I wish I could believe that, bit as long as big business is involved there is no way it changes. Watch the commercials. They are practically mocking the fans.
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National Title Game - LSU v. Alabama
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theribdoctor
Certifiable.
I'm saying the Tide will win this one. I also think they may change to the plus one system...to hopefully determine the real #1
I am all about getting down to the real #1 and agree that the games can and will be sponsored. However one problem I see with a playoff system is fan travel. Do you have home games? I could not afford to go see my team play in two or three different games, but I would be more likely to go to one BCS game. Anyway....
There is a lot to consider and hopefully in the future there will be a better system cause I love this time of year.
I would hope so. Only seems fair.
You have a point there
jmatkins
BoM January 08
Things that the confrences will have to look at for the system to change is how much money the invidual school/confrence would bring home.
If you could come up with a playoff that would give the confrences the same if not more money they would be quicker to change. The BCS could be apart of the playoff system using the major bowls to sponsor each round of the playoffs(but this could make sponsors to cough up more money). In the end for thoes that say a playoff will lessen the other bowls is BS! No matter what unless you play on Jan 1 or later your bowl really doesnt mean squat except to you and your school.
jmatkins
BoM January 08
Fans will travel and college football is so big that fans of college football will fill the stands too.
I think Bama takes it in a nail bitter.
I think I'm in the minority but I don't want to see a Playoff and would love to the bowl system go back to being about tradition when the bowls pitted conference champions against each other and was more about bragging rights than money. I remember Jan 1 mean't one thing, The rose bowl, granddaddy of them all Pac10 Vs Big10.
The BCS and talk of true national champions is just a way for the big conferences to cash in, that's why these smaller schools are joining any conference that will take them. Please can somebody explain to me how San Diego St. and Boisie st. can be part of the Big East.
I think I'm in the minority but I don't want to see a Playoff and would love to the bowl system go back to being about tradition when the bowls pitted conference champions against each other and was more about bragging rights than money. I remember Jan 1 mean't one thing, The rose bowl, granddaddy of them all Pac10 Vs Big10.
The BCS and talk of true national champions is just a way for the big conferences to cash in, that's why these smaller schools are joining any conference that will take them. Please can somebody explain to me how San Diego St. and Boisie st. can be part of the Big East.
My feelings are that traditions/rivalries are what make college football great so why the push to make it more like the pro game. I know the answer is MONEY.
thejavaman
BoM December 2012
I get that, the college game has changed and and the reason is money, no doubt. But I think the traditions within each school remain the same for the most part which is why alums love their schools. I can still go to Columbia, Missouri and hear people chant "M-I-Z....". and go to the Quad, and see a plethora of coeds.
As for the rivalries, that's probably more what you're getting at and I understand that. We just lost our rival of over 100 years (KU) because we switched to the SEC. It was the oldest rivalry west of the Mississippi I believe.
kockroach
BoM August 2010/2011
Oldest rivalry west of the Mississippi for FBS schools, maybe. Not the oldest college football rivalry west of the Mississippi. Cornell College and Coe College have played against each other since 1891. I only know this because I played football at Cornell.