BCS shafted Mizzou and the fans....

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by pgardn

Then you have the problem of a "home game" being given to a lower seed.
The Rose Bowl will not go away. Which of the playoff games do you give the Rose Bowl? Tis a mess. Heck its not just the Rose Bowl, the Orange Bowl, the Sugar Bowl, they all want their piece. And they got their piece right now. I dont know how one would divy up the playoff games thru these entities (this includes the NCAA) that control everything.

And my question remains. Why does the Rose Bowl have any say over anything? I dont give a damn about the Rose Bowl, it's parade or tradition and I'm sure that most other fans would agree. If you put USC and Georgia on a high school field and called it the Derby Trail Bowl it would be more appealing and would get better ratings. Why are old white guys in Orange sport jackets calling the shots unless there is lot of pockets being lined?

[SniperSB23]

Come to think of it you would actually be improving the BCS bowls overall with the system I want. Two of the BCS bowls in the playoffs would be getting the top four teams. The next four best teams would meet in the non-playoff BCS Bowls. So the four BCS Bowls would get the top 8 teams. Currently the four BCS Bowls get teams 3 through 10. It would trickle all the way down with everyone moving up a notch.

Here is how you keep all the BCS Bowls happy. Two of the four BCS bowls each year are in the playoffs so are happy. One isn't in the playoffs but plays host to the National Championship game so they are very happy. The odd team out each year gets to pick the premier matchup from every team not in the final four for their bowl game (which will likely result in a better game than they currently have). The bowls all rotate each year so even if the last scenario is least favorable you only have to endure it once every four years.

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

And my question remains. Why does the Rose Bowl have any say over anything? I dont give a damn about the Rose Bowl, it's parade or tradition and I'm sure that most other fans would agree. If you put USC and Georgia on a high school field and called it the Derby Trail Bowl it would be more appealing and would get better ratings. Why are old white guys in Orange sport jackets calling the shots unless there is lot of pockets being lined?

If you can come up with a system that would insure all the fanfare and money associated with the Rose Bowl, from the parade to all the Illinois fans who like a little Winter vacation, get er done.

There is a good reason for the Bowl's going after the fans that travel from cold climates. There is a reason the Alamo Bowl now always invites a big Ten team now and matches them with a Big 12 team. Huge amount of money for the city who hosts the games.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by pgardn

If you can come up with a system that would insure all the fanfare and money associated with the Rose Bowl, from the parade to all the Illinois fans who like a little Winter vacation, get er done.

There is a good reason for the Bowl's going after the fans that travel from cold climates. There is a reason the Alamo Bowl now always invites a big Ten team now and matches them with a Big 12 team. Huge amount of money for the city who hosts the games.

Yeah they have a contract with the conferences.

And if a playoff were instituted, it would make the Rose Bowl and all its crap look like a county fair.

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Yeah they have a contract with the conferences.

And if a playoff were instituted, it would make the Rose Bowl and all its crap look like a county fair.

Can you assure San Antonio gets a playoff game... or two? ANd that the fans show up in the hotel rooms? And visit the River Walk restaurants? Cause you got to give some money to the city...

This is part of the problem. Who gets what.

ANd of course the kids get to travel on the team.
Very important for recruiting for Ball State... "Hey, we went to a bowl game last year and had an ice sculpture contest in Toronto"

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by pgardn

Can you assure San Antonio gets a playoff game... or two? ANd that the fans show up in the hotel rooms? And visit the River Walk restaurants? Cause you got to give some money to the city...

This is part of the problem. Who gets what.

I'm sure that the City of San Antonio will survive the loss of the Alamo Bowl. It has been around for 150 years without it. Maybe they can get the Saints back. Then it can be the Alamo Bowl 8 weekends a year