Recent Posts Tagged With 'bcs'

• Playing for a title is not a right, it SHOULD be a privilege

  Posted on Sunday December 6th, 2009 at 00:06 in texas, nebraska, Alabama, features, Feature, bcs, another controversial college football championship, florida gets crushed, it's a privilege, it's not a right, who should play alabama

  Texas pulled out a crazy defensive slug-fest, Pitt overcame a 21 point deficit to shock Pitt, and TCU watched all of the madness unfold presumptively on their comfy couches at home, but the question is this: who deserves to go the national title game...

• Congress Gets Back to Work: Tries To Take Over the Bowl Championship Series

  Posted on Friday May 1st, 2009 at 15:55 in congress, college football, bcs

  With the economy reeling, foreign powers building nukes, and no oversight over $700 billion in bailout money, Congress is fast at work trying to use state force to restrict the rights of the BCS and athletic directors. MITCHELL BLATT Texas Rep. Joe B...

• Raise your hand if you’re excited about this year’s bowls?

  Posted on Sunday December 7th, 2008 at 13:59 in features, Feature, notre dame, bcs, ncaa cf, bowl nausea, system is crap

  Tis the season to be yawning, as today is the big day for finding out who plays in our beloved bowl games SCOTT JACOBS My confidence in the bowl system was never super strong, though when I was younger and less knowledgable I think I appreciated bow...

• Oy Vey: Giant idiots, split national titles?, and hockey players dating hot famous chicks

  Posted on Wednesday December 3rd, 2008 at 00:05 in dallas stars, stephon marbury, new york knicks, mike tyson, usc trojans, sean avery, nfl network, texas longhorns, oklahoma sooners, new york giants, oy vey, plaxico burress

  This ought to be fun, let’s get this party started! SCOTT JACOBS So Plaxico Burress apparently shot himself last Friday at some nightclub, when his gun accidentally went off.  I know it’s not funny, but doesn’t a small part of yo...

• The BCS on ESPN? It’s coming in 2011

  Posted on Monday November 17th, 2008 at 23:23 in features, college football, Feature, bcs, ncaa cf, bowl games on cable, espn wins bidding war, tv contract, bcs on espn

  The Worldwide Leader in Biased sports coverage is on the verge of locking up a historic TV contract SCOTT JACOBS The Super Bowl on TNT?  The World Series on FX?  The Stanley Cup on Versus (too soon?, too soon?) They all seem a heck of a lot more p...

• Enter at your own risk into the wild national championship picture

  Posted on Sunday November 16th, 2008 at 01:52 in features, college football, Feature, bcs, ncaa cf, college football needs a playoff

  It’s a crazy world with twists and turns, though not nearly as confusing as the wild (and remarkably mediocre) ACC SCOTT JACOBS Let’s just get a few things out of the way before we move onto the good stuff: 1) The ACC is so mediocre this...

• Obama wants a playoff system; Will we ever get one though?

  Posted on Wednesday November 5th, 2008 at 14:49 in sports, Barack Obama, features, college football, Feature, bcs, ncaa cf, president-elect, playoff system

  Probably not, but don’t you think we’re due?  Like eventually? SCOTT JACOBS It’s that time again!  Now that we’ve survived a vigorous two year campaign that was both very heated and very historic, it’s time to move on...