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I was in the mood for some college football news, although it seems between now and August it's pretty much nothing but griping. Here's an example, although I must say I agree with pretty much everything. Lots of things could be done to make a great game better.
Mark Schlabach: State of hate - ESPN
(sorry if this has been posted already)
I hate ESPN and game day that every weekend seems to be at an SEC school.
I hate the pre-season football poll.
I hate the down time until August.
I think it would be a lot more interesting if they branched out and went to different places. It seems like the only do the following:Quote:
Originally Posted by 4429 mcc
1) ranked SEC games or rivalries
2) Michigan OSU
3) Red River
4) USC/Notre Dame
It would be cool to see them do Iowa/Iowa State, Colorado/Colorado State, Washington/Washington State, West Virginia/Pitt, you know nasty rivalries that people know about but don't get crazy pub.
I wish ESPN would do the Army-Navy game EVERY year. I think they have done it before but if you want to praise college "student/athletes" who's a better choice than those guys...
I definitely agree about the conference championships and non conference
scheduling.
I don't know what you're watching, but Gameday Does branch out, they went to Florida A&m game and always go to a game like harvard/yale or some random small school rivalry game... oh and they were in the big 12 (south) like 4 out of 7 consecutive weeks last year.. (OU-Texas, Texas-Tech, OU-OSU, OU-Tech
they wont come to ames because i-state has stunk and no one cares if they beat iowa outside of us..
True....but a guy can dream cant he....Quote:
Originally Posted by dualthreat
It sure is annoying when Little 11 fans brag about getting two BCS teams in.....a conf. championship game would make that more fair.
I thought they covered Oregon-Oregon St this year (maybe I'm wrong about that)Quote:
Originally Posted by Al_4_State
They basically threw Florida A&M a bone on that one - visit the token black college, make ourselves look good. ESPN was really in town for Florida St, who was playing across town later that day.Quote:
Originally Posted by dualthreat
Would have to add a 12th team, and none of the schools that would make sense to add would want to leave their respective conferences. Besides, why have a conference championship game when they system you're in now works so well? It's worked great so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by mjones34
What I hate about College Football is that Iowa State isn't consistently ranked in the top 25
Would never happen, but Notre Dame seems the obvious choice on that one.Quote:
Originally Posted by TarHeelHawk
Speaking of, Notre Dame is another thing I hate about college FB. They will always get pub just because they're Notre Dame, nose stuck too high in the air to join a conference, and (nowadays) they suck, and it still doesn't change the first two statements.
Right now Notre Dame football has an exclusive contract with NBC, a contract with the BCS that guarantees them a spot if they finish 8th or better (I think it's 8th), and they get to keep all that money to themselves. It'd be a hard sell.Quote:
Originally Posted by isukendall
I would think Rutgers or Pitt would be more likely, and they fit the academic profile as well.
Why would the Big 10 (11) change if they do almost always get 2 in... there is no incentive to. The NCAA should make the decision on either having a conference champ game or not. That way it is fair. Until that happens, the big 10 will almost always have 2 teams in.Quote:
Originally Posted by mjones34
They were at alot of Big 12 games last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by 4429 mcc