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[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Danzig

but a 16 team playoff leaves about 50 teams out of the equation--and many are worred that a playoff system would essentially kill those other small bowls.

hey, i'd love to see a change and a playoff system. i just don't think it'll happen, regardless of what the fans want. until the powers that be want it, it will not happen--and i'm not going to hold my breath waiting for the schools to leap at the idea. they have it too good now.

How would it kill those other bowls? You have 6-6 teams playing each other in places like El Paso, Texas. Many, if not most of them are played on weekday nights. It would be similar to the NIT in college basketball. It makes money or it would have faded away.

I think that the playoff system will come up when a Senator from a jilted state starts an inquiry into how a few individuals are monetarily benefitting from public institutions and college kids. When the names are dragged out of the shadows and the secret payments are brought to light, things will change. Jim Delany is as crooked as any politician.

[Danzig]

how would it? because it would make those bowls meaningless. some already are to some, but not to the teams playing it, those sponsoring it, those who buy ad space. i think it would be a hard sell that they would do as well under a new system.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Danzig

how would it? because it would make those bowls meaningless. some already are to some, but not to the teams playing it, those sponsoring it, those who buy ad space. i think it would be a hard sell that they would do as well under a new system.

Are the popajohnsbowl or San Francisco Bowl or Texas Bowl or Liberty Bowl or Chik-fil-a bowl or Holiday Bowl or the rest not meaningless now? Do the teams playing in the Hawaii Bowl think if they play big they might get some votes for #1? Is the NCAA BB tourney not the biggest tournament in the US? Did CBS give the NCAA more than a billion dollars for the rights to cover it for 7 years?

[Danzig]

chuck, you don't have to convince me. i agree that many are meaningless now. but they aren't considered meaningless to those schools. you have to convince them.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Danzig

chuck, you don't have to convince me. i agree that many are meaningless now. but they aren't considered meaningless to those schools. you have to convince them.

But what does a 8 or 16 team playoff have to do with those bowls? Why would they not exist. The bowls are seperate from the NCAA. If they will make money and ESPN or somebody else will cover the game they will exist.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

But what does a 8 or 16 team playoff have to do with those bowls? Why would they not exist. The bowls are seperate from the NCAA. If they will make money and ESPN or somebody else will cover the game they will exist.

i don't know. go ask the ncaa.