Breaking Tradition Can't Weaken the Game
Hate Feinstein. Hate, hate, hate, his columns. He brings up this straw man of an argument that BCS is this terrible thing. First he doesn't cover college football and he loves college basketball. It's not tradition that stops college football from having a tournament. It's the nature of the game. College basketball is less physical and their are way more games.
College football is 10-12 weeks, and that's it. The bowl games are fun and their are some good games, but the college football season is essentially over around Thanksgiving. Most importantly, the 10-12 weeks are the playoffs. Every game counts.
If Duke loses to little sisters of the poor in the first week, they can still win the Championship. If you do that in college football you're done. Games that happen in September matter to national programs. The tension builds till the final regular season game.
In college basketball the pre conference schedule is fun to watch, but has no real bearing on the season. Even the conference schedule doens't matter that much anymore. The ACC gets in at least half its teams into the Tourney. The only thing that matters are the last couple of weeks in April. It's a free country, but I like the tension and persistant craziness of college football the way it is.
Hate Feinstein. Hate, hate, hate, his columns. He brings up this straw man of an argument that BCS is this terrible thing. First he doesn't cover college football and he loves college basketball. It's not tradition that stops college football from having a tournament. It's the nature of the game. College basketball is less physical and their are way more games.
College football is 10-12 weeks, and that's it. The bowl games are fun and their are some good games, but the college football season is essentially over around Thanksgiving. Most importantly, the 10-12 weeks are the playoffs. Every game counts.
If Duke loses to little sisters of the poor in the first week, they can still win the Championship. If you do that in college football you're done. Games that happen in September matter to national programs. The tension builds till the final regular season game.
In college basketball the pre conference schedule is fun to watch, but has no real bearing on the season. Even the conference schedule doens't matter that much anymore. The ACC gets in at least half its teams into the Tourney. The only thing that matters are the last couple of weeks in April. It's a free country, but I like the tension and persistant craziness of college football the way it is.
posted by Spud at 4:38 PM
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