The College Football Thread 2006

[DanS]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
I think that the bowls would step in to try to prevent a rematch of a regular season game, so I don't think Notre Dame would play Southern Cal or Michigan in a bowl. They try their damnest to prevent such a thing and they are allowed to according to selection rules.

Do you have a quote and link to this provision?

As stated above, I would prefer not to see an ND-Michigan rematch. It seems at least slightly unfair to Michigan to have to have to beat a team that they have already beaten. On the other hand, an ND-Michigan rematch would be better than an OSU-Michigan rematch.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by DanS
Do you have a quote and link to this provision?

As stated above, I would prefer not to see an ND-Michigan rematch. It seems at least slightly unfair to Michigan to have to have to beat a team that they have already beaten. On the other hand, an ND-Michigan rematch would be better than an OSU-Michigan rematch.

http://www.bcsfootball.org/bcsfb/eligibility

5. After completion of the selection process as described in Paragraph Nos. 1-4, the Conferences and Notre Dame may, but are not required to, adjust the pairings taking into consideration the following:

A. whether the same team will be playing in the same bowl game for two consecutive years;
B. whether two teams that played against one another in the regular season will be paired against one another in a bowl game;
C. whether the same two teams will play against each other in a bowl game for two consecutive years; and
D. whether alternative pairings may have greater or lesser appeal to college football fans as measured by expected ticket sales for the bowls and by expected television interest, and the consequent financial impact on Fox and the bowls.

The other bowls may look at 5.B. and say we want to prevent two teams from playing so soon after they just played each other in the regular season. The Rose, of course, would say 5.D., it'll sell a great number of tickets and have huge television interest, etc...

Though generally the bowls don't like rematches of regular season games and it is generally thought ratings will be lower for them (unless it was a down to the wire type of thing).

I do think 5.D. would equally apply for the Fiesta, but since it is well down the list, it wouldn't matter. If Florida wins the SEC, the Sugar has a better argument under 5.D. as Florida is a more glamorous school than Arkansas.

But 5.B. does give the bowls the power if they choose so, to change up things based on the fact the teams played in the regular season.

[Drake Tungsten]

Jeff Bowden has resigned...

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2661718

Truly terrible news for all us Florida State haters...

[DanS]

It looks like you are right. On the other hand, I doubt 5.C. would be invoked on an OSU-ND championship game, f.e.

[DanS]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
Jeff Bowden has resigned...

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2661718

Truly terrible news for all us Florida State haters...

All they have to do is beat Fla in 2 weeks...

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by DanS
It looks like you are right. On the other hand, I doubt 5.C. would be invoked on an OSU-ND championship game, f.e.

Yeah, they wouldn't dare touch the national championship game, when the whole goal of the BCS was for the #1 to meet the #2 (and they are probably contractually not allowed to do so in the actual contract among the conferences and ND), but everything else is fair game.

[Eroberer]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
Jeff Bowden has resigned...

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2661718

Truly terrible news for all us Florida State haters...

There's a lot of coaching turnover during a horrible, horrible football year for this conference.

[Guynemer]

Prediction time:

Ohio State 23, Michigan 13

[Drake Tungsten]

Dude, don't pick against your own team. That's bad juju...

[Imran Siddiqui]

What do you mean? I picked against Rutgers vs. Louisville .

[Drake Tungsten]

Still not a great idea, even if the football gods have failed to come down on you in the past...

[Imran Siddiqui]

You are just being humble before the Gods .

[Drake Tungsten]

On your knees, Indy!

Only a penitent man shall... uh... see his team win a national title.

[DanS]

Imran, that's not humility. It's a lack of faith in the power of the gods.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Says the guy who acts like Lou Holtz when Notre Dame has a game coming up (ie, "well, that Temple is really tough; I dunno if we can beat them")