The Season Is Over

[guff]

As far as I'm concerned the season is over. ND finished by being selected to the Sugar Bowl. The whole BCS/bowl system is an tired old sham that needs to go. I'm going to do my part to change it - I won't watch any of them.

If you want the system to change then you should do the same. The only way it changes is if the money dries up. The only way that happens is if the stadiums and TV ratings start bringing in WNBA numbers. But that won't happen. The public will complain about being fed a shit sandwich then take a huge bite of it.

 

[UNTITLEDPROJECT]

Guff, give me a break, bro. You know for the life of you, you wouldnt miss a down.

 

[Irishman10]

Enjoy missing the game, flawed system or not, I'll be watching every second.

 

[jerseyborn1971]

Is this one of those, "if we don't buy gas from these too companies we'll drive prices down" deals.?

 

[Famboo28]

All I know is that I love Notre Dame football wayyy too much to miss watching them play in the freakin' Sugar Bowl.

 

[dankus]

As far as I'm concerned the season is over. ND finished by being selected to the Sugar Bowl. The whole BCS/bowl system is an tired old sham that needs to go. I'm going to do my part to change it - I won't watch any of them.

If you want the system to change then you should do the same. The only way it changes is if the money dries up. The only way that happens is if the stadiums and TV ratings start bringing in WNBA numbers. But that won't happen. The public will complain about being fed a shit sandwich then take a huge bite of it.

You not watching the game won't actually matter unless you have a Nielsen box on your TV.

TV ratings will be fine regardless of whether or not everyone on this board watches or not, you are just missing your team play.

 

[guff]

Last year after the Fiesta Bowl I made a vow not to watch exhibition football. I think it's a pretty vow to keep.

 

[ndficoop]

The system is on double secret probation .... I will not watch.......next year if things don't change.

 

[LOVEMYIRISH]

As far as I'm concerned the season is over. ND finished by being selected to the Sugar Bowl. The whole BCS/bowl system is an tired old sham that needs to go. I'm going to do my part to change it - I won't watch any of them.

If you want the system to change then you should do the same. The only way it changes is if the money dries up. The only way that happens is if the stadiums and TV ratings start bringing in WNBA numbers. But that won't happen. The public will complain about being fed a shit sandwich then take a huge bite of it.

I will be watching any games from my TV that is NOT on Digital Cable [ND will be on ABC I believe]. I refuse to allow them to count me as a number... The system is rotten. UM got screwed, we got screwed...it's all a crock of dung.

(Digital Cable can be tracked for viewership)

 

[irishfox]

Good luck with not watching that. I hate the system as much as the next person and think they should have a playoff. I think an 8 team playoff, 16 would be way to hard, would work very well and had that happened this year ND would be watching at home. So enjoy the fact that ND is in a BCS bowl game for the second year and support them.

 

[SBDomer]

The game is on FOX

 

[irishfox]

what a great last name...FOX

 

[KMac151993]

I love the bowls and hope they never go to a playoff system in College Football as long as I live.

 

[scooper]

I'll watch every second of this game and the cotton bowl and the micron pc bowl and the whatevertirebranddotcom bowl and the somecityinthemiddleofnowhere bowl. I love bowl games. I just love them.

 

[timm3117]

I'll watch every second of this game and the cotton bowl and the micron pc bowl and the whatevertirebranddotcom bowl and the somecityinthemiddleofnowhere bowl. I love bowl games. I just love them.

somecityinthemiddleofnowhere bowl, Isn't Illinois playing Temple in that one?

 

[WalshND]

I'm with you guff! No TV!!! I just booked my flight and hotel room. (hehe) I'll be sure to post some pictures when i get back. Does the BCS system suck??? Hell Yes. BUT, the Irish in the Sugar Bowl and New Years eve on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter... I'm off like a prom dress.

 

[scooper]

somecityinthemiddleofnowhere bowl, Isn't Illinois playing Temple in that one?

You know you're bad when you need to triple your wins just to qualify for that one.

