timothy1997

OREGON GOT SCREWED!!! Notre Dame UNDESERVINGLY beat out Oregon to get in the BCS bowls. This is another perfect example of the east coast-biasis in the BCS. The Irish lost 2 games this season. Losing to USC and Michigan State. No one will discredit them for losing to the #1 ranked Trojans, but that loss to the Spartans looks pretty bad now. Oregon on the other hand. Lost to USC....AND THATS IT!!! They lost to the Trojans early which normally is easier to recover from as far as the polls. The BCS ITSELF thought that the Ducks were a better team than the Irish in putting Oregon #5 and Notre Dame #6. As great a team Oregon was this year, you would think they would good to a good bowl. WRONG!! They are sent to the Holiday Bowl. TALK ABOUT GETTING SCREWED.

You guys are gonna leave out Virginia Tech in favor of Arkansas State?? I quote from a playoff promoter above: So here we have automatic berths for freakin' Arkansas State - a "non-BCS team" taking a spot from a team easily ranked in the top 16. You just kicked out Virginia Tech, LSU, and UCLA, all of whom had terrific seasons in good conferences. You think there's squawking when an undefeated team gets left out? You oughta see what happens when 6-5 Akron, 6-5 Arkansas State, and 7-4 Tulsa (records before conference championship games) beat out 2-loss teams in the SEC and ACC for spots in the playoff. A 16-team playoff would take four weeks - that's longer than the 64-team March Madness, because you can't play two football games in one weekend. Academics is a big enough problem on football teams, and now you've taken away a huge chunk of the second semester as well as the entire first one. A round-robin would be even worse, it'd be like a whole new season. Va Tech, LSU, and UCLA had their chances to win their divison. Under a 16 team playoff that rewards big and small divisons, every team gets a shot. Its not a perfect system but neither is the current BCS system. Very difficult to come up with a perfect system. A college playoff championship game would draw as many people and buzz, if not more than the Super Bowl. A perfect system is impossible, I think that's the one thing everyone agrees upon. But in your scenario, Ohio State, Miami, and Oregon had chances to win their conferences too, didn't they? Fact is, no matter how you do it, the basic problem is this: Who gets a chance to play for the national championship and who does not? The best way to do it, in my opinion, is to pick from as small a field as possible. Picking a field of 16 means that you're trying to narrow it down from about 20-24 worthy candidates, so as many as 8 schools will feel jobbed. Picking a field of two means very few teams can make any kind of case. The debate has never included more than three teams. A lot simpler than trying to pick 16 or 8 from as many as 20-24 worthy candidates. And I don't see the college championship game ever approaching the hype of the Super Bowl. We will see this year with the Rose Bowl: nobody can dispute that USC and Texas are THE picks for the national championship. With no distraction coming from teams thinking they should be there instead, we have a true national championship game. personally, i would love a 64 team tournament rewarding all teams that have a shot. However, I don't think the NCAA would want the players playing every weekend in dec and jan. They would have to have teams play twice in a week and i doubt that will happen. This year's championship game has it right....TEXAS VS USC. However, if they simply took a longer road to get there or have this game played a week after the other games...the hype would be higher. The problem with the BCS in the past is their "national championship game" was tranished. It was questionable if those teams were the best. This year's game should have nobody questioning the two teams and if they deserve to be there.

You guys are gonna leave out Virginia Tech in favor of Arkansas State?? I quote from a playoff promoter above: So here we have automatic berths for freakin' Arkansas State - a "non-BCS team" taking a spot from a team easily ranked in the top 16. You just kicked out Virginia Tech, LSU, and UCLA, all of whom had terrific seasons in good conferences. You think there's squawking when an undefeated team gets left out? You oughta see what happens when 6-5 Akron, 6-5 Arkansas State, and 7-4 Tulsa (records before conference championship games) beat out 2-loss teams in the SEC and ACC for spots in the playoff. A 16-team playoff would take four weeks - that's longer than the 64-team March Madness, because you can't play two football games in one weekend. Academics is a big enough problem on football teams, and now you've taken away a huge chunk of the second semester as well as the entire first one. A round-robin would be even worse, it'd be like a whole new season. Va Tech, LSU, and UCLA had their chances to win their divison. Under a 16 team playoff that rewards big and small divisons, every team gets a shot. Its not a perfect system but neither is the current BCS system. Very difficult to come up with a perfect system. A college playoff championship game would draw as many people and buzz, if not more than the Super Bowl.

