The Official 2011 NCAA College Football Thread

[HilbillyHomeboy]

They may, but I figure they'll stay through this season. Then exit at the end of the season for a much smaller buyout since all the new teams are joining. Depends if the ACC is ready for them, as well.

I think it would behoove both of them to stay in the watered down BE this year. If Pitt can get their shit together, they would stand a good chance at winning it. That is, if Boise doesn't join early, as is currently rumored.

Jeremy

[DK77]

Classy response, sir. When I saw you had replied I was expecting something like, "The B12 is a joke" ... While the B12 doesn't have nearly the prestige of the B10's members, it sure is playing top shelf football these days.

Haha, good to know I've gained some of your respect back... I certainly think the average B12 game will be way more entertaining than the average B10 game this year just because the difference in the style of play. Honestly it sounds like with the direction that Texas is moving gameplan-wise they would be a better fit in the B10 now than the B12. You could call it old-fashioned but I still prefer the days when the team that won the football game was the one that had the bigger, nastier players. The old days when the Huskers and the Sooners were constantly battling for dominance are my favorite even though for most of those years I wasn't even alive LOL. My favorite thing about the B10 is the traditional style of play of most of the schools (although Michigan and Nebraska both run spread which I despise). Wisconsin really did deserve to win the division because they were the team that was the best physically especially in the trenches in the B10. Anyway, I'm done rambling now

[BigTyla]

When it comes to college football, the country should thank the SEC (Herndon) | al.com

MOBILE, Alabama - Four is better than two.

That, as Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis so aptly put it last week, is what this all boils down to, this growing drumbeat for an end to the BCS as we know it.

NCAA president Mark Emmert has voiced support for a four-team playoff for college football and even Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany has said he's open to the idea of abandoning the BCS.

This week, Arizona State president Michael Crow pitched an eight-team playoff to the Arizona Republic, saying, "In the Pac-12, we are not strong supporters of the present model."

Funny how one conference winning six straight national titles can force even the most stubborn rats to abandon the sinking BCS ship.

Back in 2008, Delany and representatives from Pac-12 were the main dissenting voices against a proposal for a four-team "plus-one" model pushed by the SEC's Mike Slive and the ACC's John Swofford.

What's changed between 2008 and now?

The SEC's winning streak in BCS title games has grown from one to six.

There are those who say the "ugliness" of Alabama's 21-0 win over LSU in the Superdome last month is the catalyst for this change of heart, as though a 45-42 track meet would have been somehow more legitimate.

But this isn't about aesthetics. It's about the strength of a league that, instead of succumbing to the usual ebb and flow of relative power among the major conferences, has turned the BCS title game into its own little party.

This year, it didn't even invite anyone else.

And let's be honest: It's about low TV ratings that may have been due in part to the game being aired on ESPN instead of a major network, but were largely a product of a rematch and its lack of regional diversity.

The motives, however, are irrelevant. Even the baby-step of a plus-one is a move in the right direction toward a less arbitrary college football postseason.

Sure, the fifth team is going to have an argument, just like a handful of bubble teams have an argument after the brackets are released for the NCAA basketball tournament every year. But better to argue between No. 4 and No. 5 than between No. 2 and No. 3.

And yes, one Big Ten idea apparently calls for semifinals at on-campus stadiums, making a January trip to Wisconsin a distinct possibility.

So what? Think this Alabama team, for instance, would have fallen apart because of a little cold weather?

The SEC's string of national titles will someday come to an end. But there is no reason to believe its strength won't be just as evident in a four-team playoff as it has been in the BCS.

If this six-year streak is what it took to turn the thinking of the powers-that-be toward a better postseason model, it's been much more valuable than a few crystal footballs.

[HilbillyHomeboy]

We're free!!! Official settlement announced today. 20 million, as expected. We've already paid 2.5mil, the Big East owes us 7.5mil. B12 is gifting us 5 mil(thanks!), and the other 5 mil we will repay to the B12 over the course of the next few years by way of reduced shared revenue.

Can't freaking wait!



Jeremy

[AdamVR4]

We're free!!! Official settlement announced today. 20 million, as expected. We've already paid 2.5mil, the Big East owes us 7.5mil. B12 is gifting us 5 mil(thanks!), and the other 5 mil we will repay to the B12 over the course of the next few years by way of reduced shared revenue.

Can't freaking wait!



Jeremy

F me. This schedule is much worse than what I expected. I bet BlOwU got a cupcake game before they play us.......

Sept. 1 WYOMING
Sept. 8 NEW MEXICO
Sept. 15 at Mississippi
Sept. 29 at Oklahoma State
Oct. 6 WEST VIRGINIA
Oct. 13 vs. Oklahoma (Dallas)
Oct. 20 BAYLOR
Oct. 27 at Kansas
Nov. 3 at Texas Tech
Nov. 10 IOWA STATE
Nov. 24 TCU
Dec. 1 at Kansas State

[stealthee]

The only thing that saddens me is no continuation of the Backyard Brawl. It was to be expected, but still. At least I got to attend the last (for now) Backyard Brawl, and watch Pitt LOSE.

[Mikes2nd]

this just in, the whole state of WV is out of money after spending all their cash on moving to the B12...

[HilbillyHomeboy]

You weren't supposed to have received that memo.

Jeremy

[stealthee]

Private contributors are paying the fee. WVU doesn't have anything to worry about, they will make that money back and then some in their first year in the Big 12.

[BigTyla]

Not football-related, but this picture taken at the Alabama-Florida basketball game a couple of nights ago made me LOL.