But this dictatorship is so much better than the last. According to Harvey Perlman, the recently appointed chairman of the BCS Presidential Oversight Committee (Czar), the alternative to the BCS is not a playoff.

There are six automatic qualifying conferences and Notre Dame that currently comprise that body. The six automatic qualifying conferences are conferences that had contractual relationships with bowls prior to the BCS. The Big 12 had a contract with the Fiesta Bowl, the Pac 10 and Big Ten had the Rose Bowl and the SEC had the Sugar Bowl and The ACC had the Orange Bowl. What we agreed to do was modify those agreements to allow a No. 1 and No. 2 team to play each other for the national championship. But we weren’t going to give up those contractual rights without having control over what the system was.
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What I think most people don’t understand is that the alternative to the current system is not a playoff. The alternative to the BCS is going back to our traditional relationship with our bowl partners.

We love a good scare tactic, but don’t buy that for a minute. The BCS won’t be dissolved into a less fair system. Also like we mentioned a week ago (and will have something more on this next week) the BCS Bowls are brand names. The conference tie-ins mean very little. This is proven by the successes of non-traditional match-ups and failures of traditional match-ups.

There’s a possibility of a Michigan Gerogia home-and-home in 2010 and 2011.

Some sources tell me that the Athletic Department is looking into a home game against the University of Georgia in 2010, one that would also bring the Wolverines to Athens in 2011.

Two tradition rich schools, SEC versus Big Ten and spread offense versus tenacious defense oh please, please, pretty please make this series happen!

Now that the Fridge is leaner and healthier he might be sticking around past 2011; Franklin wins lottery.

Friedgen, 62, said in an interview with The Baltimore Sun that he might want to stay beyond the three years for which he is under contract. On Feb. 6, the university signed an agreement promising to pay $1 million to offensive coordinator James Franklin - who has turned down coaching jobs at other schools and in the NFL - if he is not elevated to head coach by Jan. 2, 2012.

We only have one response.

There’s a chance ECU could play for the National Championship. It’s about the same of us winning the lottery and the Master’s on the same day as solving the energy crisis.

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There’s no doubt in my mind that her excitement explosion is due his left hand playfully squeezing her right ass cheek.

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I am Magglio Merkin. CGB asked me to chime in on the BigTen, Michigan Athletics or basically anything on his blog. I usually curse often, but I will try to hold back until I get the lay of the land. I don’t want to come off as an asshole. Let me know what you think in the comments. kthankbai.

1.Will Rich Rodriguez turn it around at Michigan in year two?

Good God I hope so. I have never known how long the off season is when you don’t make a bowl game. 1999 must have really sucked for the buckeye faithful.

2. Is Juice Williams going to do something, anything in ‘09?

When the Juice is on it is spectacular. I think the team will be decent. They lost some talent at wideout, but Juice is a special player if he can gain consistency.

3. What’s the final score of tOSU v USC?

Unfortunately this will not be another 35-3 satchel pounding. The buckeyes will be more mature at QB and they tend to reload at RB and LB so those key off season losses may not be as important as they seem. TP will pressure the defense and open it up for heir apparent Brandon Saine. I fear the young QB USC is going to run out there may be a bit intimidated in the shoe. USC goes down fighting 24-21.

4. Is Danny Hope going to turn around Purdue?

Has anybody “turned around” Purdue in the history of ever? On the other hand the guy could go 5-7 and it would be considered a turn around… so… no.

5. Will he put on 200lbs to complete the Joe Tiller impersonation.

There is nothing more salty and fat than a depressed Midwesterner throwing on pounds in the dead of winter after losing twice as many games as they win. Absolutely.

6. Will Wisconsin start fast and die slow?

I don’t see Wisconsin starting fast or dying slow. They will start slow and die fast. That line is looking weak as all hell this season and, shit, we beat them last year so they have to suck right?

7. Is Terrelle Pryor ready to become the big man on campus?

Eff him. Yes, eff him, he is. Eff him, he is a solid QB, eff him. And eff him, he is going to be a menace, eff him for two more years, eff him, in the Big Ten, eff him.

8. The Heather Dinich Bowl, Indiana @ Virginia, who wins it?

I googled Heather Dinich and this came up:

followed by this:

There is a Seinfeld “she only looks good in certain lighting” joke in there somewhere. I am going withVirginia becauseIndiana seriously sucks at football. At leastVirginia has not sucked in the recent past.

