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Originally posted by Ang ' ela_ie USC is almost as overrated as Notre Dame. Almost.

BRING BACK LOU HOLTZ.

this is off the topic but Lou Holtz was Notre Dame during his day in
South Bend. And they were almost ALWAYS in contention for the national championship. The glory days of Notre Dame. Charlie weis is a fat fuch who cant wipe his own ass.

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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov True, but who did Notre Dame beat? They lost the only two decent games they played.

Oh listen, I agree with you there. I think ND is the most overrated team in college football.

About the game, I really do hope that the Gators put up a fight. Id hate to see any team get bulldozed in a National Championship. Its just not right. But you know what, Tressel is right. With the regular seasons getting longer, it would be nearly impossible to have a 16 team playoff (unless, of course, you started the regular season early and cut out all those pre-season games, which I dont see happening).

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Originally posted by Ang ' ela_ie Oh listen, I agree with you there. I think ND is the most overrated team in college football. About the game, I really do hope that the Gators put up a fight. Id hate to see any team get bulldozed in a National Championship. Its just not right. But you know what, Tressel is right. With the regular seasons getting longer, it would be nearly impossible to have a 16 team playoff (unless, of course, you started the regular season early and cut out all those pre-season games, which I dont see happening).

Eliminate two "preseason" games and start conference play earlier. You have now created room for at least an 8 team playoff, which I would accept

Well gosh, Tree, if you accept it they have no choice but to agree with you.

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This is a perfect reason why we need a playoff system. In my opinion, this is a battle of the top teams in the top two college football conferences in the nation. Big Ten vs SEC. I think college football should start a football challenge every year where the Big Ten teams play against the SEC, like how college basketball starts off the season with the Big Ten vs ACC challenge. That will be very interesting. Anyways, amazing how both the Big Ten(OSU, Michigan, Wisconsin) and SEC (Florida, LSU, Auburn) both placed 3 teams respectively in the top 10! . Fuck the Big East with Louisville, West Virginia, and Rutgers.

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You can't just cut preseason games, they are necessary for the teams. That being said, WHY NOT EXTEND THE SEASON?! NCAA footballers are in season for 5 months (maximum, including preseason training), while basketball is in for 6-7 and hockey 7. SO as far as making their season a few weeks longer, I think they can handle it. Now, from today until their bowl games, a month from now, the top 8 don't play any games. That is a little backwards. But, seeing as how X-Mass and the surrounding days may not be great for TV ratings, I say they start the play-off on Saturday, Dec. 30.

So you take the top eight teams and compose a play-off that'd look something similar to this:
A. #1 OSU vs. #8 USC
B. #2 Florida vs. #7 Oklahoma
C. #3 Michigan vs. #6 Wisconson
D. #4 LSU vs. #5 Louisville

E. Winner of A vs. Winner of D
F. Winner of B vs. Winner of C

G. Winner of E vs. Winner of F

Games would start Saturday, December 30th. Now I know TV ratings are a huge part of this debate, so it is only feasible to really have two of those games on that Saturday (day and night). So, the other two would be played on Sunday. Yes, NFL sunday. Fuck 'em, the college games will drain away the NFL viewers. The semi-finals will be played the next week on Saturday the 6th and then the finals will be played monday the 15th(for ratings and giving the players a few extra days). Half of the teams will have played no more games than they would have previously (and in fact their season would end earlier) and only two would play 2 more games than they would have in the current system. The last game would be played exactly 1 week after the current scheduled one.

I don't see how the TV ratings would be any worse than they are for the current big four bowl games (Sugar, Rose, Orange, Cotton?). In fact, with more "big" games, the NCAA would probably rake in more dough. The schools would be all for it because now they would be sharing in revenue from possibly 3 big games rather than 1 if their team is to make the finals. All the controversy between where the top teams are landing in the rankings would be lowered a great deal. Nearly every sports commentator/talk show host is for the play-off, all that stands in the way is the NCAA, always looking out for itself first and then the athletes.

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Well, obviously that would be the way a playoff would work. What I dont understand is the argument that they are essentially making hte entire season irrelevant up until the playoffs - kind of like March Madness. There is some justification in that but really, you have to play your regular season well to get into the top 8 to begin with. Im not really sure I understand the point of the argument.

And yeah, ratings wouldnt suffer in December. Thats all people want to do over the holidays. Having a Christmas day game would kick ass because then I could ignore all my mom's friends that want to know about my love life for the past year. Id rather watch a game.

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