Comments for College Football Discussion and News | BCS Football http://www.bcsfootball.net Fri, 09 Mar 2012 04:15:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Pa. governor: Joe Paterno should have done more (Yahoo! Sports) by Jay http://www.bcsfootball.net/bcs-football/pa-governor-joe-paterno-should-have-done-more-yahoo-sports/#comment-1323 Jay Fri, 09 Mar 2012 04:15:35 +0000 http://www.bcsfootball.net/bcs-football/pa-governor-joe-paterno-should-have-done-more-yahoo-sports/#comment-1323 Corbett was accepting money for his campaign from the Second Mile, board members of the Second Mile, and the Board of Trustees- all while dragging his feet with the Sandusky investigation. He didn't want to burn those money bridges during his campaign, because apparently his campaign came before harm of victims. But let's blame a dead guy, because he did EXACTLY what hundreds of Pennsylvania school teachers do every year when they have evidence of child abuse- they take it to their superiors. Corbett was accepting money for his campaign from the Second Mile, board members of the Second Mile, and the Board of Trustees- all while dragging his feet with the Sandusky investigation. He didn’t want to burn those money bridges during his campaign, because apparently his campaign came before harm of victims. But let’s blame a dead guy, because he did EXACTLY what hundreds of Pennsylvania school teachers do every year when they have evidence of child abuse- they take it to their superiors.

]]> Comment on Mike Slive is open to home playoff games by Crayton http://www.bcsfootball.net/sec/mike-slive-is-open-to-home-playoff-games/#comment-1322 Crayton Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:03:37 +0000 http://www.bcsfootball.net/sec/mike-slive-is-open-to-home-playoff-games/#comment-1322 A formatting assist would be appreciated. Silly HTML. A formatting assist would be appreciated. Silly HTML.

]]> Comment on Mike Slive is open to home playoff games by Crayton http://www.bcsfootball.net/sec/mike-slive-is-open-to-home-playoff-games/#comment-1321 Crayton Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:01:44 +0000 http://www.bcsfootball.net/sec/mike-slive-is-open-to-home-playoff-games/#comment-1321 A straight top 4 sounds good, but there is some arbitrariness when comparing the #4 team against the #5 team. SImilar to now when we compare the #2 team with the #3 team. A positive step would be to institute some tie-breakers for these two bubble teams. THAT is what fans want, a process that is more cut-and-dried than our current witch's brew of polls. My recommendation: a) If only one of the bubble teams won their conference, then they make the playoffs b) If one team has less losses than the other, then they make the playoff c) If one team has lost to the other OR to their potential playoff opponent, then the other team will make the playoff d) if all else fails defer back to the polls Comparing #2 to #3 the last 13 years, the #3 team gets in only twice. This points mostly to the fact that pollsters are already generating some version of these tie-breakers because they KNOW their vote directly affects the National Championship. For example, in 2006 most pollsters thought Michigan was still better than Florida after their Ohio State loss. BUT, they jumped Michigan because they did not want a rematch and preferred a team that won their conference. It would be better if polls were more honest and we had transparent cut-and-dried tie-breakers. If we don't apply a set of tie-breakers like this then we will see MORE poll manipulation. Pollsters will inflate Oregon over Stanford because they beat the Cardinal and won the Pac-12. Maybe Boise will get undue love from pollsters hoping to put a BCS Buster into the playoffs. LIMIT the power of the polls by adding tie-breakers. As a side note, I am for 3 conference champions and reserving the last spot for the top team remaining (Alabama). Even more I am for a play-in game for that last spot (Alabama vs. Stanford) on Championship Saturday; this would also make current championship games MUST-WIN games; LSU can't lose to Georgia and still sneak into the National Championship; the SEC Championship IS their defacto play-in game. A straight top 4 sounds good, but there is some arbitrariness when comparing the #4 team against the #5 team. SImilar to now when we compare the #2 team with the #3 team.

A positive step would be to institute some tie-breakers for these two bubble teams. THAT is what fans want, a process that is more cut-and-dried than our current witch’s brew of polls.

My recommendation:
a) If only one of the bubble teams won their conference, then they make the playoffs
b) If one team has less losses than the other, then they make the playoff
c) If one team has lost to the other OR to their potential playoff opponent, then the other team will make the playoff
d) if all else fails defer back to the polls

Comparing #2 to #3 the last 13 years, the #3 team gets in only twice. This points mostly to the fact that pollsters are already generating some version of these tie-breakers because they KNOW their vote directly affects the National Championship. For example, in 2006 most pollsters thought Michigan was still better than Florida after their Ohio State loss. BUT, they jumped Michigan because they did not want a rematch and preferred a team that won their conference. It would be better if polls were more honest and we had transparent cut-and-dried tie-breakers.

If we don’t apply a set of tie-breakers like this then we will see MORE poll manipulation. Pollsters will inflate Oregon over Stanford because they beat the Cardinal and won the Pac-12. Maybe Boise will get undue love from pollsters hoping to put a BCS Buster into the playoffs. LIMIT the power of the polls by adding tie-breakers.

As a side note, I am for 3 conference champions and reserving the last spot for the top team remaining (Alabama). Even more I am for a play-in game for that last spot (Alabama vs. Stanford) on Championship Saturday; this would also make current championship games MUST-WIN games; LSU can’t lose to Georgia and still sneak into the National Championship; the SEC Championship IS their defacto play-in game.

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]]> Comment on Sandusky seeks 2-month delay in trial (AP) by Matt Simmons http://www.bcsfootball.net/bcs-football/sandusky-seeks-2-month-delay-in-trial-ap/#comment-1319 Matt Simmons Mon, 27 Feb 2012 23:59:14 +0000 http://www.bcsfootball.net/bcs-football/sandusky-seeks-2-month-delay-in-trial-ap/#comment-1319 Hi BCS Football, Hope all is well. Just wanted to reach out and see how things are going over at BCSFootball.net? I was really impressed with all the great BCS Football coverage on your site and would like to offer you inclusion into the Media Strike Sports Ad Network. If you might be interested in signing up and giving us a try, let me know. We'd really like to work with you! Thanks, Matt Matt Simmons VP, Publisher Development - Media-Strike.com Telephone: 818-302-0050 | Email: Matt.Simmons@Media-Strike.com Hi BCS Football,

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]]> Comment on Roundup: Fiery TCU, exit fees resolved? by odd news http://www.bcsfootball.net/big-12/roundup-fiery-tcu-exit-fees-resolved/#comment-1318 odd news Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:16:19 +0000 http://www.bcsfootball.net/big-12/roundup-fiery-tcu-exit-fees-resolved/#comment-1318 Awesome post. Awesome post.

]]> Comment on Offseason spotlight: Virginia by dennis http://www.bcsfootball.net/acc/offseason-spotlight-virginia/#comment-1317 dennis Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:41:11 +0000 http://www.bcsfootball.net/acc/offseason-spotlight-virginia/#comment-1317 Rijo Walker is a rising junior who played as a true freshman and started 2 games this past season and had an Interception in a 3 point win vs Indiana. I think that is more experience than the other mentioned and could have been noted. Rijo Walker is a rising junior who played as a true freshman and started 2 games this past season and had an Interception in a 3 point win vs Indiana. I think that is more experience than the other mentioned and could have been noted.

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