 

[guff]

I'm with you guff! No TV!!! I just booked my flight and hotel room. (hehe) I'll be sure to post some pictures when i get back. Does the BCS system suck??? Hell Yes. BUT, the Irish in the Sugar Bowl and New Years eve on Bourbon Street in the French Quater... I'm off like a prom dress.

Feed the beast but don't bitch when ND is in Michigan's position.

Somewhere PT Barnum is watching the BCS and smiling enviously.

 

[BGIF]

Good luck with not watching that. I hate the system as much as the next person and think they should have a playoff. I think an 8 team playoff, 16 would be way to hard, would work very well and had that happened this year ND would be watching at home. So enjoy the fact that ND is in a BCS bowl game for the second year and support them.

If there had been an 16 team playoff this season, ND would have finished 17th.

 

[Vince Young]

Don't forget the WeWonSixGames.com Bowl.

But hey, what the hell... the bowl system ain't pretty, but I remain unconvinced that a playoff would be the magical cure-all panacea that so many people seem to think it would be.

LSU is gonna kill us. And I'll be watching every second of it anyway. That's just how ah roll.

 

[GREENJERSEYS'07]

Don't forget the WeWonSixGames.com Bowl.

But hey, what the hell... the bowl system ain't pretty, but I remain unconvinced that a playoff would be the magical cure-all panacea that so many people seem to think it would be.

LSU is gonna kill us. And I'll be watching every second of it anyway. That's just how ah roll.

would you at least once during the next month somewhere in a thread,any thread, say you at least believe.
if for anything do it for the gipper.

 

[Vince Young]

would you at least once during the next month somewhere in a thread,any thread, say you at least believe.
if for anything do it for the gipper.

Nope. I did that for a week leading up to the USC game. Look where that got us.

 

[GREENJERSEYS'07]

Nope. I did that for a week leading up to the USC game. Look where that got us.

fair enough...

 

[KMac151993]

As far as I'm concerned the season is over. ND finished by being selected to the Sugar Bowl. The whole BCS/bowl system is an tired old sham that needs to go. I'm going to do my part to change it - I won't watch any of them.

If you want the system to change then you should do the same. The only way it changes is if the money dries up. The only way that happens is if the stadiums and TV ratings start bringing in WNBA numbers. But that won't happen. The public will complain about being fed a shit sandwich then take a huge bite of it.

So what kind of system would you like, since you are all wise?

 

[jdreardon]

I think the LSU game will be closer then people think

 

[guff]

So what kind of system would you like, since you are all wise?

I don't think anything in my post indicated that I possess any sort of IrishHammer type omnipotence but to deny the fact the BCS sucks is to deny reality. One look at the Harris and Coaches polls tells you that the system is broken.

Every other level of competition resolves it's championships on the field not by polls, processors and formulas. From 8th grade girls basketball to the NFL. I think the WWE (WWF for you older timers) has a more legitmate system for determining a champion.

College football needs a playoff. The tired and inaccurate argument that the season is an elimination type playoff is not valid. Using that argument everyone but OSU was eliminated this year.

The tradition argument also doesn't work. I understand the bowl games had tradition but that tradition died with the defunct Bowl Alliance and sheer number of bowls in existence today. There is no longer a bowl tradition. If there was the Cotton Bowl would mean something today. And even if there was a bowl tradition, tradition must sometimes yield to progress.

We, the college football consuming public, are to blame for this system because we let it happen. By watching and attending these games we essentially buy a broken product. College football needs a playoff. The number of teams and manner in which they are determined can be debated but a playoff is needed.

 

[LOVEMYIRISH]

I think the LSU game will be closer then people think

If we don't win it, then it will suck no matter what.

 

[ACamp1900]

seeing how I think the is the best system out there in any sport for determining a Champion... I guess i'll watch every minute in full support of it...
period

 

[BGIF]

Nope. I did that for a week leading up to the USC game. Look where that got us.

But it's not like we're playing Florida,

They'd hang 40 on us.

 

[guff]

seeing how I think the is the best system out there in any sport for determining a Champion... I guess i'll watch every minute in full support of it...
period

The best system? Sorry to see that you started smoking crack. The best system is one that determines a champion without controversy. The BCS has proven that it can not do that.