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I guess it comes down to what you value more: the "can't lose" mentality of the college football as a whole, or finding a way to declare a true national champion. I know where my allegiance falls, but I can see the appeal of the other side.
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Yeah, but the strength of schedule the BCS used to weigh the rankings was so ass-backward and convoluted, it made no sense at all. You get points for the team you beats record, plus the opponents of your opponents record? What the hell? What I'm talking about actually makes some sense. You can look at a spreadsheet and say, "Oh, right there. That's where they got beat." Should the Colts loss to the Titans force them out of the playoff picture? I love upsets as much as anyone, but I believe in the overall record. Of course, two losses might have them lose home field advantage or something, and maybe it is a good part of the system that will go away, but you take the good with the bad. Oh, trust me, I know what the BCS is all about. I don't know if the athletic part of it will ever grow strong enough to overthrow the corporate part of it; but that doesn't mean the BCS is better than a playoff for the fans.
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Pretty much what I feel. Path of least resistance and all that.
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That's kinda harsh. He probably should've just voted for Florida and been done with it.
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Coin toss is obviously the Final Solution, I've never known it to actually find use as the last tiebreaker for the NFL playoffs. Because the best teams in the country should still play one another. Stats get you in, wins do the rest. Just put in conference PF/PA first. Problem solved. It might, but tiebreakers would probably move NCAA football farther from controversy regardless. Teams may still get jobbed, but instead of by the subjective thoughts of our feeble human minds, we get the cold hard machine of objectivity cranking out brackets. Even if you really, really, really, hate playoffs, a lot of this wrangling and hair-pulling could still be dispensed with, as well as the perceived need for a playoff system, if instead of the dual-polls a points system for each win/loss was instituted. A scale to determine the value for either defeating a high-ranked team or losing to a lower-ranked one for the allocation or subtraction of quality-points can easily be formulated, and initial rankings for each season can be based on the finishing rankings for the previous one. You'll still wind up with controversies but at least one source for it â€â€the highly subjective and biased coaches and sportswriters polls would be eliminated and rankings would be put on a far more logical mathematical basis.
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Tiebreakers? Wins, conference wins, head to head wins, points for/against, coin toss, etc. Take the human element right on outta there.
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Detroit Lions, NFL 2006 Season Thread
Heroes of Hockeytown replied to Hockeytown0001's topic in Other Sports
That would break football. Seriously, don't even think about it. -
No kidding. Nothing says "I'm the best" quite like actually beating the teams you're 'better' than.
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Sorry, Florida.
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Well, my brain says, "MICHIGAN BLEW IT, DON'T TRY AND CHEAT THE SYSTEM DUDES" but my heart says, "WAHOOOOOO REMATCH." So, I'll just wait until the BCS decides tomorrow.
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Ryan Smyth is unhappy in Edmonton right now
Heroes of Hockeytown replied to Heaton's topic in General
The same thing all those fans of Brett "he's not a lazy-ass, honest!" Hull did: disappear, and for the better. -
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Detroit Lions, NFL 2006 Season Thread
Heroes of Hockeytown replied to Hockeytown0001's topic in Other Sports
Dear Peyton, Been missin' you. Regards, Mike Vanderjagt -
"Pens willing to trade Fleury for right deal." Huh. Let me take a stab at this: "[Every team in the League] willing to trade [any player in the League] for right deal." I have just created seven hundred trade rumors.
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I just saw a commercial for wrestling in which a man piledrived Santa Claus. Is that normal? Is that what they do on wrestling? Beat up on benevolent holiday icons? I'm seriously WTFing right now.
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That's how I felt about Vince Young, and that was before he opened up a can of whoop ass on Michigan. It was so obnoxious how he was able to scamper out of any jam, no matter how certain it looked that he was going to eat turf.
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Detroit Lions, NFL 2006 Season Thread
Heroes of Hockeytown replied to Hockeytown0001's topic in Other Sports
The difference is that when the NFL was making their schedule, the Steelers had "World Champions" underlined under their names, while the Lions were stuck with the same old "Perennial Losers." But no, tradition is not something that should be f***ed with. Lions get Thanksgiving, end of story. -
Detroit Lions, NFL 2006 Season Thread
Heroes of Hockeytown replied to Hockeytown0001's topic in Other Sports
"If they want to chant 'Fire Millen,' they should be chanting to fire the whole damn team," -Boss Bailey Can't we do both? Pretty pretty please? -
Incidentally, it has been over 24 hours, and Forsberg hasn't gone anywhere.
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Detroit Lions, NFL 2006 Season Thread
Heroes of Hockeytown replied to Hockeytown0001's topic in Other Sports
Does anyone look nice being helped up off the turf after being blindsided by a defensive lineman? -
And their effeminate play caller. I swear that guy's wearing mascara.
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Ryan Smyth is unhappy in Edmonton right now
Heroes of Hockeytown replied to Heaton's topic in General
I'd hardly say he was 'PISSED,' but if there isn't a deal and he bolts for free agency... he always has a home in Detroit. -
I was talking about Robiske's catch with five minutes to go in the fourth quarter. They were able to put together a good drive and score, but by then there just wasn't enough time left.
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True. But given Michigan's success at stopping Ohio from doing anything up to that point... the deal was pretty much sealed; the Wolverines didn't really threaten after Robiske's touchdown catch.
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The last TD drive was just window dressing--no way does Michigan recover the onside kick. You still have to try, but probability that you get the ball back ranges somewhere from 'never' to 'not happening.'