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Should BCS Be Replaced By Playoffs? -- Guynemer's Proposal
"No team with two or more losses should have a chance, period."
Probably the only way to make this stick and to also have a tourney would be a 4 team tourney.
I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891
I haven't read the whole thread, but I do support a playoff among conference champions. No wild cards or at large bids allowed. The so-called independs would have to figure out a system to declare a conference champion of the independents.
Thinking about wild cards, the New England was a wild card and so were Anaheim and San Francisco.
Is this fair or unfair?
I personally would be in favor of abolishing all wildcards in these two sports - especially with Baseball. A playoff baseball team is a different team than a regular season team. The playoff baseball team can focus on fewer starting pictures and regular players. Fourth and fifth starter become relievers if they pitch at all.
Mark Richt, head coach of the Georgia Bulldogs, came out against a playoff in a fairly rambling speech today. He first said the implementation of it (8 or 16 team playoff) wouldn't be that big a hardship on the players, but he then said:
1. If Georgia got locked out, well, that's the breaks.
2. That a playoff would diminish the importance of the regular season and that he likes the situation where every Saturday counts.
Here's part of what he said (I heard his press conference on the radio but can only find quotes on the web): "(On the BCS) I never really worry about it. I don't know if there is a perfect system. I think college football the way it is is a great sport. I think the regular-season games mean an awful lot and every Saturday is exciting. If you change something drastically you may think you're getting what you want but you may end up hurting some things that are really good."
"(On the BCS) I never really worry about it. I don't know if there is a perfect system. I think college football the way it is is a great sport. I think the regular-season games mean an awful lot and every Saturday is exciting. If you change something drastically you may think you're getting what you want but you may end up hurting some things that are really good."
Couldn't have said it better myself. Nice post, JohnT.
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I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891
Again, I don't see how the importance of the regular season is lessened under my/Ming's proposal. Any loss could knock you out of the conference championship/#12 slot. And, if you make it in with a few losses, and somehow manage to beat four consecutive fellow champs (probably with 1 loss or less), well I'd say that's a pretty compelling argument for being the best overall team in the country...
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Originally posted by Guynemer
Again, I don't see how the importance of the regular season is lessened under my/Ming's proposal. Any loss could knock you out of the conference championship/#12 slot. And, if you make it in with a few losses, and somehow manage to beat four consecutive fellow champs (probably with 1 loss or less), well I'd say that's a pretty compelling argument for being the best overall team in the country...
If Georgia beats Florida and then lose their next three games (Auburn, Mississippi, and Ga Tech), they still get into the SEC Championship game. If they win that, then you would have a 10-3 team vieing for the National Championship.
"Someone said that the #12 slot should go to the best independent, which pretty much gives ND a free pass every year."
And if that was last year's team, then I would not have wanted to visit that abomination on everybody.
I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891
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