Meteornotes Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Yes, Boise State totally deserved to be in a BCS game. Ah well... dt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 ^^Actually the ticket sales don't matter as much as many, since the attending teams are forced to buy a certain allotment at full price. However, the bowl committees are pretty much obligated to choose the teams that bring the highest spending fans in order to pump up revenue for bars, restaurants, hotels, parking lots, etc... who in turn supply the donations to the "not for profit" bowl committee to overpay their bowl executives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper39 Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 ^Yeah that's true, I think Boise vs Arkansas would have been a really good, much better than Michigan Virginia Tech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 (edited) Matt Barkley for Heisman!! (Has no interest in this years bowls, but am already eagerly anticipating what should be the long overdue USC vs. SEC champ BCS title game next season!) P.S.: screw the NCAA. Edited December 24, 2011 by Jew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterGuy06 Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 ^yeah, it's kind of disgusting how bad the system has become. I mean I am NOT a fan of Boise State and am usually the first one to throw them under a bus in any kind of contender argument but they definitely had more business in a BCS game this year than Michigan or Virginia Tech. I thought that any school from a non AQ conference ranked in the top 12 automatically got a BCS bid anyways? And among teams with 2 losses Arkansas might have had a better resume than Michigan or Va Tech, but bowls don't matter for anything other than selling tickets and hotel rooms. Top 12 non AQ teams automatically get a bid if they win their conference. TCU won the Mountain West. Arkansas problem is the stupid two bids per conference rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shivtim Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 I say LSU wins by 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteornotes Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 I just can't work up any enthusiasm about tonight's game. I'm sure I'll have the TV on, but will likely be doing something else. I'm just not really interested in either team, and would be fine with either one winning. dt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Remember when bowl games ended on New Years Day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteornotes Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 ^Yes. I have to say, dragging out these bowl games makes me much less interested. Now, if it was a playoff, that would totally change my opinion... dt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdcon Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 college football rules sucks, I will start watching again when they have some type of playoff in affect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 ^^Ditto. The only thing I enjoy about the BCS is that it matches up teams that would otherwise normally not meet, which sometimes produces good games (USC vs. Texas, Boise vs Oklahoma come to mind). But a playoff system would also accomplish that... I just miss when it was easy to keep up with all the bowl games and New Years Day was reserved for a full day of college football! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdcon Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 ^^ agreed, i still dont fully understand how they chose who goes to what bowl games. never understood how a team with a better record does not get the bcs championship game over someone with not as good record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I'll pick LSU by 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteornotes Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 ^The first half did provide me with some quality napping time. dt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 (edited) Alabama has turned Jordan Jefferson into the professional version of LaMarcus Russell Edited January 10, 2012 by larrygator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 So, uhh...why didn't OSU deserve to be in this game again? *yawn* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterGuy06 Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Still hard to believe I've been to two BCS Title Games in the past three seasons. Roll Tide Roll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkTrips Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 So, uhh...why didn't OSU deserve to be in this game again? *yawn* I don't see your point - cause they would have replaced Bama, and no one had a better resume than LSU so they certainly needed to be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 (edited) ^Just to point out again how lame the lack of a playoff system is. OSU's offense would have given either one of those teams fits. On the bright side, LSU's poor showing combined with Bama's "offense" (especially if Trent Richardson goes pro) should make USC the preseason #1 next season. Now I can only hope they don't blow it... Edited January 10, 2012 by Jew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 The teams aside - This game had the lowest BCS TV rating ever. Which I think is code for "We dont want to see a rematch - even if it is the best two teams" More proof we need a new system. I watched zero games because nothing interested me at all. Playoff? Id be watching every single game. Would be riveting to see who went where after each win. This system is flawed and worthless. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2012/01/bcs-championship-game-draws-lowest-ratings-ever.html That and the NCAA needs to be overthrown by someone who will do the investigations into school problems (or NCAA problems) separatly. Investigating the very schools that make up the NCAA (by the NCAA) is clearly a conflict of interest. Especially when each decision has the power to either help or cripple the NCAA's profits. Lots of changes before I invest into college football again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterGuy06 Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 You can't compare the numbers to any other title game except last year's game. From 1998-2010 they were on basic network channels ABC and FOX. They are now on ESPN which will always have smaller numbers because you have to pay extra for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiSab Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 ^Regardless, I'm pretty sure the general consensus is that it was a boring game and didn't need to be a rematch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 ^^ESPN is on every basic cable package. It's safe to say that PLENTY of people were still able to watch the game. It was a boring game that was a rematch of a boring game. I doubt having it on broadcast TV would have made the ratings any better. But on the bright side, it pushes us one step closer to an actual playoff system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 You can't compare the numbers to any other title game except last year's game. From 1998-2010 they were on basic network channels ABC and FOX. They are now on ESPN which will always have smaller numbers because you have to pay extra for it. What everyone else said. The only person who couldnt have watched it was me because I dont have cable. Oh but wait, I have Xbox 360 and it was broadcast on ESPN3 - AKA OVER MY XBOX! Im wondering if they factored in every single person who has access to the ESPN app with a carrier who supports it (Which is SEVERAL big networks, like ATT UVerse (which I have))? This game was available to way more than you think. As said, Im not knocking the teams themselves, congrats to the Tide but it wasnt nearly the matchup the rest of the country wanted. Playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 OSU's offense would have given either one of those teams fits. I'm just not buying it. Florida was supposed to give Nebraska fits in the 1996 Fiesta Bowl, also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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