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Comment on College Football Playoff? No. by Matt Mitchell

Matt Mitchell — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:46:05 +0000

PacMan: The only reason I made a comparison to boxing and horse racing is because when college football first started there were no other sports. And horse racing and boxing were the biggest of them all, even with baseball thrown in the mix.

I did read the Yahoo! article and thought it was a very good article. It’s virtually the same one that someone writes every year for Yahoo!

And, as this article was written a couple years ago, I’ll concede your point about academics. I see Div 1AA in their playoffs and realize that the commish’s arguments about adding games don’t add up. The only thing that’s keeping the farce in place that currently exists is the bowl lobby. There may be a lot more money on the table for football, but those who own the bowls now would potentially stand to lose a share or two. In a way it is greed that keeps the system in place as it is, even though there are millions–if not billions–more dollars to be made by adopting any other system.

Keep in mind, I’m not opposed to a playoff. My argument when I wrote this (though possibly poorly stated) was that I didn’t think it would happen, and I was trying to offer up an alternative that I don’t think anyone else had thought of. But I do believe that ANYTHING would be better than the system we’ve got.

Comment on College Football Playoff? No. by PacMan

PacMan — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:32:46 +0000

So you want to copy the English Soccer mold yet not as well? The only way this type of system works is if the Super League is small enough that a round robin is possible. The English Premier teams play all other teams twice. 1 home and 1 away. 2 points for a win and 1 point for a tie. End of season most points is the champion. Bottom 2 drop to the lower conference. For this to work you need to make the Bowls even LESS important. No more BCS championship game – that would be a playoff, and you dont like those.

Your plan is a compromise when a compromise is not needed a playoff is 100% better.

Comparing Football to boxing and horse racing is stretch to say the least. Boxing is a sham and a mess, Horse-racing and less popular than it has ever been in history and both are not team sports.

Yahoo sports laid out the playoff system perfectly. Read the article, it explains a 16 team playoff perfectly. The article addressed EVERY “but what about” and objection you have developed. Academics, schedule, bowls, MONEY, school presidents – etc.

Last point – Your academics argument is moot. Div 1AA plays a playoff and those athletes are FAR more “student athletes” than Division 1A. Holy Cross, Lehigh, Colgate, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Georgetown – these students seem to cope just fine with the extra games when they make the Div IAA playoff.. Besides Football players miss FAR less class than any other NCAA major sport.

Comment on Ten Reasons Some College Football Teams Need To Update Their Uniforms by grant

grant — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:09:52 +0000

alabamas unis need no change at all their unis are in my top 10 best looking in college football. they are plain and just look great. i think more teams (not bama) should switch to the matte black or grey helmet like oregons black helmets or the mizzou (rivalry game) nike pro combat helmets
and one last thing ROLL TIDE ROLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment on Colin Cowturd by Dan

Dan — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:52:43 +0000

Ha, I’m from Big Ten country so we son’t agree on much, but I’m with you here.
The sooner you realize Cowturd is a worthless skeleton hack with no insight into sports and a laughable tendency to use the most innaccurate similes possible, the sooner his bullshit career will be over.

Comment on About by Matt Mitchell

Matt Mitchell — Mon, 11 May 2009 15:35:09 +0000

No problem Jimmy, and thanks. It is a beautiful picture.

Comment on About by SJCarter

SJCarter — Sat, 09 May 2009 19:48:52 +0000

Mr. Mitchell:

I happened to run across one of your websites:

http://mattmitchellfiction.com/unabashed/category/ruminations/

that contained an image of a photograph of a luna moth that I actually took.

I’m honored that you found the photo worthy of publishing on your site, but would appreciate a little byline and link to my website: Photo by S J Carter (www.sjcarterphotography.com).

I understand that it’s easy to grab stuff off the Internet, but I make my living with photography, so a little credit for the stuff that I’ve done is all I ask.

Thanks.

Jimmy

Comment on Ten Reasons Some College Football Teams Need To Update Their Uniforms by todd d ferrell

todd d ferrell — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:39:10 +0000

tradition. sometimes it works sometimes it does not.it works for michigan usc oklahoma.it does not for alabama penn st.let me just say for so called modern unis, all one color sucks! florida oregon,s fla. a contrast makes a uni standout.miami is cool but orange does not work all the time.texas tennessee,syracuse ok. florida [again]clemson va tech fla a&m no.

Comment on Best College Football Program Ever? by crockett305

crockett305 — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:09:50 +0000

The U. 1987. 12-0 – beat then #1 sooners in the OB. future nfl’ers included: QB steve walsh, FB melvin bratton, HB warren williams, WR Brian Blades, WR Michael Irvin, DE Dan Stubbs, LB Randy Shannon, S Bubba McDowell, S Bennie Blades, HB Clevland Gary, WR Randal Hill, and maybe the classes best kept secret… P Jeff Feagles – still going.

Enjoy the houndstooth!

Comment on College Football Playoff? No. by donknoup

donknoup — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:27:18 +0000

You make some very valid points. You have stated your position well. I personally would like to see a playoff system. Primarily because I think that it gives better opportunities for teams that would not normally meet a chance to play against each other. My personal opinion is that this would actually give us a better indication in the end of who has the best team. But, you do make a very good point with the potential of pulling 1st stringers in the final stretch if your team is doing well. On the other hand, with college football so competitive I’m not so sure this is the same situation we have with the NFL near post season.

The one thing that I do really need to call you on those is this statement, “It doesn’t become a popular sport until March. Everything leading up to that is filler.” I think this statement is grossly exagerated. While there might be a hint of truth to this, college basketball (for the larger schools with good programs) is very popular. Just try getting Illini tickets at Assembly Hall, tough to come by. I think what some may perceive as a lack of popularity during the season is really just more of a difference in the way the sport is played. With football, you pretty much have 1 game per week on Saturdays (yes I know there are exceptions to this, but bear with me). Basketball on the other hand has multiple games per week. While a typical football season consists of a dozen games, basketball players are more likely to hit the court about 30 times. The volume of games is totally different so you’re just not going to see the same kind of turnout for basketball that you see with football. The same is true of media coverage. It doesn’t mean it’s not popular, just a sport that is played very differently from football.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this subject. I really enjoyed your posting.

Comment on Shades of 1992 by Shades of 1992 « Real Men Wear Houndstooth

Shades of 1992 « Real Men Wear Houndstooth — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:43:04 +0000

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