Running 2011 Bowl Season Thread- Match-ups on Page 1

Always lots of entertaining reading on this annual SportsJournalists.com thread.

Personally, if I could watch only one bowl game on the tube, I think the most entertaining would be Arkansas St. versus Northern Illinois. And I'm not kidding about that. A great matchup between two of the best have-nots teams in Division I football.

Well, I suppose the University of Iowa alumni in me would like to see the Hawkeyes try to stop Oklahoma somehow in Tempe. Unfortunately I'm working that night, though.

 

I think that the proof of a corrupt system comes in allowing Ohio State to play in a bowl game. They shouldn't have played in one last year, and the only reason they get to play in one this year is because the NCAA is dragging its feet.

 

Both interim coaches will be hungry for the permanent job ...

 

Sorry but that's going to be one of the better games. Logan Thomas vs. Denard Robinson? Are you kidding? Those two guys will combine for 600 yards total offense.

 

I left my coach...in San Francisco.

 

Excuse me, but once you get past No. 1 vs. No. 2, the whole idea is to get matchups to fill seats. The non-BCS bowls such as the Gator are doing exactly what they're supposed to do: bring business to town. Right now, the NCAA allows 6-6 teams to go to bowls. You got a beef, call them.

 

They bring a shitload of fans to bowl games. That's why. Money talks, bullshit (and lousy bowl teams) walks.

 

uhhhh ... that happens every time New Year's Day falls on a Sunday. Where you been?

 

I read some of the fall out from the Fiesta Bowl mess. I didn't realize what a crock the payouts really are. I'm sure the rest of the bowls operate similarly.
A team's "payout" is the total allotment of tickets sold - total expenses for those traveling on the school's dime. Which - outside of the BCS - tends to not be that much.
Oh? You didn't sell all your tickets? We'll charge you for the balance and deduct that from your payout as well.
This might be one of those years where fans may not be willing to fly to some of these games. New Orleans will probably make more money off of the Sugar Bowl than they will the NCG.

The bowl games are the equivalent of the pre-regular season basketball tournaments. Some might be good and have some impact, but most are just extra games.

 

Purdue made a fucking bowl? Purdue vs. Western Michigan in Detroit -- the magic of the bowl system.

I refuse to invest any emotion in the BCS or the bowls anymore. It's a stupid system that isn't worth my time, energy or viewing time.

I will follow college football fanatically when it gets a playoff system (16 team-system), but the current way of doing things is a joke and I won't pay one iota of attention to it. I really don't even care that Wisconsin is in the Rose Bowl, only that it won the Big Ten championship.

College football ... the ultimate anticlimax.

 

The people who defend the current system always say "it's a business." I agree. So tax it. All of it. Make the giving of athletic scholarships grounds for losing tax-exempt status for a school while you're at it.