April 19, 200719 yr Again, I am not opposed to a college football playoff, but I would want it limited to either 4 teams or at the most 8. I do not want March Madness in football. People can say what they want, but a portion of the regular season would be somewhat dilluted with a lot of teams in a college football playoff. In basketball, I would argue that every team actually gets into the tournament because of conference tournaments that take place before the "Big Dance." I completely agree about the football playoff. It would be diluted. I was just throwing out facts that would make things equal. As for basketball, almost all get in. The Independent schools don't get to play-in and neither do the Ivy League, which doesn't hold a tournament.
April 19, 200719 yr I can deal with the show me the money bowl games, I just wish they would have a 4 or 8 team playoff for the National championship.
April 19, 200719 yr :laugh: I was thinking the same thing when I saw it, soon enough we are going to see Big Ed's Truck/Tow/Barbershop/Grocery Mart Bowl. lol There's a Big Ed's Pizza in my hometown. It'd be sweet to see them sponsor a bowl!
April 19, 200719 yr What does it hurt to have 32 bowl games? (And please do not site missed class time.) If you don't want to watch a 6-6 team play a 7-5 team in the Chico's Bail Bonds Bowl ..........don't watch. There are 136 other channels with something on. It can't be any worse than watching a 2-8 team play a 3-7 team in the regular season but people watch that too if they want.
April 19, 200719 yr Author What does it hurt to have 32 bowl games? (And please do not site missed class time.) If you don't want to watch a 6-6 team play a 7-5 team in the Chico's Bail Bonds Bowl ..........don't watch. There are 136 other channels with something on. It can't be any worse than watching a 2-8 team play a 3-7 team in the regular season but people watch that too if they want. I agree, you don't like it, don't watch and I avoid all the mediocre bowl games unless it's a local kid playing for one of the teams. I just wish that if they are going to have this many bowl games, go ahead and put together an 8 or 10 team playoff.
April 19, 200719 yr I agree, you don't like it, don't watch and I avoid all the mediocre bowl games unless it's a local kid playing for one of the teams. I just wish that if they are going to have this many bowl games, go ahead and put together an 8 or 10 team playoff. Well that a whole 'nother ball game. A playoff will happen when the $$$$$ for a playoff outweigh the $$$$$ for bowl games. Plain and simple.
April 20, 200719 yr I like bowl games. It is still college football and it is still competitive. It is basically just giving teams one more game to help bring in recruits and for thefans to enjoy, thats it. In my opinio9n, I would rather watch New Mexico State play Navy han I would watch Dr. Phil or Oprah, JMO though.
April 20, 200719 yr I like bowl games. It is still college football and it is still competitive. It is basically just giving teams one more game to help bring in recruits and for thefans to enjoy, thats it. In my opinio9n, I would rather watch New Mexico State play Navy han I would watch Dr. Phil or Oprah, JMO though. I agree. Its still college football, and most of the match-ups are very competitive games, and fun to watch. Plus, many times I get to watch teams that I do not normally get to watch, that is why I like watching the D2 and D3 National Championship games. The D2 and D3 coaches always say that by playing on tv for their perspective championships their recruiting is positively affected. The money that the schools make from the bowl games also goes to support many aspects of the university. I saw an interview with the president of Ohio State and he said that if not for the football program, the school would not have a medical research program. This is why college football coaches can make so much money. How many college programs would be cut if a major university dropped football? To that end I do not see a playoff program happening any time soon. To many colleges count on that money from bowl game to support the university. I would like a playoff system, but I do enjoy watching all those football games.
April 21, 200719 yr Here is a breakdown of percentage of participants in NCAA football and basketball postseasons: Football 64 out of 119 participate in the postseason, which is 53.7% Basketball Counting the NCAA Tournament and National Invitational Tournament 97 out of 336 participate in the postseason, which is 28.8% Good post. When more than half your teams are playing in a bowl, you may have saturated the market. The flip side is, if any of these bowls were losing money, they'd cease to exist. They're not, so people are interested, which makes it hard to say cut the number just for the sake of cutting the number.
April 21, 200719 yr I think that would be a good plan. But the NCAA doesn't really take a stand on bowl games, so I can't imagine it happening any time soon. The NCAA has to sanction each bowl, or it's member schools wouldn't be allowed to play. Of course they take a stand, they decide which bowls exist.
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