Are you ready for some football?

[rareair]

Wow, what a day for the Gators. Leak probably just moved himself into the 2nd round of the NFL draft, and Smith might've dropped himself a couple of spots.

 

agreed on both counts. good lord, osu got killed. smith looked confused the entire game.

 

VY he is not.

 

the s.e.c. end up being pretty fast after all.

[OOO]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2724672

 

oh shit, oh shit, oh shit!

[tugmoose]

So I'm watching the BCS title game, and a 1980s Super Bowl breaks out!

[OOO]

And if we had a play-off system, maybe next week we'd get to see Florida vs Boise State and LSU vs. USC

 

[quarter23cd]

Dear Tress,

 

Welcome to my world. Sucks, don't it?

 

love,

Coop

 

[ction]

And if we had a play-off system, maybe next week we'd get to see Florida vs Boise State and LSU vs. USC

 

 

But you can't have a play-off system in division 1 football...it would interfere with the players' academics.

[cryptique]

But you can't have a play-off system in division 1 football...it would interfere with the players' academics.

The basketball players manage somehow.

[ction]

The basketball players manage somehow.

 

Their games are nearly an hour shorter.

[bobfrombob]

That was the national championship? I kept waiting for a game to break out but gave up about 11:30.

[quarter23cd]

Evidently, with all the talk between OSU and Michigan about how they treated that game as their championship, somebody forgot to tell them that "No, really, you have to play another game. We're not kidding."

 

I'm not sure I've ever seen an otherwise great season so thoroughly shattered.(and I was a student at OSU during the Cooper era, when year-end heartbreakers were a yearly occurance) Getting beaten doesn't bother me as much the fact that as a long time fan, that was easily the most atrocious performance I've ever seen from my favorite team. Lots of credit to the Gators for a great gameplan and flawless execution. For the Bucks? I'm not sure if I'm more stunned by the apparent lack of preparation or the inability to make adjustments. By the time the defense started to slow things down, the offense had already packed it in and quit. Unreal. In terms of their legacy, this team went from "one for the ages" to possibly "one to forget" overnight.

[IATTBYB]

Last night's game just goes to prove that there should have been a re-match between tOSU and U of M. Given each teams' pathetic performance after a nearly 2 month lay-off, the game would at least have been close.

 

Seriously, Congrats to the Gators.

 

And Go Blue in '07!

[cryptique]

As much as anything, that game showed yet again why we need a playoff.

 

Boise State should have a chance to play for the title -- in a playoff.

 

I wonder if someone could successfully challenge the BCS in court to force a playoff system. I'm thinking eight teams, and any undefeated Division 1-A team automatically gets an invite. If there are more than eight undefeated teams (would never happen, but for the sake of argument) the slots would be determined by strength of schedule.

 

Just a thought.

[quarter23cd]

Last night's game just goes to prove that there should have been a re-match between tOSU and U of M. Given each teams' pathetic performance after a nearly 2 month lay-off, the game would at least have been close.

Given each team's bowl performance, I'd say UM would win in a nailbiter, 4-3.

 

If nothing else, maybe the Big Ten will implement a conference championship to extend the season and keep the teams a little more clear of cobwebs. Then again, many years a conf championship would involve OSU/UM playing each other back-to-back weeks (and maybe even then again if they ever institute a playoff!) Madness, I tell you. Pure madness. But it would be fun.

[IATTBYB]

Given each team's bowl performance, I'd say UM would win in a nailbiter, 4-3.

 

If nothing else, maybe the Big Ten will implement a conference championship to extend the season and keep the teams a little more clear of cobwebs. Then again, many years a conf championship would involve OSU/UM playing each other back-to-back weeks (and maybe even then again if they ever institute a playoff!) Madness, I tell you. Pure madness. But it would be fun.

 

If nothing else, you can look back fondly on the '06 season and say that your team beat my team. After all isn't that what true tOSU and U of M fans claim is what is important? To hell with mythical national championships and beating Pac-10 teams in the Rose Bowl.

[quarter23cd]

If nothing else, you can look back fondly on the '06 season and say that your team beat my team. After all isn't that what true tOSU and U of M fans claim is what is important? To hell with mythical national championships and beating Pac-10 teams in the Rose Bowl.

This is true. Woulda been nice if they had at least put up a fight last night, tho. Oh well. Time to go break in a new quarterback and start all over. How many more days till the game in Ann Arbor?

[IATTBYB]

This is true. Woulda been nice if they had at least put up a fight last night, tho. Oh well. Time to go break in a new quarterback and start all over. How many more days till the game in Ann Arbor?

Countdown to kickoff (assuming a 3:00 kickoff).

[MrRain422]

Alright, here's how the 8-team playoff system should work:

 

The first round can be part of the regular season. This year they expanded the schedule anyway. So instead of a patsy non-conference game, make that extra game the first round of the playoffs.

 

Round two would be the regular BCS bowls. Two games as play-ins to the championship game, and two as consolation games (with a rotation between them for which games are play-ins and which are consolation games). Not only would the bowls not become meaningless in this scenerio, but they could in fact became even more valuable to the sponsers, as the two play-in games will certainly have a higher level of excitement than the non-championship BCS games do now. The consolation games would seem to be pretty much just as prestigious as they are under the current system.

 

Championship game played one week after the play-ins.

 

This way you don't have the rust of a really big lay off leading into the championship game, all qualified teams get a shot, the BCS bowls retain their value, and there's a legitimate champion crowned.