Wouldn't it make sense for MSU to get rid of John L and replace him with Mariucci?? Mariucci is a better college coach than an NFL coach. Mariucci has strong ties with Izzo and the team is not likely to get another big name coach like Mariucci. As a Spartan fan, I support this 100%. However, I would find it unlikely to happen this year....maybe after next terrible season. What does everyone else think??

Under my 16 team field, it rewards teams that win the divison more and only gives 4 wild card slots. You can't tell me this wouldn't be exciting. Lot of teams get left out by losing games during the season like michigan or conference championships like LSU. Only thing I would ban is Independent teams. Divison Winners Florida State West Virginia Penn State Texas Tulsa Akron TCU USC Georgia Ark. St. Boise State Wild Cards Ohio State Notre Dame Miami Oregon That would be a crazy tournament. Giving a shot to every school, even the little ones.

do you think granderson won't be traded?? Granderson is as good as gone for this next season.

I dont think Michigan is a top 5 program right now. Look at the last 5 years. I clearly will put USC, Miami, Ohio State, Oklahoma, and LSU ahead of them. Maybe even teams like Va Teach, Tennessee, Texas, and Oregon are ahead of Michigan too. Michigan is in the top 5 of the big ten, not the country. Michigan is not even the best team in the Big Ten consistantly right now. the better team is clearly Ohio State. Now if your talking about all-time, then I agree with Michigan in the top 5.

But in the past, you can go undefeated and still be screwed by the BCS. Imagine the problem if a team like LSU went undefeated or even Penn State.

Ohio State lost to Texas and Penn State...both are quality teams. Notre Dame lost to Michigan State...non-quality team. Florida State is there because they are the ACC Champ.

EXACTLY!!! Notre Dame got the BCS berth by what it does OFF the field, not ON it.

umm...NO!

I accept it until there is a college football tournament similar to what takes play during college basketball.

Wow, you're still on that. Michigan played terrible that game and deserved to lose. If they'd had played the entire game with the urgency they did at the end, maybe you'd have a point in being angry with this still. And they got it right, who cares about Oregon? PAC 10 football is a joke. Oregon is a solid team, but who did they beat? At least Notre Dame had a Michigan win on their resume. Either way, I'm extremely excited about an Ohio State-Notre Dame matchup. The traditions are amongst the best of the best. And I think we have a real good chance of blowing those bastards out of the water. I am not denying the buckeyes stake in the BCS....they deserved it after the season they had...but lets face it. MICHIGAN WAS TERRRIBLE THIS YEAR!! *clapping hands* OVER-RATED!!! *clapping hands* Oregon has a good team. Notre Dame has a good team. Oregon is better tho. Both played USC and lost. Notre Dame lost to the crappy Michigan State Spartans!!!!

two years ago, iowa played florida in the outback bowl. 3 years ago, michigan played florida.

Michigan is lucky to get in any bowl with the way their season started.

thats the understatement of the year. you just now realized that garcia is no good???

i wish they would lose enough games to grab reggie bush

I am convinced the Lions owners should just fold the team. No shame saying "we just can't do this". The Lions owners should then look into getting the USFL back because thats the only michigan pro football works.

the marlins are doing a fire sale. they build up their team and then every 5 years they knock it all down again. been done before in the past and they will do it again in the future. GET YOUR MARLINS NOW!!! EVERYONE MUST GO!!

So you love this year than?? A lot of close games for Michigan.

You really should post trade rumors in the trade rumor threads. As well as probably just keeping unconfirmed rumors, to yourself.

absolutely priceless

barry sanders was easily the best player on the lions during his tenure. dre bly is the best player on the lions now. dre bly is UNDER rated to say the least.

according to the freep, Mariucci is still the coach. http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article...ORTS19/51125005

According to the freep, Mariucci is still the coach. http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article...ORTS19/51125005