tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post6675145144554041599..comments2024-03-14T01:22:21.483-04:00Comments on Basil's Blog: College Football Playoffs 2013Basilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00304218067534993876noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-4139433895230688032013-12-10T03:40:48.000-05:002013-12-10T03:40:48.000-05:00What happens to the bowl games?What happens to the bowl games?JeffersonFannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-9900149941928408632013-12-10T03:58:18.000-05:002013-12-10T03:58:18.000-05:00As I mentioned above, "I’d left the teams tha...As I mentioned above, "I’d left the teams that lost in the first round still go to a bowl. The first-round losers will either be a conference champion, or a top 15 team. Most bowls would jump at either."<br><br>If the teams from second round forward are pulled from the bowls (unless a bowl hosts a quarterfinal or semifinal game), that's eight teams pulled from the mix. A max of four games.<br><br>I have my own problems with bowls (a 6-6 team -- a .500 club -- getting rewarded for mediocrity). This playoff plan doesn't consider bowls, nor should it. But, if, say, the Sugar or Orange or something wants to host a playoff game, fine.Basilhttp://www.basilsblog.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-69433642424178175682013-12-10T04:19:03.000-05:002013-12-10T04:19:03.000-05:00Ok. I missed that sentence. Bowls make lots of $$$...Ok. I missed that sentence. <br><br>Bowls make lots of $$$ for TV and football teams…they won't be pushed into obsolescence easily.<br><br>Otherwise, sounds good.JeffersonFannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-31702359066012962392013-12-10T04:42:10.000-05:002013-12-10T04:42:10.000-05:00i have a different idea. go back to intramural spo...i have a different idea. go back to intramural sports. get rid of all the bowls and playoffs. if the nfl wants to sponsor a minor league, let them, but the highest paid state employees should not be coaches, the sport seasons should not stretch so long that the players have no time to attend enough classes to graduate on time and the overseers should stop changing the rules to the point that i no longer even understand the game i once played.<br><br>on another note, football is different from other sports. the body can only take so much punishment then the career ends. i would rather see the athletes take this punishment as a paid professional. shorten, or at least don't lengthen, the college season so that these guys can have longer professional careers.jwnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-91022487601287931272013-12-10T05:02:17.000-05:002013-12-10T05:02:17.000-05:00@jw - for 95% of these guys college football is th...@jw - for 95% of these guys college football is the end of the line as a player. I can understand them wanting to play more and have the opportunity to compete for a "national championship". <br><br>Though all sports have risks for career ending injuries, football does seem the most dangerous. I've always felt that if a college player gets a chance to go pro before graduation he should. College or pro, the next game may be his last. He can always go back and finish school - he won't always be able to play pro footbal.DamnCatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-80827372031301946952013-12-10T06:32:32.000-05:002013-12-10T06:32:32.000-05:00Who's *your* team, Basil? Do you have a favori...Who's *your* team, Basil? Do you have a favorite?Anonymisshttp://nukingpolitics.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3052406779197845814.post-35741032458229007172013-12-10T06:45:14.000-05:002013-12-10T06:45:14.000-05:00UGA isn't in the mix, so I literally don't...UGA isn't in the mix, so I literally don't have a Dawg in the fight.<br><br>But, of the field of 16, I think Auburn and Alabama are the best two, although, because of seedlings, I suspect they'd meet in the semifinals. I hate Auburn more than I hate Alabama, so...Basilhttp://www.basilsblog.net/noreply@blogger.com