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2016-17 College Football Bowl-a-Rama thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Steak Snabler, Dec 16, 2016.

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  1. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Nope. They went kicking a screaming into the BCS -- but they went. Even gave up a few New Year's Day games for national championship games. They went into the playoff. Obstructing what? A big parade in the morning. A tradition-rich game at a reasonable hour across the country played in mostly -- gasp -- daylight. It's a huge day in Pasadena and in SoCal.

    The Rose Bowl is not the problem. It's the morons thinking the playoffs are good on New Year's Eve.
     
    MileHigh, Jan 2, 2017
    #601
  2. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    it's been that way for 60 years is a terrible argument.
     
    poindexter, Jan 2, 2017
    #602
  3. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    The whole looking to the sideline thing is so fucking stupid.
     
    Songbird, Jan 2, 2017
    #603
  4. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member

    You just applauded the (gasp) Rose bowl for playing in daylight - like grandpa used to - then said a playoff game should be played at 9 fuckin' p.m.
     
    BitterYoungMatador2, Jan 2, 2017
    #604
  5. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

    Not necessarily. Tradition means something.
     
    jr/shotglass, Jan 2, 2017
    #605
  6. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    There's something to be said about tradition. The Rose is played at 2 p.m. PST. The Orange and Sugar bowls have mostly always been played late on New Year's night -- after the Rose Bowl. What's the difference if it's a playoff game or not?
     
    MileHigh, Jan 2, 2017
    #606
  7. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    They went, yes, but only after a decade or so of putting the kibosh on any kind of playoff system by insisting they needed to stick to their Big Ten-Pac-10 game come hell or high water, even when the other major bowls were finally ready to move forward.
     
    Batman, Jan 2, 2017
    #607
  8. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Can't go more than one play without 8 minutes of break. Such an unenjoyable experience.
     
    Songbird, Jan 2, 2017
    #608
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  9. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    Oh, this has the brimstone smell of overtime for sure.
     
    Michael_ Gee, Jan 2, 2017
    #609
  10. UPChip

    UPChip Well-Known Member

    You guys probably wonder why I bitch about PJ Fleck so much. Stuff like this:

     
    UPChip, Jan 2, 2017
    #610
  11. jr/shotglass

    jr/shotglass Well-Known Member

    Well, you could use the first "hole" in 18-point, then 16-point, 14-point. Readers will get that. ;)
     
    jr/shotglass, Jan 2, 2017
    #611
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  12. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Yeah, and for good reason: The other bowls didn't have what the Rose has -- and still don't. And yet, the Rose still gave up its tradition for the sake of the sport, even when it didn't have the title game, like that traditional matchup in 2011 between Wisconsin and TCU (which was a hell of game).
     
    MileHigh, Jan 2, 2017
    #612
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