Tag Archive for ‘BCS’
Arizona Cardinals make case for the BCS?
Sport Illustrated’s Stewart Mandel decided to try his hand at a little fiction writing today in a column where he claims the Arizona Cardinals Super Bowl berth makes a great case for the BCS system to stay in place. Because the sport employs a traditional playoff rather than polls and computers, a Cardinals championship will […]
An anticlimactic ending, an endless debate
By Matthew Ralph For the majority of college football fans who justifiably detest the BCS, there is sure to be continued protest long after the anticlimactic finish of the Division 1 college football season on Thursday night. No matter what the outcome ends up being. If Florida does what many think they will — Florida’s offense, Bradford winning […]
The team some voters didn’t bother to watch
Even by the absurd standards of the BCS, having voters not bother to watch an undefeated team play a single game is a new low. Whether Utah deserved to be ranked No. 1, 2 or 25 isn’t the point of this argument. The Utes deserved to have voters at least see them. –Dan Wetzel
BCS and Big 10 exposed
A second-half rally by Penn State in a 38-24 Rose Bowl loss to Southern California was a mirage – just like the notions that the Big Ten deserves its reputation as an elite football conference and that the Bowl Championship Series can provide a satisfying ending to the college football season. On this day, on […]
Congressman trying to legislate college playoff
It looks like President-Elect Barack Obama isn’t the only politician mouthing off about college football’s broken BCS system. A member of Congress, who perhaps unsurprisingly is a Texan, was planning to introduce legislation on Wednesday aimed at forcing college football to use a playoff to determine the Division-1A national champion. According to an Associated Press article, Rep. […]
Quotation: A more meaningful season
“That’s right, you heard me. College basketball’s regular season is far more meaningful, far more compelling and far more important than college football’s. That’s because college basketball actually has a postseason tournament where the champion is decided not by pollsters and computers but by what happens on the court. Since more teams have a chance […]
Quotation: Obama’s BCS beef
In simplest terms, this was a Nixonian strategy—an attempt by Obama to bathe himself in college football’s populist glow. But railing against the Bowl Championship Series is particularly astute. It’s the equivalent of calling for rock bands in the cafeteria in a student council election: Your constituents will love you for it, even if they […]
Quotation: Get eight teams
“I think it is about time that we had playoffs in college football. I’m fed up with these computer rankings and this and that and the other. Get eight teams — the top eight teams right at the end. You got a playoff. Decide on a National Champion.” -Sen. Barack Obama, talking on Monday Night […]