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Not to be too obtuse, but what was wrong with the NYD games? I still haven't looked into how they are incorporating the old bowls. It was a shock to me to see that even some B-list bowls will be on the rotating schedule of playoff hostings in the future.
I'm not understanding where you think this committee will factor in the decision as to what B-list bowls play NYD.
Schedule next year is:
Why is the SEC going to be traveling if the games are at higher ranked schools?
I agree with the semis needing to be on campus so the stands aren't empty. Exactly which of the last 7 SEC winners are you suggesting though? They were all either 1 or 2 by default so they would have hosted the semis. I live in SEC land and I pull for them for financial reasons but I also own seats and donate to both Ohio St and Wisconsin. I'm not short selling the environments there but if a team can play at LSU, at Alabama, at Auburn, they can play anywhere. I've been to these places and it doesn't get louder or more hostile. I know there's a lot of hate for the SEC based on this run and I'm not banging the drums for anyone. But none of those seven would have played a road game in the semis.
Homer's comment was predicated on you southern boys playing in freezing-### cold weather in January.
OK, but what would lead you to think the likes of the lineman at Alabama, LSU, Auburn, etc. wouldn't be just as physical in the cold? I get it if these were passing teams like the old Florida teams under Steve Spurrier, but if both teams can only run it becomes a game of linemen and that has been the SEC's biggest advantage in recent years. Time will tell and obviously the SEC's run can't continue on forever and things will be cyclical. The past several years have been an amazing one for teams from the conference though. Short of the LSU team that had 2 losses I'm not sure which team we could point to that would be especially vulnerable in that situation.
True. As a donor to both who would benefit though they need to take care of their own business first. Ohio State has nobody to blame this year but themselves. Nobody from the SEC lost that game in Indianapolis for them. But Delaney from the Big 10 was the one conference commissioner championing the semis being at campus sites. I suspect his reasoning for this was like Homer's but I agree with him for other reasons. First I agree that the higher seed should get home field advantage as a reward. But these semi's are going to be a joke on selling the seats out. If you could have semifinals at neutral sites and make money the NFL would have done it a long time ago. There is a reason only the Super Bowl is a neutral site game. The college folks and the bowls are going to learn this the hard way.
It is largely about money in the end. Some of the projections of revenue from the SEC network are pretty jaw-dropping.
Yeah that is true. There's a lot of factors aligned with that. The fact is football in southern states is just looked upon in a higher level. I went to a high school that had a successful baseball team. But our stands were empty other than players' girlfriends until we hosted the state championship. Our football team might win 3-4 games per year but the stadium would always be either full or nearly full. Other parts of the country don't focus toward a single sport the way it is here. That leads to more kids playing football and player development. Do a map of the Rivals 250 and where they come from. Most come from SEC country and California. It's even more staggering if you did it on a per capita basis. Louisiana's production in the past on producing top level players on a per capita basis is staggering. Obviously most players stay close to home when choosing where to play.
I agree. wonder which game will suffer the most - the semis or the championship. As an AU fan who's not attending the BCS game this year, but did attend the last one, I can't quite figure out what I'd be leaning toward doing.
Throw in the fact that their "marquee" OOC match-up next season is Tennessee and anything but an undefeated season will leave them on the outside next year.
The semis will suck. I let my Fiesta Bowls walk for that very reason. The bowls are promising their renewable holders the semi games but nothing for the championships if they bid on them and get them. The fans will save for the championship game with the rationale they would rather go to that and if their team loses the semis they'd rather not be there anyway and save the money. Very few people have the money, freedom from family and work, etc. to make two long trips like that within a couple weeks. It's one thing if it's like Alabama playing in the semis the year that Atlanta hosts a game, it's another if it's in Miami or Dallas.
Ok the tattoos are still ridiculous ... but that was a nice story about the other AJ for whom McCarron got an equipment job. Good on him.
Kind of disappointed because he has a lot of talent but he's not a fit for Paul Johnson's mess. If only we had a coach who designed a scheme around his talent instead of forcing talent into his brilliant scheme. Dare to dream.
I think this really hurts CPJ - not so much talent-wise as Lee isn't a huge loss but PR-wise. Can't be good when your starting QB says he's leaving because of the system the coach insists on using. Maybe if he was having results like year 1 but he's squeaking out bowl appearances.
Didn't watch the Sugar Bowl, so I'm asking out of ignorance here:I love when you do this.
No evidence whatsoever, but that will probably be the narrative.Didn't watch the Sugar Bowl, so I'm asking out of ignorance here:I love when you do this.
Any evidence that some Bama players may have been mailing it in because it wasn't the title game? That was the mantra after the Saban's Tide lost the 2009 Sugar Bowl to sorely out-manned Utah (by 14 points as well).
If anyone mailed it in, it was Saban.Didn't watch the Sugar Bowl, so I'm asking out of ignorance here:I love when you do this.
Any evidence that some Bama players may have been mailing it in because it wasn't the title game? That was the mantra after the Saban's Tide lost the 2009 Sugar Bowl to sorely out-manned Utah (by 14 points as well).
I didn't get that impression. At a few points in the game Bama started surging back, and got fired up, but OU just kept after them. Saban was pretty much outcoached, and the OU QB was on fire.Didn't watch the Sugar Bowl, so I'm asking out of ignorance here:I love when you do this.
Any evidence that some Bama players may have been mailing it in because it wasn't the title game? That was the mantra after the Saban's Tide lost the 2009 Sugar Bowl to sorely out-manned Utah (by 14 points as well).
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Bama gave up on the run far too easily. They panicked when they fell behind. McCarron seemed terrified to throw the ball down field; even on the strip he had two players open and did not pull the trigger till way late.
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