly both. Either way, I like it.
And so the BCS as we know it is doomed, of course. It's caught in a perfect storm, with rabid Texas Republicans on one side, popular President-elects on the other, and the thorniest nemesis of them all, ESPN, waiting in the wings. The Worldwide Leader signed a four-year commitment to broadcast four BCS games beginning in 2011. So if you think the current system will still be alive then, keep dreaming.
One might say that the country has other, bigger problems that would tuck the BCS onto the back shelf. But it's precisely because of the big problems that the BCS is easy prey; this is something that the public wants, and it's easy to fix. And that's the kind of low-hanging fruit politicians crave.
SOURCE: Bcs: The Man Who Would Kill The BCS
Meet U.S. Representative Joe Barton; global warming skeptic, enthusiastic [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization_IV"]Civilization IV - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:Civilization4-Tech_tree.png" class="image"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f9/Civilization4-Tech_tree.png/700px-Civilization4-Tech_tree.png"@@AMEPARAM@@en/thumb/f/f9/Civilization4-Tech_tree.png/700px-Civilization4-Tech_tree.png[/ame] player, ranking Republican on the Energy and Commerce Committee. Barton is introducing legislation today on Capitol Hill that would get rid of the BCS and force college football to adopt a playoff to determine the national champion. Oh, did I mention that he's from Texas?
He's from Waco, to be exact, and if I'm not mistaken that's University of Texas country (well, OK; Baylor. But the Bears aren't going to play for the national title anytime soon, and UT is just up the freeway). So it's just a coincidence that he's crusading against the system that totally hosed the Longhorns this season. Yep.
He said the bill — being co-sponsored by Reps. Bobby Rush, an Illinois Democrat, and Michael McCaul, a Texas Republican — "will prohibit the marketing, promotion, and advertising of a postseason game as a 'national championship' football game, unless it is the result of a playoff system. Violations of the prohibition will be treated as violations of the Federal Trade Commission Act as an unfair or deceptive act or practice.''
Categorizing the BCS as a violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act is total genius or complete madness, or possibly both. Either way, I like it.
And so the BCS as we know it is doomed, of course. It's caught in a perfect storm, with rabid Texas Republicans on one side, popular President-elects on the other, and the thorniest nemesis of them all, ESPN, waiting in the wings. The Worldwide Leader signed a four-year commitment to broadcast four BCS games beginning in 2011. So if you think the current system will still be alive then, keep dreaming.
One might say that the country has other, bigger problems that would tuck the BCS onto the back shelf. But it's precisely because of the big problems that the BCS is easy prey; this is something that the public wants, and it's easy to fix. And that's the kind of low-hanging fruit politicians crave.
SOURCE: Bcs: The Man Who Would Kill The BCS
Members of Congress are a joke these days. They do anything to get votes, but do nothing to actually move the country forward. Every year about this time when some college football team gets hosed by the BCS, one of these aholes will introduce worthless crap like this to garner votes. Nothing will come of it, just like everything else they promise.
Wish you wouldn't have posted this, or I wouldn't have read it. Pisses me off to no end.
At the rate we're going these days, the govt's solution will probably be to bail out the bowl sponsors and use taxpayer money to pay for the bowls.
Come to think of it they sort of already are. Citi sponsors the Rose Bowl.
Come to think of it they sort of already are. Citi sponsors the Rose Bowl.
Ramy, does this site have the software to set up a Pick'em contest for the bowl games - one where we could just click on the teams of our choice then get a total W-L score?
Ramy, does this site have the software to set up a Pick'em contest for the bowl games - one where we could just click on the teams of our choice then get a total W-L score?
I have a better idea........
I was involved in a Bowl Pool a few years back that was pretty fun. We started by picking all the winners. Then we ranked them from 1 to 34. 34 = most confident selection and 1 = most difficult selection. Points are given to the correct picks. At the end of all the Bowls, whoever has the most points wins.
If enough people are down, I have an excel spreadsheet I can distribute by email and I can attach everyone's entries through Google Docs for all of us to follow....
I'll give you that, but it's all about what have you done for me lately.
Michigan still holds the overall series lead primarily because they used to dominate back in the Colonial era. The State up North beat the Buckeyes 19 out of their first 22 games from 1897-1927. But keep holding onto the past Paulie.
What else do I got?
The facts remain the same though. 15 more wins in a row, and you're tied! Suck on that!
DeMarco Murray Out for BCS MNC
Bad news for the Sooners' offensive diversity:
"Oklahoma running back DeMarco Murray will undergo surgery on Dec. 22 and will not play in the BCS National Championship game. The sophomore has a partial rupture of a hamstring tendon in his left leg.
Murray injured the hamstring on the opening kickoff of the Big 12 Championship game on Dec. 6. It was initially thought Murray had sustained a deep bruise. ..."
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Bad news for the Sooners' offensive diversity:
"Oklahoma running back DeMarco Murray will undergo surgery on Dec. 22 and will not play in the BCS National Championship game. The sophomore has a partial rupture of a hamstring tendon in his left leg.
Murray injured the hamstring on the opening kickoff of the Big 12 Championship game on Dec. 6. It was initially thought Murray had sustained a deep bruise. ..."
Mobile Breaking Oklahoma News | NewsOK.com
I'm all over that!!!...:up
I have done a couple of NFL pools with that format...It was a blast!!!...
I'm all over that!!!...:up
I have done a couple of NFL pools with that format...It was a blast!!!...
Me too. It sounds like a great idea! :up
ESPN POOL
If you watched the ESPN Bowl special last night they have this exact type pool on their website and although I haven't checked it out,you usually can form your own leagues on their site.Would save a lot of work.
If you watched the ESPN Bowl special last night they have this exact type pool on their website and although I haven't checked it out,you usually can form your own leagues on their site.Would save a lot of work.
Deandre Brown from USM just had one of the worst leg breaks caught on national tv that I have ever seen.
Its a shame, he is a phenom.
Its a shame, he is a phenom.
WOW WOW WOW
I am a huge Notre Dame fan and I am in shock right now! Clausen has 5 td's, 401 yards passing . . . where was this all season???
ND up 42-7 in 3rd right now
I am a huge Notre Dame fan and I am in shock right now! Clausen has 5 td's, 401 yards passing . . . where was this all season???
ND up 42-7 in 3rd right now
I told you guys in my preview- this is a winable game for the Irish.
When they lose bowl games, they played teams that were way better- Ohio State, LSU, NC State, Oregon State, Colorado, Georgia Tech.
Hawaii, IMO, is an undeservng team.
This is the SECOND straight year they are getting BITCH-SLAPPED in a bowl game!
When they lose bowl games, they played teams that were way better- Ohio State, LSU, NC State, Oregon State, Colorado, Georgia Tech.
Hawaii, IMO, is an undeservng team.
This is the SECOND straight year they are getting BITCH-SLAPPED in a bowl game!
Good Call Sabs . . .
I am fully unaware of the WAC and Hawaii this year, so I was scared after hearing the "experts" and personally watching ND lose to Syracuse . . . this might give me some false hope though for next season!
I am fully unaware of the WAC and Hawaii this year, so I was scared after hearing the "experts" and personally watching ND lose to Syracuse . . . this might give me some false hope though for next season!
true, very true . . . and somewhat easier schedule next year with games like nevada, washington state, navy, connecticut might help
