Comments on: The BCS: Saving Mid-Majors, One School At A Time http://howtowatchsports.com/2009/12/the-bcs-saving-mid-majors-one-school-at-a-time/ Unnecessarily in-depth sports analysis Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:36:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Roger Pimentel http://howtowatchsports.com/2009/12/the-bcs-saving-mid-majors-one-school-at-a-time/comment-page-1/#comment-556 Roger Pimentel Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:46:16 +0000 http://howtowatchsports.com/?p=1770#comment-556 I'm going to chime and agree here too... I'm surprised more people haven't made a bigger deal out of Coach Patterson's comments along those lines. Both Boise State's upset of Oklahoma a few years back and Utah's upset of Alabama were big, big deals for the non-AQ community, but it's likely that neither of those teams would have survived a playoff. Those games may have represented the best possible situations for them. But then again, March Madness is a single-elimination tournament and we don't mind. The teams that make the Final Four are generally the ones expected to do so, and we don't worry that overachieving teams from smaller programs get left out—because it's a tournament, it's a contest and not a charity, and everything is decided on the court. This is a tough line to ride, the benefits/faults of the BCS. The deeper I dig, the less decided I am on a solution. I’m going to chime and agree here too… I’m surprised more people haven’t made a bigger deal out of Coach Patterson’s comments along those lines. Both Boise State’s upset of Oklahoma a few years back and Utah’s upset of Alabama were big, big deals for the non-AQ community, but it’s likely that neither of those teams would have survived a playoff. Those games may have represented the best possible situations for them.

But then again, March Madness is a single-elimination tournament and we don’t mind. The teams that make the Final Four are generally the ones expected to do so, and we don’t worry that overachieving teams from smaller programs get left out—because it’s a tournament, it’s a contest and not a charity, and everything is decided on the court.

This is a tough line to ride, the benefits/faults of the BCS. The deeper I dig, the less decided I am on a solution.

]]> By: Rob T http://howtowatchsports.com/2009/12/the-bcs-saving-mid-majors-one-school-at-a-time/comment-page-1/#comment-555 Rob T Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:26:09 +0000 http://howtowatchsports.com/?p=1770#comment-555 To add a little more, while I dont think there there was a team in the nation that could have beaten Utah had they gone to the NC game, I dont know that they could have made it all the way through a playoff system. I feel just the same as Coach Pattersen at TCU. A playoff would be a much more difficult system for mid-majors, and would actually be a negative thing for them. In my opinion, I think the BCS, as it was originally intended, was a good system. Even still, I think the only things that need to change are the AQ conferences need to be changed, and the money distributed needs to be the same across the board. I dont like the fact that the AQ conferences get 17 million, while the lowly non-AQ's only get 9 million, but all the conferences. If they did away with those two things, I think the system would be great. For me as a Utah fan, I dont need the crystal football to know that my Utes were the best team in the nation. I would be willing to bet that most of the Horned Frog fans feel the same way this year. To add a little more, while I dont think there there was a team in the nation that could have beaten Utah had they gone to the NC game, I dont know that they could have made it all the way through a playoff system. I feel just the same as Coach Pattersen at TCU. A playoff would be a much more difficult system for mid-majors, and would actually be a negative thing for them. In my opinion, I think the BCS, as it was originally intended, was a good system. Even still, I think the only things that need to change are the AQ conferences need to be changed, and the money distributed needs to be the same across the board. I dont like the fact that the AQ conferences get 17 million, while the lowly non-AQ’s only get 9 million, but all the conferences. If they did away with those two things, I think the system would be great. For me as a Utah fan, I dont need the crystal football to know that my Utes were the best team in the nation. I would be willing to bet that most of the Horned Frog fans feel the same way this year.

]]> By: Sam Orme http://howtowatchsports.com/2009/12/the-bcs-saving-mid-majors-one-school-at-a-time/comment-page-1/#comment-554 Sam Orme Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:48:43 +0000 http://howtowatchsports.com/?p=1770#comment-554 The Mustangs are Southern Methodist, actually. Rob, you're right about the title game payoff. Exactly the same, and as you've said, Utah gained far more than money by being shunted out of the chance to play for the championship. I'll be surprised if we don't see serious contenders from the non-AQ ranks in the next five years. The Mustangs are Southern Methodist, actually.

Rob, you’re right about the title game payoff. Exactly the same, and as you’ve said, Utah gained far more than money by being shunted out of the chance to play for the championship. I’ll be surprised if we don’t see serious contenders from the non-AQ ranks in the next five years.

]]> By: Rob T http://howtowatchsports.com/2009/12/the-bcs-saving-mid-majors-one-school-at-a-time/comment-page-1/#comment-553 Rob T Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:22:09 +0000 http://howtowatchsports.com/?p=1770#comment-553 I agree with you Sam, I think the BCS has been good for the non-AQs. I dont think that Utah would have gotten anymore recruits by being the national champs than they did just by being the Sugar Bowl champs who never got a shot at being the national champs. The money (correct me if I am wrong, I just dont want to do the research right now) between the NC game and the Sugar Bowl are the same, so I dont think that not being in the NC game had any affect. Plus as we have seen now, it has opened the doors for other non-AQs. I agree with you Sam, I think the BCS has been good for the non-AQs. I dont think that Utah would have gotten anymore recruits by being the national champs than they did just by being the Sugar Bowl champs who never got a shot at being the national champs. The money (correct me if I am wrong, I just dont want to do the research right now) between the NC game and the Sugar Bowl are the same, so I dont think that not being in the NC game had any affect. Plus as we have seen now, it has opened the doors for other non-AQs.

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]]> By: Roger Pimentel http://howtowatchsports.com/2009/12/the-bcs-saving-mid-majors-one-school-at-a-time/comment-page-1/#comment-551 Roger Pimentel Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:37:27 +0000 http://howtowatchsports.com/?p=1770#comment-551 I think you are... it's definitely the Thundering Herd (as in http://herdzone.cstv.com/). Which, by the way, is one of the sweetest nicknames in all of collegiate sports. I think you are… it’s definitely the Thundering Herd (as in http://herdzone.cstv.com/).

Which, by the way, is one of the sweetest nicknames in all of collegiate sports.

]]> By: Ben C http://howtowatchsports.com/2009/12/the-bcs-saving-mid-majors-one-school-at-a-time/comment-page-1/#comment-550 Ben C Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:37:15 +0000 http://howtowatchsports.com/?p=1770#comment-550 Ah, I should have saved my comment till after I read the whole thing. Ah, I should have saved my comment till after I read the whole thing.

]]> By: Ben C http://howtowatchsports.com/2009/12/the-bcs-saving-mid-majors-one-school-at-a-time/comment-page-1/#comment-549 Ben C Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:35:25 +0000 http://howtowatchsports.com/?p=1770#comment-549 Green Wave and Mustangs, if I'm not mistaken. But I could be. Green Wave and Mustangs, if I’m not mistaken. But I could be.

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