College football access

Not really dealing with access, but I remember a story about George O'Leary yelling at Georgia Tech's SID staff to get the traffic helicopters (they weren't even black!) away from his practice field, which sits 1 1/2 blocks from I-75/85 in Atlanta. Like they were spying on his workouts.

 

Because in most cases the conference office (and commissioner) serve at the pleasure of the conference's presidents. It's more like the baseball commissioner's office in terms of power (or lack of same). Also, the conference has to have bylaws/rules passed for fines to occur and that ain't happening unless all the schools agree.
The schools in the big conferences are too busy counting their bowl money to give a rip about the media.

 

Blowing off the media is nothing new to Saban. Remember, he turned down an invite from Bush to have dinner with him during a trip to Miami, I think it was. How absurd is that? I don't care what your politics are, when the U.S. President invites you to go out and eat, you go.

Saban takes workaholism to the extreme. The only thing between him and a Fred Akers- or Earle Bruce-type career----good W-L----is that one national title at LSU.

 

1/2 of a national title.

 

Until USC loses their half w/ the Bush shit.

 

Then it's 1/2 LSU. 1/2 vacant

 

I don't think the AP strips teams of the mythical national title it awards. Only the NCAA can do that and the NCAA has nothing to do with AP's national championship.

 

Since it's never come up, we don't know.
But I would think that if USC is guilty of violations in that time and the NCAA strips it of wins, AP will follow suit.

 

AP hasn't done that in the past. And considering that it doesn't prohibit schools on major probation from being considered for the Top 25 like USA Today does I can't see AP stripping USC of anything.

 

Some creative counting going on on this thread. This is why that warning -- Caution: journalist doing math! -- is so crucial.

LSU won the BCS national championship in 2003.
USC won the AP national championship in 2003.
Neither entity awarded fractions of a championship.

Also, the NCAA awards no football national championship in its highest subdivision, so I am not sure it has any jurisdiction over USC's BCS title in 2004.



And yes, I know some of you just wanted to flush me out ...well done! You succeeded.

 

A half-title for LSU's half-ass coach. You gotta problem with that?