Comments on: Notes and Thoughts from the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights hearing on “The Bowl Championship Series” http://www.collegegameballs.com/2009/07/08/subcommittee-antitrust-competition-policy-consumer-rights-hearing-on-bowl-championship-series/ college football, sports and humor. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:59:37 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: cgb http://www.collegegameballs.com/2009/07/08/subcommittee-antitrust-competition-policy-consumer-rights-hearing-on-bowl-championship-series/#comment-4650 cgb Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:34:14 +0000 http://www.collegegameballs.com/?p=2405#comment-4650 @corn blight - thanks for the love @corn blight – thanks for the love

]]> By: corn blight http://www.collegegameballs.com/2009/07/08/subcommittee-antitrust-competition-policy-consumer-rights-hearing-on-bowl-championship-series/#comment-4649 corn blight Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:50:37 +0000 http://www.collegegameballs.com/?p=2405#comment-4649 Bird..... The BCS didn't invent the timing of losses issue, it's been around forever - since rankings were started in 1936. And it isn't dumb - it's based on the concept that teams should be playing better at the end of the year. And so what if the regular season is a game of survivor. The strongest survive. Big deal. cgb - nice post. Bird…..

The BCS didn’t invent the timing of losses issue, it’s been around forever – since rankings were started in 1936. And it isn’t dumb – it’s based on the concept that teams should be playing better at the end of the year.

And so what if the regular season is a game of survivor. The strongest survive. Big deal.

cgb – nice post.

]]> By: Bird http://www.collegegameballs.com/2009/07/08/subcommittee-antitrust-competition-policy-consumer-rights-hearing-on-bowl-championship-series/#comment-4646 Bird Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:23:01 +0000 http://www.collegegameballs.com/?p=2405#comment-4646 "Created the most important regular season in sports" This is a terrible statement. College football has made the regular season merely into a game of Survivor. Who stays undefeated. Once you lose, it's over. So 95% of the teams aren't playing for all of the marbles by the third week. So 95% of the games have NO EFFECT on the championship. The only regular season games that matter are the teams that are undefeated and the teams trying to upset them. That's sucks. Teams are playing harder to UPSET a team. They aren't playing hard for themselves but to spoil it for another team. Now, that's a great system. The system was merely built to protect the big boys and oppress the little guys. Another dumb part of the BCS is timing of losses. The term momentum comes to mind. "Florida had more momentum going into the BCS because they lost early." No one ever thinks, "Maybe the team that beat Florida had a good scheme and would've beat them any week of the season." So many hypotheticals are used to crown the football champion it's ridiculous. “Created the most important regular season in sports”

This is a terrible statement. College football has made the regular season merely into a game of Survivor. Who stays undefeated. Once you lose, it’s over. So 95% of the teams aren’t playing for all of the marbles by the third week. So 95% of the games have NO EFFECT on the championship. The only regular season games that matter are the teams that are undefeated and the teams trying to upset them.

That’s sucks. Teams are playing harder to UPSET a team. They aren’t playing hard for themselves but to spoil it for another team. Now, that’s a great system. The system was merely built to protect the big boys and oppress the little guys.

Another dumb part of the BCS is timing of losses. The term momentum comes to mind. “Florida had more momentum going into the BCS because they lost early.” No one ever thinks, “Maybe the team that beat Florida had a good scheme and would’ve beat them any week of the season.” So many hypotheticals are used to crown the football champion it’s ridiculous.

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