 

Thank you.

 

*takes a bow*

[caliber66]

If there were a more legitimate system in place, I might actually start watching college football again. Then again, perhaps not.

 

Seconds of postseason college football watched this year by me: big fat goose egg.

[poonkorama]

Sounds like the BCS is at least considering a playoff system, but not for another few years.

 

BCS official open to some kind of mini-playoff system

Associated Press

 

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- If the Bowl Championship Series were to adopt a mini-playoff format, it wouldn't happen until at least the 2010 college football season.

 

BCS coordinator and Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Slive said Monday he was "very, very open-minded about a plus-one," which could create a four-team playoff.

 

"I think we need to take a very hard look at that," Slive told reporters at a Football Writers Association of America meeting.

 

But a full-fledged NFL-style playoff has no chance of happening anytime soon, Slive said.

 

"The question is 'Is 1 and 2 enough?'" he said.

 

Slive doesn't expect any changes until Fox's four-year $320 million TV deal ends with the 2010 bowls.

 

The plus-one model was discussed by the BCS, though never seriously, when it expanded to five games and scheduled the championship game after the four major bowls. The first BCS national championship game was played Monday night between No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Florida at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale.

 

Although current TV contracts would not prohibit a BCS format change, Slive said it seemed unlikely any major alterations could be made in time to affect the current arrangement.

 

Fox is in the first year of a four-year deal for the broadcast rights to the Fiesta, Orange and Sugar bowls until 2010 and the national title game until 2009. The Rose Bowl has its own TV deal with ABC, a contract that runs through 2014.

 

Currently, the championship game is set after the regular season, using the top two teams in the final BCS standings.

 

With the plus-one model that has received the most attention, the top four teams would be seeded into two of the marquee bowls, essentially creating national semifinals. The winners would play a week later for the national title.

 

Another possible plus-one format would set the bowls using traditional ties-ins -- such as Pac-10 and Big Ten champions meeting in the Rose Bowl and the SEC champ playing in the Sugar -- and have the final BCS standings come out after the bowls are played.

 

The commissioners of the 11 Division I-A conferences and Notre Dame athletic director Kevin White will meet in March and June, and the college football postseason will be a topic, Slive said.

 

He said he would approach any discussion about postseason changes with three priorities in mind -- adhering to schools' academic missions, maintaining the passion of the regular season and preserving the bowl tradition.

 

Ultimately, university presidents will make the decision, and they have shown little support for a playoff in the past.

 

"I told our presidents they need to think about this and make some decisions about whether or not the BCS format should be the way it is today or whether they want to talk about some other format," Slive said.

 

The new five-game BCS format has one bowl site hosting two games in eight days. This season, the Fiesta Bowl hosted the championship game. The Sugar Bowl, which returned to the Superdome on Jan. 3 after skipping a year because of Hurricane Katrina, is scheduled to host two games next season.

 

"The question is not what New Orleans can do for us," Slive said, "but what can we do for New Orleans."

[quarter23cd]

Seconds of postseason college football watched this year by me: big fat goose egg.

Which is about as many seconds of pro football I have watched this decade.

 

But you have a point. My biggest problem with bowl season is not so much the lack of a "true champion" than it is simply how far removed the bowls feel from the rest of the season. There's such a disconnect from the regular season, these might as well be exhibition games...which might be why its hard to generate much fan interest beyond the top couple marquee matchups. I've been slow to jump on the playoff bandwagon for some reason, but I really do think a playoff would solve both problems by eliminating the ridiculous layoffs between games AND they could still hold the championship around New Years to preserve a sense of tradition.

 

I've seen several workable ideas for a playoff. Undoubtedly, whatever they put in place will have its flaws, but its gotta be an improvement over what we've got now.

[Moltisanti]

I've gotta give it up to Ohio State, that was pretty classy of them to not run the score up last night.

[mchchef1]

Last night's game just goes to prove that there should have been a re-match between tOSU and U of M. Given each teams' pathetic performance after a nearly 2 month lay-off, the game would at least have been close.

 

Seriously, Congrats to the Gators.

 

And Go Blue in '07!

after the way UM got throtled in their bowl game?

Here's a fun stat OSU vs. SEC teams lifetime in bowl games?

 

0-8

at leat two maybey four SEC teams would beat OSU or UM seven out of ten games!

War Eagle Bitches

[IATTBYB]

Last night's game just goes to prove that there should have been a re-match between tOSU and U of M. Given each teams' pathetic performance after a nearly 2 month lay-off, the game would at least have been close.

 

Seriously, Congrats to the Gators.

 

And Go Blue in '07!

 

after the way UM got throtled in their bowl game?

Here's a fun stat OSU vs. SEC teams lifetime in bowl games?

 

0-8

at leat two maybey four SEC teams would beat OSU or UM seven out of ten games!

War Eagle Bitches

 

It was a joke. Two equally bad teams playing against each other would have been a more competitive game than the reality that was the Rose Bowl and the BCS Title game. Get it?

[OOO]

I like the way the preseason rankings are starting to unfold.

 

[MrRain422]

Alan Branch is officially leaving so my boys probably won't really be quite so high as #3. I'm curious to see just how good they turn out. They really only played one bad game this year (unfortunately it was the Rose Bowl, and it was really bad). But they're losing so many important guys on a defense that was pretty awesome for most of the year. Almost everyone important is coming back on offense though. #3 is a little bit too high with Branch leaving, but they'll probably still be at like #5 or #6 at season's start.