Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Does Gator taste better than Wolverine?

Michigan was a solid number 3 in the country. They were #3 in the AP, Coaches, and the BCS. USC choked against UCLA, so Michigan should have moved up to #2. Then Florida beat Arkansas, and Urban Meyer lobbied the voters ala Mack Brown. Granted, Arkansas was ranked highly, but it's not as though Michigan played poorly. In fact, they didn't play at all! So what the voters are saying is that because Michigan had the week off and Florida beat Arkansas in a non-dominating performance, all of a sudden, Florida is much better than Michigan.

I personally feel that the AP voters are simply punishing the Big-Eleven because they don't want to see a rematch. It doesn't even matter if the two best teams in the country are from the same conference. The voters simply don't want it.

Guess what, NCAA? This wouldn't be a concern if there was a playoff. Are you telling me that it doesn't matter if the kids who play in division II miss classes? They have a playoff system... yet your excuse for not putting one in division I is that the kids would be playing too long, missing too many classes, etc. Do the parents of division II players know that you don't care about their kids? Isn't that the message you're sending? You're not important unless you're D1. We don't care about your education unless you're D1.

Well, you don't care about anyone's education. You care about the money. The quicker you admit it, the quicker we can come up with a real on-field solution.

I would want an eight team playoff, but I would take four teams. That's a grand total of 1 extra game. There are some schools that already play 13 games in the year, so it wouldn't be any more games realistically. Have every team play 12 games. Those with conference championships should play 11, plus the championship game. Then the max number of games a team will play in any year is 14. The same as it now. Oh the humanity! Won't somebody please think of the children?!?

Any teams not in the playoff can still feel free to go to the Wastewater Management Toilet Bowl. It's a very easy solution. In March Madness, do people not attend the round of 64 games because it's not a "big" game? I think not. People will still attend bowls that are outside of the playoff system. Just think of how much money you can make from a true national championship. That's what it really comes down to.

7 comments:

Purdue Matt said...

I thought you guys were dead.

Anonymous said...

Since i am in favor of a playoff system, i vote for the OSU vs UF game, even if i think Michigan is the 2nd best team.

See, i already know they are not the #1 team, even though, in a rematch they may win... but they had their chance. Florida deserves a chance too.

From what i've seen, i think any of the top 8 teams could win it all if there were a playoff...

J Money said...

I've got my own long, convoluted explanation of a system that I'll be posting later today...

brandon said...

I agree with you about the playoff, although I would be more in favor of the 8 team playoff as well. The current system is broken and just as often as not, a team that should get a title shot doesn't. Michegan only lost by a field goal to the #1 team at the #1 team's stadium. How do they not deserve a rematch. At the same time, Florida has had a tougher schedule and the same record. As you said this would all be solved if their was a playoff.

Purdue Matt said...

Use the BCS Standings to determine the top 4 teams, then have a playoff with those teams. Like you said, its just one extra game. I would love to see a playoff with Michigan, OSU, Florida, & USC.

J Money said...

I think it's frightening how similar our thinking is... since we wrote our posts completely separately.

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