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View Poll Results: Which is Better College or Professional Sports
College 2 50.00%
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Old 07-30-2008, 11:13 PM   #1 (permalink)
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It's called playoffs. Or the four-seed playoff set they've been talking about (but not doing anything about) for years. I understand that there are end-of-season rivalry games and that the players are students, but the season isn't nearly strenuous enough (at an average of 12 games) not to merit a three or four round playoff system, and still be done by the same time.

I mean, this is why college basketball is so good: because at the end of the season, virtually all good teams get to compete and everyone has a realistic chance of winning. This year was the first year in history that all four #1 seeds made it to the Final Four.
What exactly is the point of a 4 team playoff system? Considering the great games secondary bowls give us and that with such a system the regular season's value would plummet, I think this would add needless weight to the schedule without actually giving us more excitement. Let the regular season do it's job.
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Old 07-30-2008, 11:29 PM   #2 (permalink)
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How about, 2008 being the last time... haha
Low blow son. We did kept 80% of our talent over the trade deadline, although the loss of Hossa did hit us pretty hard. I say we're still contenders next year. I don't see the 'nucks pulling it off soon.

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What exactly is the point of a 4 team playoff system? Considering the great games secondary bowls give us and that with such a system the regular season's value would plummet, I think this would add needless weight to the schedule without actually giving us more excitement. Let the regular season do it's job.
I go to a Big Ten school and I can't more heartily disagree. Bowls are an excuse to overpromote end-of-season antics and are rarely enjoyed by the teams' true fans (i.e. the students). Moreover, seasons which end during the third week of November leave three weeks before end-of-semester. And postseason football is one of sports' best joys. Also, I don't much enjoy one or two losses to be season ending.
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Old 07-30-2008, 11:48 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Low blow son. We did kept 80% of our talent over the trade deadline, although the loss of Hossa did hit us pretty hard. I say we're still contenders next year. I don't see the 'nucks pulling it off soon.


I go to a Big Ten school and I can't more heartily disagree. Bowls are an excuse to overpromote end-of-season antics and are rarely enjoyed by the teams' true fans (i.e. the students). Moreover, seasons which end during the third week of November leave three weeks before end-of-semester. And postseason football is one of sports' best joys. Also, I don't much enjoy one or two losses to be season ending.
So your argument boils down to you not liking bowls? One or two losses aren't season ending, LSU twice won with one or two losses. If there was a playoff we'd lose the mad scramble for those two spots at the end of the season. With a playoff you'd have teams competing for...a chance to play in the quarter final.
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Old 07-31-2008, 10:57 PM   #4 (permalink)
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So your argument boils down to you not liking bowls? One or two losses aren't season ending, LSU twice won with one or two losses. If there was a playoff we'd lose the mad scramble for those two spots at the end of the season. With a playoff you'd have teams competing for...a chance to play in the quarter final.
It's not that I don't like bowls, but that I'll never get a chance to see one because they are overpriced, overproduced and overcommercialized. And they all take place in the south. College football is a mad scramble the entire season, and I'm sure the postseason would only be more exciting. It does get more interesting as the season progresses, especially the last few weeks, which are so crucial (as proven by WVU's backyard brawl loss to Pitt). However, I still think that a postseason is a must, especially with the disparity in schedules between conferences. The picks for #1 and #2 are sometimes subjective (as proven by LSU's inclusion this year), which is utter bullsh!t.

The four-seed playoff has been talked about since the National Championship was created, and they still haven't done anything about it. They should at least initiate that.
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It's not that I don't like bowls, but that I'll never get a chance to see one because they are overpriced, overproduced and overcommercialized. And they all take place in the south. College football is a mad scramble the entire season, and I'm sure the postseason would only be more exciting. It does get more interesting as the season progresses, especially the last few weeks, which are so crucial (as proven by WVU's backyard brawl loss to Pitt). However, I still think that a postseason is a must, especially with the disparity in schedules between conferences. The picks for #1 and #2 are sometimes subjective (as proven by LSU's inclusion this year), which is utter bullsh!t.

The four-seed playoff has been talked about since the National Championship was created, and they still haven't done anything about it. They should at least initiate that.
It'll be the same way with a 4 seed play-off system, just as many pissed off people, just as subjective...
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Low blow son. We did kept 80% of our talent over the trade deadline, although the loss of Hossa did hit us pretty hard. I say we're still contenders next year. I don't see the 'nucks pulling it off soon.
We're a team full of young up and coming talent. Regrettably we lost one of our best prospects recently, RIP LB. But we just need some grit, and some leaders. If Sundin decides to keep playing, he'll make a good addition to the team short term.
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