9. Will Northwestern be able to fill C.J. Bacher’s shoes?

Uhhh…2009 stats: 60% completion percentage, 17 passing TDs, 14 INTs. I hope so, but we are talking about the purple Wildcats here. No.

10. Will TCF Bank Stadium raise Minnesota’s profile?

I think so. The dome was a curse and really elevated the risk of injury to their players. I think they will get better recruits in the new digs, but they had better reel in Seantrel Henderson (2010 National #1 overall recruit from Minnesota) or else they are in trouble. If you can’t sell a home grown kid on that new stadium in year one then you have issues a new stadium isn’t going to change.

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One of the most important metrics to compute when evaluating a schedule are the amount days between games. Long rests are advantageous because they give teams more time to prepare and heal, short weeks do the exact opposite. Let’s call 6 days off (Saturday to Saturday) a normal layover between games. Now let’s look at the days off on the Big East schedules that fall outside that range.

Analysis

• Most of the schedules are pretty “normal”. The only deviation are kickoff weekend and Thursday night games.
• It definitely favors Georgia Tech that they and Clemson both have short weeks before they play.
• The Jackets also get an extra full week to prepare for Georgia. Does any rivalry have a better name than CLEAN OLD FASHIONED HATE?
• NC State has 2 weeks to rest and scheme before they head to Tallahassee to play FSU in a game that can determine the ACC Atlantic.
• UVA should start whoring itself out on Friday nights so they can get some TV time.
• Miami is going to need the extra days of rest and preparation against VT and GT. After FSU those will be their 2 most physical games of the year.

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We’re previewing the six BCS conferences over the next six weeks by asking the twenty questions we most want answered. We’re looking for answers in the comments so feel free to pipe in.

1. Will Rich Rodriguez turn it around at Michigan in year two?
2. Is Juice Williams going to do something, anything in ‘09?
3. What’s the final score of tOSU v USC?
4. Is Danny Hope going to turn around Purdue?
5. Will he put on 200lbs to complete the Joe Tiller impersonation.
6. Will Wisconsin start fast and die slow?
7. Is Terrelle Pryor ready to become the big man on campus?
8. The Heather Dinich Bowl, Indiana @ Virginia, who wins it?
9. Will Northwestern be able to fill C.J. Bacher’s shoes?
10. Will TCF Bank Stadium raise Minnesota’s profile?

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The Birddog publishes a must read for all college football fans. The subtleties of Paul Johnson’s spread option make it beautiful to watch. The tweaks and adjustments make it dangerous. Our biggest argument for why defenses will continue to struggle against it in 2009: personnel. There was plenty of game-tape available in 2008 and opponents still got ripped. Scheming against a unique offense is tough enough, but to do it in a week with new players each year makes it daunting.

It has been 10 years since VT’s memorable run to the National Championship Game. F4H has an interview with long-time Hokie play-by-play man Bill Roth.

GC: Whats your favorite memory or couple of memories from the 1999 season?
BR: Beating syracuse 62-0…the win at WVU…the lead-up and the win over Miami. Coach Beamer on the field after the BC game. Even the Vick Flip vs JMU. It all seems like yesterday.

The eleven of the angriest college football players of all time. Chewing sand into glass was just a hobby for these guys.

Nick Saban as Nick Saban as LSU Coach in “The Blind Side”.

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F4H may be staying out this but I’m not. I know there’s no reason to involve myself since (1) I hate UVA and (2) have no affiliation with Florida State. But this is the FUCKING INTERNET people. A medium that has risen to mass consumption in large part due to its combative nature. If you never told a twelve year old you’d fuck their mom after getting your ass kicked by them while playing  Halo 3 on Xbox Live then you haven’t lived. Also I spent the last 2 hours downing cocktails at Hooter’s Margarita Monday.

Here’s the skinny. It all started last Friday when Brendan said FSU (Bowden) should shut-the-fuck-up and take their (his) medicine like a man regarding vacated wins. Let’s forget for a minute Brendan is a Hoo. I agree with him. Vacated wins are meaningless. They don’t stunt the future growth of the program, but merely scar the past.

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